Re: Problem using formatter

That works perfectly - thank you! - Robert.

On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 2:42 AM Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]>
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
>


-- 
Robert Goulding
Director, John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values;
Director, Program in History and Philosophy of Science;
Assoc. Professor, Program of Liberal Studies,
Fellow, Medieval Institute,
University of Notre Dame.