jgm/pandoc

--metadata-file with non-markdown contents?

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#5,914 opened on Nov 18, 2019

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Description

Currently string fields in --metadata-file are interpreted as pandoc markdown, no matter what input format is specified using --from.

But many JSON files found in the wild have other formats (esp. HTML), and it would be very handy to be able to use them with --metadata-file.

Is there a compelling reason for using pandoc markdown no matter what the format of the main document? @mb21

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Research direction
Examine the code for metadata file parsing in pandoc, specifically how string fields are processed, and modify to respect the from format instead of always using markdown.
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haskell
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documentationcli
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HaskellPandoc internals
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30