From cebf0091caae1a8615c236aa790ff8918e3c7d1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John MacFarlane Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 08:24:39 -0700 Subject: Document how to use custom writers with `--standalone`. Closes #5866. --- MANUAL.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index de6c48446..fd08ab075 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -5796,6 +5796,13 @@ which you can modify according to your needs, do pandoc --print-default-data-file sample.lua +Note that custom writers have no default template. If you want +to use `--standalone` with a custom writer, you will need to +specify a template manually using `--template` or add a new +default template with the name +`default.NAME_OF_CUSTOM_WRITER.lua` to the `templates` +subdirectory of your user data directory (see [Templates]). + [lua]: http://www.lua.org # A note on security -- cgit v1.2.3