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diff --git a/doc/lua-filters.md b/doc/lua-filters.md index 01d2b1a87..09116cc16 100644 --- a/doc/lua-filters.md +++ b/doc/lua-filters.md @@ -219,21 +219,15 @@ Some pandoc functions have been made available in lua: # Lua interpreter initialization -The way the Lua interpreter is set-up can be controlled by -placing a file `init.lua` in pandoc's data directory. The -default init file loads the `pandoc` and `pandoc.mediabag` -modules: +Initialization of pandoc's Lua interpreter can be controlled by +placing a file `init.lua` in pandoc's data directory. A common +use-case would be to load additional modules, or even to alter +default modules. -``` {.lua} -pandoc = require 'pandoc' -pandoc.mediabag = require 'pandoc.mediabag' -``` - -A common use-case would be to add code to load additional -modules or to alter default modules. E.g., the following snippet -adds all unicode-aware functions defined in the [`text` -module](#module-text) to the default `string` module, prefixed -with the string `uc_`. +The following snippet is an example of code that might be useful +when added to `init.lua`. The snippet adds all unicode-aware +functions defined in the [`text` module] to the default `string` +module, prefixed with the string `uc_`. ``` {.lua} for name, fn in pairs(require 'text') do @@ -244,6 +238,8 @@ end This makes it possible to apply these functions on strings using colon syntax (`mystring:uc_upper()`). +[`text` module]: #module-text + # Examples The following filters are presented as examples. |