Re: Problem using formatter

[Robert Goulding]

That works perfectly - thank you! - Robert.

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 2:42 AM Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl> wrote:

Op 23-07-2022 om 16:59 schreef Robert Goulding:
> And I'm guessing this is because pandoc sends the converted text to stdout. But
> according to the nanorc manpage, the formatter command sends the buffer to a
> temporary file, executes the command on the file, and then replaces the buffer
> with the modified file. But of course pandoc does not alter the file. It could be
> told to, with the output file option (-o) -- but how would I do that?

If the formatter program is unable to actually replace the file (that is:
doesn't know an option like sed's --in-place), then you'll have to write
a little wrapper script.  For example:

  #!/bin/sh
  pandoc [other options] -o $1.formatted $1 &&
    mv $1.formatted $1

Benno

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Robert Goulding

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Director, Program in History and Philosophy of Science;

Assoc. Professor, Program of Liberal Studies,

Fellow, Medieval Institute,

University of Notre Dame.