Discussion summary
Pandoc Lua filters are used for document conversions and automation, with recent discussions about their capabilities and potential improvements.
What the discussion says
- Some users explore making Pandoc reactive or incremental updates.
- Others highlight Pandoc's web browser integration and Lua filter applications.
- Concerns about Pandoc's complexity and documentation clarity are mentioned.
“Pandoc Lua filters help solve issues on DOCX and PDF conversions.”
“Pandoc has been around for a while, with recent updates making it more web-friendly.”
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- I've always wondered if pandoc can be made reactive. Say markdown to Pandoc AST.
If one changes something, a quick update to the AST would happen incrementally.
Now with all these llm I might actually see if it can be done.
by chaoxu - I liked the Lua filters for solving issues on DOCX stuff for Markdown to Docx.
For PDF stuff I haven't needed much Lua filters since switching to WeasyPrint for the PDF engine.
by kalcode - Is there anyone feeling that Pandoc is ever increasingly bloated? I have used Lua filters a decade ago [1] and the current documentation is nothing like my memories. I'm not even sure that how much of Lua scripts remain compatible across different Pandoc versions.
[1] https://github.com/mearie/mearie.github.io/blob/source/res/w...
by lifthrasiir - Lua filters for Pandoc have been around for a quite a while. What’s newer is Pandoc’s ability to be used in web browsers. There’s a bit more about this and a general rundown of Pandoc in my recent article for LWN:by leephillips