Lua: add function `pandoc.utils.text` (#7710)

The function converts a string to `Inlines`, treating interword spaces
as `Space`s or `SoftBreak`s. If you want a `Str` with literal spaces,
use `pandoc.Str`.

Closes: #7709

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lua-filters.md b/doc/lua-filters.md
index 9fc90a13f..db5d1ccac 100644
--- a/doc/lua-filters.md
+++ b/doc/lua-filters.md
@@ -3082,6 +3082,24 @@ Usage:
     -- outputs "Moin"
     print(pandoc.utils.stringify(inline))
 
+### text {#pandoc.utils.text}
+
+`text (words)`
+
+Converts a string to `Inlines`, treating interword spaces as
+`Space`s or `SoftBreak`s. If you want a single `Str` with literal
+spaces, use `pandoc.Str`.
+
+Parameters:
+
+`words`
+:  markup-less text (string)
+
+Returns:
+
+-   List of inline elements split into words (Inlines)
+
+
 ### to\_roman\_numeral {#pandoc.utils.to_roman_numeral}
 
 `to_roman_numeral (integer)`