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OJFord
OJFord

Reputation: 11130

Change markdown emphasis notation in pandoc?

Is it possible to modify the character used to denote start/end of emphasis and strong emphasis in pandoc's markdown?

In particular, I'd like to use /emphasis/ and *strong emphasis*.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 426

Answers (2)

scoa
scoa

Reputation: 19867

There is no option in pandoc to customize individual pieces of markdown syntax -- you would have to write another input format for that. I think the easiest way to achieve this is to use a pre-processor that converts your custom syntax into regular markdown-strict or markdown syntax.

Here is one example, using filepp (there are many other options, including a sed or awk script): 

#regexp /\/\b/_/
#regexp /\b\//_/
#regexp /\*\b/\*\*/
#regexp /\b\*/\*\*/

Some *bold* and some /emphasis/

To add the preprocessing step to compilation:

filepp -m regexp.pm myfile.md | pandoc ...

For instance, compiling to pandoc -t html:

<p>Some <strong>bold</strong> and some <em>emphasis</em></p>

To make this durable save the preproc commands in their own file, let's say ~/.pandoc-pp

#regexp /\/\b/_/
#regexp /\b\//_/
#regexp /\*\b/\*\*/
#regexp /\b\*/\*\*/

And include at the top of every markdown document:

#include ~/.pandoc-pp

Upvotes: 2

mb21
mb21

Reputation: 39229

/emphasis/ is not markdown for emphasis, only *foo* and _bar_ is... and the pandoc markdown writer currently only supports the former.

Either way, if you're asking about generating markdown; you could write a pandoc filter that replaces Emph x with Str "/" <> x <> Str "/"). If you're asking about taking markdown as input to pandoc, you should probably try a preprocessor as suggested by @scoa.

Upvotes: 2

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