Re: Problem using formatter

[Benno Schulenberg]

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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