2title: Pandoc User's Guide
9`pandoc` [*options*] [*input-file*]...
13Pandoc is a [Haskell] library for converting from one markup format to
14another, and a command-line tool that uses this library.
16Pandoc can convert between numerous markup and word processing formats,
17including, but not limited to, various flavors of [Markdown], [HTML],
18[LaTeX] and [Word docx]. For the full lists of input and output formats,
19see the `--from` and `--to` [options below][General options].
20Pandoc can also produce [PDF] output: see [creating a PDF], below.
22Pandoc's enhanced version of Markdown includes syntax for [tables],
23[definition lists], [metadata blocks], [footnotes], [citations], [math],
24and much more. See below under [Pandoc's Markdown].
26Pandoc has a modular design: it consists of a set of readers, which parse
27text in a given format and produce a native representation of the document
28(an _abstract syntax tree_ or AST), and a set of writers, which convert
29this native representation into a target format. Thus, adding an input
30or output format requires only adding a reader or writer. Users can also
31run custom [pandoc filters] to modify the intermediate AST.
33Because pandoc's intermediate representation of a document is less
34expressive than many of the formats it converts between, one should
35not expect perfect conversions between every format and every other.
36Pandoc attempts to preserve the structural elements of a document, but
37not formatting details such as margin size. And some document elements,
38such as complex tables, may not fit into pandoc's simple document
39model. While conversions from pandoc's Markdown to all formats aspire
40to be perfect, conversions from formats more expressive than pandoc's
41Markdown can be expected to be lossy.
45If no *input-files* are specified, input is read from *stdin*.
46Output goes to *stdout* by default. For output to a file,
49 pandoc -o output.html input.txt
51By default, pandoc produces a document fragment. To produce a standalone
52document (e.g. a valid HTML file including `<head>` and `<body>`),
53use the `-s` or `--standalone` flag:
55 pandoc -s -o output.html input.txt
57For more information on how standalone documents are produced, see
60If multiple input files are given, `pandoc` will concatenate them all (with
61blank lines between them) before parsing. (Use `--file-scope` to parse files
66The format of the input and output can be specified explicitly using
67command-line options. The input format can be specified using the
68`-f/--from` option, the output format using the `-t/--to` option.
69Thus, to convert `hello.txt` from Markdown to LaTeX, you could type:
71 pandoc -f markdown -t latex hello.txt
73To convert `hello.html` from HTML to Markdown:
75 pandoc -f html -t markdown hello.html
77Supported input and output formats are listed below under [Options]
78(see `-f` for input formats and `-t` for output formats). You
79can also use `pandoc --list-input-formats` and
80`pandoc --list-output-formats` to print lists of supported
83If the input or output format is not specified explicitly, `pandoc`
84will attempt to guess it from the extensions of the filenames.
87 pandoc -o hello.tex hello.txt
89will convert `hello.txt` from Markdown to LaTeX. If no output file
90is specified (so that output goes to *stdout*), or if the output file's
91extension is unknown, the output format will default to HTML.
92If no input file is specified (so that input comes from *stdin*), or
93if the input files' extensions are unknown, the input format will
94be assumed to be Markdown.
98Pandoc uses the UTF-8 character encoding for both input and output.
99If your local character encoding is not UTF-8, you
100should pipe input and output through [`iconv`]:
102 iconv -t utf-8 input.txt | pandoc | iconv -f utf-8
104Note that in some output formats (such as HTML, LaTeX, ConTeXt,
105RTF, OPML, DocBook, and Texinfo), information about
106the character encoding is included in the document header, which
107will only be included if you use the `-s/--standalone` option.
109[`iconv`]: https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
113To produce a PDF, specify an output file with a `.pdf` extension:
115 pandoc test.txt -o test.pdf
117By default, pandoc will use LaTeX to create the PDF, which requires
118that a LaTeX engine be installed (see `--pdf-engine` below).
119Alternatively, pandoc can use ConTeXt, roff ms, or HTML as an
120intermediate format. To do this, specify an output file with a
121`.pdf` extension, as before, but add the `--pdf-engine` option
122or `-t context`, `-t html`, or `-t ms` to the command line.
123The tool used to generate the PDF from the intermediate format
124may be specified using `--pdf-engine`.
126You can control the PDF style using variables, depending on
127the intermediate format used: see [variables for LaTeX],
128[variables for ConTeXt], [variables for `wkhtmltopdf`],
129[variables for ms]. When HTML is used as an intermediate
130format, the output can be styled using `--css`.
132To debug the PDF creation, it can be useful to look at the intermediate
133representation: instead of `-o test.pdf`, use for example `-s -o test.tex`
134to output the generated LaTeX. You can then test it with `pdflatex test.tex`.
136When using LaTeX, the following packages need to be available
137(they are included with all recent versions of [TeX Live]):
138[`amsfonts`], [`amsmath`], [`lm`], [`unicode-math`],
139[`ifxetex`], [`ifluatex`], [`listings`] (if the
140`--listings` option is used), [`fancyvrb`], [`longtable`],
141[`booktabs`], [`graphicx`] (if the document
142contains images), [`hyperref`], [`xcolor`],
143[`ulem`], [`geometry`] (with the `geometry` variable set),
144[`setspace`] (with `linestretch`), and
145[`babel`] (with `lang`). The use of `xelatex` or `lualatex` as
146the PDF engine requires [`fontspec`]. `lualatex` uses
147[`selnolig`]. `xelatex` uses [`polyglossia`] (with `lang`),
148[`xecjk`], and [`bidi`] (with the `dir` variable set). If the
149`mathspec` variable is set, `xelatex` will use [`mathspec`]
150instead of [`unicode-math`]. The [`upquote`] and [`microtype`]
151packages are used if available, and [`csquotes`] will be used
152for [typography] if the `csquotes` variable or metadata field is
153set to a true value. The [`natbib`], [`biblatex`], [`bibtex`],
154and [`biber`] packages can optionally be used for [citation
155rendering]. The following packages will be used to improve
156output quality if present, but pandoc does not require them to
157be present: [`upquote`] (for straight quotes in verbatim
158environments), [`microtype`] (for better spacing adjustments),
159[`parskip`] (for better inter-paragraph spaces), [`xurl`] (for
160better line breaks in URLs), [`bookmark`] (for better PDF
161bookmarks), and [`footnotehyper`] or [`footnote`] (to allow
164[TeX Live]: https://www.tug.org/texlive/
165[`amsfonts`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/amsfonts
166[`amsmath`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
167[`babel`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/babel
168[`biber`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/biber
169[`biblatex`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
170[`bibtex`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex
171[`bidi`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/bidi
172[`bookmark`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/bookmark
173[`booktabs`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs
174[`csquotes`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/csquotes
175[`fancyvrb`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/fancyvrb
176[`fontspec`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/fontspec
177[`footnote`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/footnote
178[`footnotehyper`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/footnotehyper
179[`geometry`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/geometry
180[`graphicx`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/graphicx
181[`grffile`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/grffile
182[`hyperref`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
183[`ifluatex`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/ifluatex
184[`ifxetex`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/ifxetex
185[`listings`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/listings
186[`lm`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/lm
187[`longtable`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/longtable
188[`mathspec`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/mathspec
189[`microtype`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/microtype
190[`natbib`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/natbib
191[`parskip`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/parskip
192[`polyglossia`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia
193[`prince`]: https://www.princexml.com/
194[`setspace`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/setspace
195[`ulem`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/ulem
196[`unicode-math`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/unicode-math
197[`upquote`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/upquote
198[`weasyprint`]: https://weasyprint.org
199[`wkhtmltopdf`]: https://wkhtmltopdf.org
200[`xcolor`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
201[`xecjk`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/xecjk
202[`xurl`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/xurl
203[`selnolig`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/selnolig
207## Reading from the Web
209Instead of an input file, an absolute URI may be given. In this case
210pandoc will fetch the content using HTTP:
212 pandoc -f html -t markdown https://www.fsf.org
214It is possible to supply a custom User-Agent string or other
215header when requesting a document from a URL:
217 pandoc -f html -t markdown --request-header User-Agent:"Mozilla/5.0" \
222## General options {.options}
224`-f` *FORMAT*, `-r` *FORMAT*, `--from=`*FORMAT*, `--read=`*FORMAT*
226: Specify input format. *FORMAT* can be:
229 - `bibtex` ([BibTeX] bibliography)
230 - `biblatex` ([BibLaTeX] bibliography)
231 - `commonmark` ([CommonMark] Markdown)
232 - `commonmark_x` ([CommonMark] Markdown with extensions)
233 - `creole` ([Creole 1.0])
234 - `csljson` ([CSL JSON] bibliography)
235 - `csv` ([CSV] table)
236 - `docbook` ([DocBook])
237 - `docx` ([Word docx])
238 - `dokuwiki` ([DokuWiki markup])
240 - `fb2` ([FictionBook2] e-book)
241 - `gfm` ([GitHub-Flavored Markdown]),
242 or the deprecated and less accurate `markdown_github`;
243 use [`markdown_github`](#markdown-variants) only
244 if you need extensions not supported in [`gfm`](#markdown-variants).
245 - `haddock` ([Haddock markup])
247 - `ipynb` ([Jupyter notebook])
248 - `jats` ([JATS] XML)
249 - `jira` ([Jira]/Confluence wiki markup)
250 - `json` (JSON version of native AST)
252 - `markdown` ([Pandoc's Markdown])
253 - `markdown_mmd` ([MultiMarkdown])
254 - `markdown_phpextra` ([PHP Markdown Extra])
255 - `markdown_strict` (original unextended [Markdown])
256 - `mediawiki` ([MediaWiki markup])
259 - `native` (native Haskell)
262 - `org` ([Emacs Org mode])
263 - `rst` ([reStructuredText])
265 - `textile` ([Textile])
266 - `tikiwiki` ([TikiWiki markup])
267 - `twiki` ([TWiki markup])
268 - `vimwiki` ([Vimwiki])
271 Extensions can be individually enabled or disabled by
272 appending `+EXTENSION` or `-EXTENSION` to the format name.
273 See [Extensions] below, for a list of extensions and
274 their names. See `--list-input-formats` and `--list-extensions`,
277`-t` *FORMAT*, `-w` *FORMAT*, `--to=`*FORMAT*, `--write=`*FORMAT*
279: Specify output format. *FORMAT* can be:
281 ::: {#output-formats}
282 - `asciidoc` ([AsciiDoc]) or `asciidoctor` ([AsciiDoctor])
283 - `beamer` ([LaTeX beamer][`beamer`] slide show)
284 - `commonmark` ([CommonMark] Markdown)
285 - `commonmark_x` ([CommonMark] Markdown with extensions)
286 - `context` ([ConTeXt])
287 - `csljson` ([CSL JSON] bibliography)
288 - `docbook` or `docbook4` ([DocBook] 4)
289 - `docbook5` (DocBook 5)
290 - `docx` ([Word docx])
291 - `dokuwiki` ([DokuWiki markup])
292 - `epub` or `epub3` ([EPUB] v3 book)
294 - `fb2` ([FictionBook2] e-book)
295 - `gfm` ([GitHub-Flavored Markdown]),
296 or the deprecated and less accurate `markdown_github`;
297 use [`markdown_github`](#markdown-variants) only
298 if you need extensions not supported in [`gfm`](#markdown-variants).
299 - `haddock` ([Haddock markup])
300 - `html` or `html5` ([HTML], i.e. [HTML5]/XHTML [polyglot markup])
301 - `html4` ([XHTML] 1.0 Transitional)
302 - `icml` ([InDesign ICML])
303 - `ipynb` ([Jupyter notebook])
304 - `jats_archiving` ([JATS] XML, Archiving and Interchange Tag Set)
305 - `jats_articleauthoring` ([JATS] XML, Article Authoring Tag Set)
306 - `jats_publishing` ([JATS] XML, Journal Publishing Tag Set)
307 - `jats` (alias for `jats_archiving`)
308 - `jira` ([Jira]/Confluence wiki markup)
309 - `json` (JSON version of native AST)
312 - `markdown` ([Pandoc's Markdown])
313 - `markdown_mmd` ([MultiMarkdown])
314 - `markdown_phpextra` ([PHP Markdown Extra])
315 - `markdown_strict` (original unextended [Markdown])
316 - `mediawiki` ([MediaWiki markup])
319 - `native` (native Haskell),
320 - `odt` ([OpenOffice text document][ODT])
322 - `opendocument` ([OpenDocument])
323 - `org` ([Emacs Org mode])
325 - `plain` (plain text),
326 - `pptx` ([PowerPoint] slide show)
327 - `rst` ([reStructuredText])
328 - `rtf` ([Rich Text Format])
329 - `texinfo` ([GNU Texinfo])
330 - `textile` ([Textile])
331 - `slideous` ([Slideous] HTML and JavaScript slide show)
332 - `slidy` ([Slidy] HTML and JavaScript slide show)
333 - `dzslides` ([DZSlides] HTML5 + JavaScript slide show),
334 - `revealjs` ([reveal.js] HTML5 + JavaScript slide show)
335 - `s5` ([S5] HTML and JavaScript slide show)
336 - `tei` ([TEI Simple])
337 - `xwiki` ([XWiki markup])
338 - `zimwiki` ([ZimWiki markup])
339 - the path of a custom Lua writer, see [Custom writers] below
342 Note that `odt`, `docx`, `epub`, and `pdf` output will not be directed
343 to *stdout* unless forced with `-o -`.
345 Extensions can be individually enabled or
346 disabled by appending `+EXTENSION` or `-EXTENSION` to the format
347 name. See [Extensions] below, for a list of extensions and their
348 names. See `--list-output-formats` and `--list-extensions`, below.
350`-o` *FILE*, `--output=`*FILE*
352: Write output to *FILE* instead of *stdout*. If *FILE* is
353 `-`, output will go to *stdout*, even if a non-textual format
354 (`docx`, `odt`, `epub2`, `epub3`) is specified.
356`--data-dir=`*DIRECTORY*
358: Specify the user data directory to search for pandoc data files.
359 If this option is not specified, the default user data directory
360 will be used. On \*nix and macOS systems this will be the `pandoc`
361 subdirectory of the XDG data directory (by default,
362 `$HOME/.local/share`, overridable by setting the `XDG_DATA_HOME`
363 environment variable). If that directory does not exist,
364 `$HOME/.pandoc` will be used (for backwards compatibility).
365 In Windows the default user data directory is
366 `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc`.
367 You can find the default user data directory on your system by
368 looking at the output of `pandoc --version`.
369 A `reference.odt`, `reference.docx`, `epub.css`, `templates`,
370 `slidy`, `slideous`, or `s5` directory
371 placed in this directory will override pandoc's normal defaults.
373`-d` *FILE*, `--defaults=`*FILE*
375: Specify a set of default option settings. *FILE* is a YAML
376 file whose fields correspond to command-line option
377 settings. All options for document conversion, including input
378 and output files, can be set using a defaults file. The file will
379 be searched for first in the working directory, and then in
380 the `defaults` subdirectory of the user data directory
381 (see `--data-dir`). The `.yaml` extension may be omitted.
382 See the section [Default files] for more information on the
383 file format. Settings from the defaults file may be
384 overridden or extended by subsequent options on the command
389: Generate a bash completion script. To enable bash completion
390 with pandoc, add this to your `.bashrc`:
392 eval "$(pandoc --bash-completion)"
396: Give verbose debugging output.
400: Suppress warning messages.
404: Exit with error status if there are any warnings.
408: Write log messages in machine-readable JSON format to
409 *FILE*. All messages above DEBUG level will be written,
410 regardless of verbosity settings (`--verbose`, `--quiet`).
412`--list-input-formats`
414: List supported input formats, one per line.
416`--list-output-formats`
418: List supported output formats, one per line.
420`--list-extensions`[`=`*FORMAT*]
422: List supported extensions for *FORMAT*, one per line, preceded
423 by a `+` or `-` indicating whether it is enabled by default
424 in *FORMAT*. If *FORMAT* is not specified, defaults for
425 pandoc's Markdown are given.
427`--list-highlight-languages`
429: List supported languages for syntax highlighting, one per
432`--list-highlight-styles`
434: List supported styles for syntax highlighting, one per line.
435 See `--highlight-style`.
445[Markdown]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
446[CommonMark]: https://commonmark.org
447[PHP Markdown Extra]: https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/
448[GitHub-Flavored Markdown]: https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/
449[MultiMarkdown]: https://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/
450[reStructuredText]: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/introduction.html
451[S5]: https://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/
452[Slidy]: https://www.w3.org/Talks/Tools/Slidy2/
453[Slideous]: https://goessner.net/articles/slideous/
454[HTML]: https://www.w3.org/html/
455[HTML5]: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/
456[polyglot markup]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/
457[XHTML]: https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
458[LaTeX]: https://www.latex-project.org/
459[`beamer`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/beamer
460[Beamer User's Guide]: http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer/doc/beameruserguide.pdf
461[ConTeXt]: https://www.contextgarden.net/
462[Rich Text Format]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format
463[DocBook]: https://docbook.org
464[JATS]: https://jats.nlm.nih.gov
465[Jira]: https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=all
466[txt2tags]: https://txt2tags.org
467[EPUB]: http://idpf.org/epub
468[OPML]: http://dev.opml.org/spec2.html
469[OpenDocument]: http://opendocument.xml.org
470[ODT]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
471[Textile]: https://www.promptworks.com/textile
472[MediaWiki markup]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
473[DokuWiki markup]: https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki
474[ZimWiki markup]: https://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Wiki_Syntax.html
475[XWiki markup]: https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/UserGuide/Features/XWikiSyntax/
476[TWiki markup]: https://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TextFormattingRules
477[TikiWiki markup]: https://doc.tiki.org/Wiki-Syntax-Text#The_Markup_Language_Wiki-Syntax
478[Haddock markup]: https://www.haskell.org/haddock/doc/html/ch03s08.html
479[Creole 1.0]: http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Creole1.0
480[CSV]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
481[roff man]: https://man.cx/groff_man(7)
482[roff ms]: https://man.cx/groff_ms(7)
483[Haskell]: https://www.haskell.org
484[GNU Texinfo]: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
485[Emacs Org mode]: https://orgmode.org
486[AsciiDoc]: https://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
487[AsciiDoctor]: https://asciidoctor.org/
488[DZSlides]: http://paulrouget.com/dzslides/
489[Word docx]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML
490[PDF]: https://www.adobe.com/pdf/
491[reveal.js]: https://revealjs.com/
492[FictionBook2]: http://www.fictionbook.org/index.php/Eng:XML_Schema_Fictionbook_2.1
493[Jupyter notebook]: https://nbformat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
494[InDesign ICML]: https://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/indesign/sdk/cs6/idml/idml-cookbook.pdf
495[TEI Simple]: https://github.com/TEIC/TEI-Simple
496[Muse]: https://amusewiki.org/library/manual
497[PowerPoint]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint
498[Vimwiki]: https://vimwiki.github.io
499[CSL JSON]: https://citeproc-js.readthedocs.io/en/latest/csl-json/markup.html
500[BibTeX]: https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtex
501[BibLaTeX]: https://ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
503## Reader options {.options}
505`--shift-heading-level-by=`*NUMBER*
507: Shift heading levels by a positive or negative integer.
508 For example, with `--shift-heading-level-by=-1`, level 2
509 headings become level 1 headings, and level 3 headings
510 become level 2 headings. Headings cannot have a level
511 less than 1, so a heading that would be shifted below level 1
512 becomes a regular paragraph. Exception: with a shift of -N,
513 a level-N heading at the beginning of the document
514 replaces the metadata title. `--shift-heading-level-by=-1`
515 is a good choice when converting HTML or Markdown documents that
516 use an initial level-1 heading for the document title and
517 level-2+ headings for sections. `--shift-heading-level-by=1`
518 may be a good choice for converting Markdown documents that
519 use level-1 headings for sections to HTML, since pandoc uses
520 a level-1 heading to render the document title.
522`--base-header-level=`*NUMBER*
524: *Deprecated. Use `--shift-heading-level-by`=X instead,
525 where X = NUMBER - 1.* Specify the base level for headings
528`--strip-empty-paragraphs`
530: *Deprecated. Use the `+empty_paragraphs` extension instead.*
531 Ignore paragraphs with no content. This option is useful
532 for converting word processing documents where users have
533 used empty paragraphs to create inter-paragraph space.
535`--indented-code-classes=`*CLASSES*
537: Specify classes to use for indented code blocks--for example,
538 `perl,numberLines` or `haskell`. Multiple classes may be separated
541`--default-image-extension=`*EXTENSION*
543: Specify a default extension to use when image paths/URLs have no
544 extension. This allows you to use the same source for formats that
545 require different kinds of images. Currently this option only affects
546 the Markdown and LaTeX readers.
550: Parse each file individually before combining for multifile
551 documents. This will allow footnotes in different files with the
552 same identifiers to work as expected. If this option is set,
553 footnotes and links will not work across files. Reading binary
554 files (docx, odt, epub) implies `--file-scope`.
556`-F` *PROGRAM*, `--filter=`*PROGRAM*
558: Specify an executable to be used as a filter transforming the
559 pandoc AST after the input is parsed and before the output is
560 written. The executable should read JSON from stdin and write
561 JSON to stdout. The JSON must be formatted like pandoc's own
562 JSON input and output. The name of the output format will be
563 passed to the filter as the first argument. Hence,
565 pandoc --filter ./caps.py -t latex
569 pandoc -t json | ./caps.py latex | pandoc -f json -t latex
571 The latter form may be useful for debugging filters.
573 Filters may be written in any language. `Text.Pandoc.JSON`
574 exports `toJSONFilter` to facilitate writing filters in Haskell.
575 Those who would prefer to write filters in python can use the
576 module [`pandocfilters`], installable from PyPI. There are also
577 pandoc filter libraries in [PHP], [perl], and
578 [JavaScript/node.js].
580 In order of preference, pandoc will look for filters in
582 1. a specified full or relative path (executable or
585 2. `$DATADIR/filters` (executable or non-executable)
586 where `$DATADIR` is the user data directory (see
587 `--data-dir`, above).
589 3. `$PATH` (executable only)
591 Filters and Lua-filters are applied in the order specified
594`-L` *SCRIPT*, `--lua-filter=`*SCRIPT*
596: Transform the document in a similar fashion as JSON filters (see
597 `--filter`), but use pandoc's built-in Lua filtering system. The given
598 Lua script is expected to return a list of Lua filters which will be
599 applied in order. Each Lua filter must contain element-transforming
600 functions indexed by the name of the AST element on which the filter
601 function should be applied.
603 The `pandoc` Lua module provides helper functions for element
604 creation. It is always loaded into the script's Lua environment.
606 The following is an example Lua script for macro-expansion:
608 function expand_hello_world(inline)
609 if inline.c == '{{helloworld}}' then
610 return pandoc.Emph{ pandoc.Str "Hello, World" }
616 return {{Str = expand_hello_world}}
618 In order of preference, pandoc will look for Lua filters in
620 1. a specified full or relative path (executable or
623 2. `$DATADIR/filters` (executable or non-executable)
624 where `$DATADIR` is the user data directory (see
625 `--data-dir`, above).
627`-M` *KEY*[`=`*VAL*], `--metadata=`*KEY*[`:`*VAL*]
629: Set the metadata field *KEY* to the value *VAL*. A value specified
630 on the command line overrides a value specified in the document
631 using [YAML metadata blocks][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`].
632 Values will be parsed as YAML boolean or string values. If no value is
633 specified, the value will be treated as Boolean true. Like
634 `--variable`, `--metadata` causes template variables to be set.
635 But unlike `--variable`, `--metadata` affects the metadata of the
636 underlying document (which is accessible from filters and may be
637 printed in some output formats) and metadata values will be escaped
638 when inserted into the template.
640`--metadata-file=`*FILE*
642: Read metadata from the supplied YAML (or JSON) file. This
643 option can be used with every input format, but string scalars
644 in the YAML file will always be parsed as Markdown. Generally,
645 the input will be handled the same as in [YAML metadata
646 blocks][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`]. This option can be
647 used repeatedly to include multiple metadata files; values in
648 files specified later on the command line will be preferred
649 over those specified in earlier files. Metadata values
650 specified inside the document, or by using `-M`, overwrite
651 values specified with this option.
653`-p`, `--preserve-tabs`
655: Preserve tabs instead of converting them to spaces. (By default, pandoc
656 converts tabs to spaces before parsing its input.) Note that this will
657 only affect tabs in literal code spans and code blocks. Tabs in regular
658 text are always treated as spaces.
662: Specify the number of spaces per tab (default is 4).
664`--track-changes=accept`|`reject`|`all`
666: Specifies what to do with insertions, deletions, and comments
667 produced by the MS Word "Track Changes" feature. `accept` (the
668 default) processes all the insertions and deletions.
669 `reject` ignores them. Both `accept` and `reject` ignore comments.
670 `all` includes all insertions, deletions, and comments, wrapped
671 in spans with `insertion`, `deletion`, `comment-start`, and
672 `comment-end` classes, respectively. The author and time of
673 change is included. `all` is useful for scripting: only
674 accepting changes from a certain reviewer, say, or before a
675 certain date. If a paragraph is inserted or deleted,
676 `track-changes=all` produces a span with the class
677 `paragraph-insertion`/`paragraph-deletion` before the
678 affected paragraph break. This option only affects the docx
681`--extract-media=`*DIR*
683: Extract images and other media contained in or linked from
684 the source document to the path *DIR*, creating it if
685 necessary, and adjust the images references in the document
686 so they point to the extracted files. If the source format is
687 a binary container (docx, epub, or odt), the media is
688 extracted from the container and the original
689 filenames are used. Otherwise the media is read from the
690 file system or downloaded, and new filenames are constructed
691 based on SHA1 hashes of the contents.
693`--abbreviations=`*FILE*
695: Specifies a custom abbreviations file, with abbreviations
696 one to a line. If this option is not specified, pandoc will
697 read the data file `abbreviations` from the user data
698 directory or fall back on a system default. To see the
700 `pandoc --print-default-data-file=abbreviations`. The only
701 use pandoc makes of this list is in the Markdown reader.
702 Strings ending in a period that are found in this list will
703 be followed by a nonbreaking space, so that the period will
704 not produce sentence-ending space in formats like LaTeX.
706[`pandocfilters`]: https://github.com/jgm/pandocfilters
707[PHP]: https://github.com/vinai/pandocfilters-php
708[perl]: https://metacpan.org/pod/Pandoc::Filter
709[JavaScript/node.js]: https://github.com/mvhenderson/pandoc-filter-node
711## General writer options {.options}
715: Produce output with an appropriate header and footer (e.g. a
716 standalone HTML, LaTeX, TEI, or RTF file, not a fragment). This option
717 is set automatically for `pdf`, `epub`, `epub3`, `fb2`, `docx`, and `odt`
718 output. For `native` output, this option causes metadata to
719 be included; otherwise, metadata is suppressed.
721`--template=`*FILE*|*URL*
723: Use the specified file as a custom template for the generated document.
724 Implies `--standalone`. See [Templates], below, for a description
725 of template syntax. If no extension is specified, an extension
726 corresponding to the writer will be added, so that `--template=special`
727 looks for `special.html` for HTML output. If the template is not
728 found, pandoc will search for it in the `templates` subdirectory of
729 the user data directory (see `--data-dir`). If this option is not used,
730 a default template appropriate for the output format will be used (see
731 `-D/--print-default-template`).
733`-V` *KEY*[`=`*VAL*], `--variable=`*KEY*[`:`*VAL*]
735: Set the template variable *KEY* to the value *VAL* when rendering the
736 document in standalone mode. If no *VAL* is specified, the
737 key will be given the value `true`.
739`-D` *FORMAT*, `--print-default-template=`*FORMAT*
741: Print the system default template for an output *FORMAT*. (See `-t`
742 for a list of possible *FORMAT*s.) Templates in the user data
743 directory are ignored. This option may be used with
744 `-o`/`--output` to redirect output to a file, but
745 `-o`/`--output` must come before `--print-default-template`
748 Note that some of the default templates use partials, for
749 example `styles.html`. To print the partials, use
750 `--print-default-data-file`: for example,
751 `--print-default-data-file=templates/styles.html`.
753`--print-default-data-file=`*FILE*
755: Print a system default data file. Files in the user data directory
756 are ignored. This option may be used with `-o`/`--output` to
757 redirect output to a file, but `-o`/`--output` must come before
758 `--print-default-data-file` on the command line.
760`--eol=crlf`|`lf`|`native`
762: Manually specify line endings: `crlf` (Windows), `lf`
763 (macOS/Linux/UNIX), or `native` (line endings appropriate
764 to the OS on which pandoc is being run). The default is
769: Specify the default dpi (dots per inch) value for conversion
770 from pixels to inch/centimeters and vice versa. (Technically,
771 the correct term would be ppi: pixels per inch.) The default
772 is 96dpi. When images contain information about dpi
773 internally, the encoded value is used instead of the default
774 specified by this option.
776`--wrap=auto`|`none`|`preserve`
778: Determine how text is wrapped in the output (the source
779 code, not the rendered version). With `auto` (the default),
780 pandoc will attempt to wrap lines to the column width specified by
781 `--columns` (default 72). With `none`, pandoc will not wrap
782 lines at all. With `preserve`, pandoc will attempt to
783 preserve the wrapping from the source document (that is,
784 where there are nonsemantic newlines in the source, there
785 will be nonsemantic newlines in the output as well).
786 Automatic wrapping does not currently work in HTML output.
787 In `ipynb` output, this option affects wrapping of the
788 contents of markdown cells.
792: Specify length of lines in characters. This affects text wrapping
793 in the generated source code (see `--wrap`). It also affects
794 calculation of column widths for plain text tables (see [Tables] below).
796`--toc`, `--table-of-contents`
798: Include an automatically generated table of contents (or, in
799 the case of `latex`, `context`, `docx`, `odt`,
800 `opendocument`, `rst`, or `ms`, an instruction to create
801 one) in the output document. This option has no effect
802 unless `-s/--standalone` is used, and it has no effect
803 on `man`, `docbook4`, `docbook5`, or `jats` output.
805 Note that if you are producing a PDF via `ms`, the table
806 of contents will appear at the beginning of the
807 document, before the title. If you would prefer it to
808 be at the end of the document, use the option
809 `--pdf-engine-opt=--no-toc-relocation`.
811`--toc-depth=`*NUMBER*
813: Specify the number of section levels to include in the table
814 of contents. The default is 3 (which means that level-1, 2, and 3
815 headings will be listed in the contents).
819: Strip out HTML comments in the Markdown or Textile source,
820 rather than passing them on to Markdown, Textile or HTML
821 output as raw HTML. This does not apply to HTML comments
822 inside raw HTML blocks when the `markdown_in_html_blocks`
823 extension is not set.
827: Disables syntax highlighting for code blocks and inlines, even when
828 a language attribute is given.
830`--highlight-style=`*STYLE*|*FILE*
832: Specifies the coloring style to be used in highlighted source code.
833 Options are `pygments` (the default), `kate`, `monochrome`,
834 `breezeDark`, `espresso`, `zenburn`, `haddock`, and `tango`.
835 For more information on syntax highlighting in pandoc, see
836 [Syntax highlighting], below. See also
837 `--list-highlight-styles`.
839 Instead of a *STYLE* name, a JSON file with extension
840 `.theme` may be supplied. This will be parsed as a KDE
841 syntax highlighting theme and (if valid) used as the
844 To generate the JSON version of an existing style,
845 use `--print-highlight-style`.
847`--print-highlight-style=`*STYLE*|*FILE*
849: Prints a JSON version of a highlighting style, which can
850 be modified, saved with a `.theme` extension, and used
851 with `--highlight-style`. This option may be used with
852 `-o`/`--output` to redirect output to a file, but
853 `-o`/`--output` must come before `--print-highlight-style`
856`--syntax-definition=`*FILE*
858: Instructs pandoc to load a KDE XML syntax definition file,
859 which will be used for syntax highlighting of appropriately
860 marked code blocks. This can be used to add support for
861 new languages or to use altered syntax definitions for
862 existing languages. This option may be repeated to add
863 multiple syntax definitions.
865`-H` *FILE*, `--include-in-header=`*FILE*|*URL*
867: Include contents of *FILE*, verbatim, at the end of the header.
868 This can be used, for example, to include special
869 CSS or JavaScript in HTML documents. This option can be used
870 repeatedly to include multiple files in the header. They will be
871 included in the order specified. Implies `--standalone`.
873`-B` *FILE*, `--include-before-body=`*FILE*|*URL*
875: Include contents of *FILE*, verbatim, at the beginning of the
876 document body (e.g. after the `<body>` tag in HTML, or the
877 `\begin{document}` command in LaTeX). This can be used to include
878 navigation bars or banners in HTML documents. This option can be
879 used repeatedly to include multiple files. They will be included in
880 the order specified. Implies `--standalone`.
882`-A` *FILE*, `--include-after-body=`*FILE*|*URL*
884: Include contents of *FILE*, verbatim, at the end of the document
885 body (before the `</body>` tag in HTML, or the
886 `\end{document}` command in LaTeX). This option can be used
887 repeatedly to include multiple files. They will be included in the
888 order specified. Implies `--standalone`.
890`--resource-path=`*SEARCHPATH*
892: List of paths to search for images and other resources.
893 The paths should be separated by `:` on Linux, UNIX, and
894 macOS systems, and by `;` on Windows. If `--resource-path`
895 is not specified, the default resource path is the working
896 directory. Note that, if `--resource-path` is specified,
897 the working directory must be explicitly listed or it
898 will not be searched. For example:
899 `--resource-path=.:test` will search the working directory
900 and the `test` subdirectory, in that order.
902 `--resource-path` only has an effect if (a) the output
903 format embeds images (for example, `docx`, `pdf`, or `html`
904 with `--self-contained`) or (b) it is used together with
907`--request-header=`*NAME*`:`*VAL*
909: Set the request header *NAME* to the value *VAL* when making
910 HTTP requests (for example, when a URL is given on the
911 command line, or when resources used in a document must be
912 downloaded). If you're behind a proxy, you also need to set
913 the environment variable `http_proxy` to `http://...`.
915`--no-check-certificate`
917: Disable the certificate verification to allow access to
918 unsecure HTTP resources (for example when the certificate
919 is no longer valid or self signed).
921## Options affecting specific writers {.options}
925: Produce a standalone HTML file with no external dependencies, using
926 `data:` URIs to incorporate the contents of linked scripts, stylesheets,
927 images, and videos. Implies `--standalone`. The resulting file should be
928 "self-contained," in the sense that it needs no external files and no net
929 access to be displayed properly by a browser. This option works only with
930 HTML output formats, including `html4`, `html5`, `html+lhs`, `html5+lhs`,
931 `s5`, `slidy`, `slideous`, `dzslides`, and `revealjs`. Scripts, images,
932 and stylesheets at absolute URLs will be downloaded; those at relative
933 URLs will be sought relative to the working directory (if the first source
934 file is local) or relative to the base URL (if the first source
935 file is remote). Elements with the attribute
936 `data-external="1"` will be left alone; the documents they
937 link to will not be incorporated in the document.
938 Limitation: resources that are loaded dynamically through
939 JavaScript cannot be incorporated; as a result,
940 `--self-contained` does not work with `--mathjax`, and some
941 advanced features (e.g. zoom or speaker notes) may not work
942 in an offline "self-contained" `reveal.js` slide show.
946: Use `<q>` tags for quotes in HTML. (This option only has an
947 effect if the `smart` extension is enabled for the input
952: Use only ASCII characters in output. Currently supported for XML
953 and HTML formats (which use entities instead of UTF-8 when this
954 option is selected), CommonMark, gfm, and Markdown (which use
955 entities), roff ms (which use hexadecimal escapes), and to a
956 limited degree LaTeX (which uses standard commands for accented
957 characters when possible). roff man output uses ASCII by default.
961: Use reference-style links, rather than inline links, in writing Markdown
962 or reStructuredText. By default inline links are used. The
963 placement of link references is affected by the
964 `--reference-location` option.
966`--reference-location = block`|`section`|`document`
968: Specify whether footnotes (and references, if `reference-links` is
969 set) are placed at the end of the current (top-level) block, the
970 current section, or the document. The default is
971 `document`. Currently only affects the markdown writer.
975: Use ATX-style headings in Markdown output. The default is
976 to use setext-style headings for levels 1 to 2, and then ATX headings.
977 (Note: for `gfm` output, ATX headings are always used.)
978 This option also affects markdown cells in `ipynb` output.
980`--top-level-division=[default|section|chapter|part]`
982: Treat top-level headings as the given division type in LaTeX, ConTeXt,
983 DocBook, and TEI output. The hierarchy order is part, chapter, then section;
984 all headings are shifted such that the top-level heading becomes the specified
985 type. The default behavior is to determine the best division type via
986 heuristics: unless other conditions apply, `section` is chosen. When the
987 `documentclass` variable is set to `report`, `book`, or `memoir` (unless the
988 `article` option is specified), `chapter` is implied as the setting for this
989 option. If `beamer` is the output format, specifying either `chapter` or
990 `part` will cause top-level headings to become `\part{..}`, while
991 second-level headings remain as their default type.
993`-N`, `--number-sections`
995: Number section headings in LaTeX, ConTeXt, HTML, Docx, or EPUB output.
996 By default, sections are not numbered. Sections with class
997 `unnumbered` will never be numbered, even if `--number-sections`
1000`--number-offset=`*NUMBER*[`,`*NUMBER*`,`*...*]
1002: Offset for section headings in HTML output (ignored in other
1003 output formats). The first number is added to the section number for
1004 top-level headings, the second for second-level headings, and so on.
1005 So, for example, if you want the first top-level heading in your
1006 document to be numbered "6", specify `--number-offset=5`.
1007 If your document starts with a level-2 heading which you want to
1008 be numbered "1.5", specify `--number-offset=1,4`.
1009 Offsets are 0 by default. Implies `--number-sections`.
1013: Use the [`listings`] package for LaTeX code blocks. The package
1014 does not support multi-byte encoding for source code. To handle UTF-8
1015 you would need to use a custom template. This issue is fully
1016 documented here: [Encoding issue with the listings package].
1018`-i`, `--incremental`
1020: Make list items in slide shows display incrementally (one by one).
1021 The default is for lists to be displayed all at once.
1023`--slide-level=`*NUMBER*
1025: Specifies that headings with the specified level create
1026 slides (for `beamer`, `s5`, `slidy`, `slideous`, `dzslides`). Headings
1027 above this level in the hierarchy are used to divide the
1028 slide show into sections; headings below this level create
1029 subheads within a slide. Note that content that is
1030 not contained under slide-level headings will not appear in
1031 the slide show. The default is to set the slide level based
1032 on the contents of the document; see [Structuring the slide
1037: Wrap sections in `<section>` tags (or `<div>` tags for `html4`),
1038 and attach identifiers to the enclosing `<section>` (or `<div>`)
1039 rather than the heading itself. See
1040 [Heading identifiers], below.
1042`--email-obfuscation=none`|`javascript`|`references`
1044: Specify a method for obfuscating `mailto:` links in HTML documents.
1045 `none` leaves `mailto:` links as they are. `javascript` obfuscates
1046 them using JavaScript. `references` obfuscates them by printing their
1047 letters as decimal or hexadecimal character references. The default
1050`--id-prefix=`*STRING*
1052: Specify a prefix to be added to all identifiers and internal links
1053 in HTML and DocBook output, and to footnote numbers in Markdown
1054 and Haddock output. This is useful for preventing duplicate
1055 identifiers when generating fragments to be included in other pages.
1057`-T` *STRING*, `--title-prefix=`*STRING*
1059: Specify *STRING* as a prefix at the beginning of the title
1060 that appears in the HTML header (but not in the title as it
1061 appears at the beginning of the HTML body). Implies `--standalone`.
1063`-c` *URL*, `--css=`*URL*
1065: Link to a CSS style sheet. This option can be used repeatedly to
1066 include multiple files. They will be included in the order specified.
1068 A stylesheet is required for generating EPUB. If none is
1069 provided using this option (or the `css` or `stylesheet`
1070 metadata fields), pandoc will look for a file `epub.css` in the
1071 user data directory (see `--data-dir`). If it is not
1072 found there, sensible defaults will be used.
1074`--reference-doc=`*FILE*
1076: Use the specified file as a style reference in producing a
1081 : For best results, the reference docx should be a modified
1082 version of a docx file produced using pandoc. The contents
1083 of the reference docx are ignored, but its stylesheets and
1084 document properties (including margins, page size, header,
1085 and footer) are used in the new docx. If no reference docx
1086 is specified on the command line, pandoc will look for a
1087 file `reference.docx` in the user data directory (see
1088 `--data-dir`). If this is not found either, sensible
1089 defaults will be used.
1091 To produce a custom `reference.docx`, first get a copy of
1092 the default `reference.docx`: `pandoc
1093 -o custom-reference.docx --print-default-data-file reference.docx`.
1094 Then open `custom-reference.docx` in Word, modify the
1095 styles as you wish, and save the file. For best
1096 results, do not make changes to this file other than
1097 modifying the styles used by pandoc:
1133 - Default Paragraph Font
1136 - Footnote Reference
1146 : For best results, the reference ODT should be a modified
1147 version of an ODT produced using pandoc. The contents of
1148 the reference ODT are ignored, but its stylesheets are used
1149 in the new ODT. If no reference ODT is specified on the
1150 command line, pandoc will look for a file `reference.odt` in
1151 the user data directory (see `--data-dir`). If this is not
1152 found either, sensible defaults will be used.
1154 To produce a custom `reference.odt`, first get a copy of
1155 the default `reference.odt`: `pandoc
1156 -o custom-reference.odt --print-default-data-file reference.odt`.
1157 Then open `custom-reference.odt` in LibreOffice, modify
1158 the styles as you wish, and save the file.
1162 : Templates included with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 (either with
1163 `.pptx` or `.potx` extension) are known to work, as are most
1164 templates derived from these.
1166 The specific requirement is that the template should begin with
1167 the following first four layouts:
1170 2. Title and Content
1174 All templates included with a recent version of MS PowerPoint
1175 will fit these criteria. (You can click on `Layout` under the
1176 `Home` menu to check.)
1178 You can also modify the default `reference.pptx`: first run
1179 `pandoc -o custom-reference.pptx --print-default-data-file
1180 reference.pptx`, and then modify `custom-reference.pptx`
1181 in MS PowerPoint (pandoc will use the first four layout
1182 slides, as mentioned above).
1184`--epub-cover-image=`*FILE*
1186: Use the specified image as the EPUB cover. It is recommended
1187 that the image be less than 1000px in width and height. Note that
1188 in a Markdown source document you can also specify `cover-image`
1189 in a YAML metadata block (see [EPUB Metadata], below).
1191`--epub-metadata=`*FILE*
1193: Look in the specified XML file for metadata for the EPUB.
1194 The file should contain a series of [Dublin Core elements].
1197 <dc:rights>Creative Commons</dc:rights>
1198 <dc:language>es-AR</dc:language>
1200 By default, pandoc will include the following metadata elements:
1201 `<dc:title>` (from the document title), `<dc:creator>` (from the
1202 document authors), `<dc:date>` (from the document date, which should
1203 be in [ISO 8601 format]), `<dc:language>` (from the `lang`
1204 variable, or, if is not set, the locale), and `<dc:identifier
1205 id="BookId">` (a randomly generated UUID). Any of these may be
1206 overridden by elements in the metadata file.
1208 Note: if the source document is Markdown, a YAML metadata block
1209 in the document can be used instead. See below under
1212`--epub-embed-font=`*FILE*
1214: Embed the specified font in the EPUB. This option can be repeated
1215 to embed multiple fonts. Wildcards can also be used: for example,
1216 `DejaVuSans-*.ttf`. However, if you use wildcards on the command
1217 line, be sure to escape them or put the whole filename in single quotes,
1218 to prevent them from being interpreted by the shell. To use the
1219 embedded fonts, you will need to add declarations like the following
1220 to your CSS (see `--css`):
1223 font-family: DejaVuSans;
1225 font-weight: normal;
1226 src:url("DejaVuSans-Regular.ttf");
1229 font-family: DejaVuSans;
1232 src:url("DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf");
1235 font-family: DejaVuSans;
1237 font-weight: normal;
1238 src:url("DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf");
1241 font-family: DejaVuSans;
1244 src:url("DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf");
1246 body { font-family: "DejaVuSans"; }
1248`--epub-chapter-level=`*NUMBER*
1250: Specify the heading level at which to split the EPUB into separate
1251 "chapter" files. The default is to split into chapters at level-1
1252 headings. This option only affects the internal composition of the
1253 EPUB, not the way chapters and sections are displayed to users. Some
1254 readers may be slow if the chapter files are too large, so for large
1255 documents with few level-1 headings, one might want to use a chapter
1258`--epub-subdirectory=`*DIRNAME*
1260: Specify the subdirectory in the OCF container that is to hold
1261 the EPUB-specific contents. The default is `EPUB`. To put
1262 the EPUB contents in the top level, use an empty string.
1264`--ipynb-output=all|none|best`
1266: Determines how ipynb output cells are treated. `all` means
1267 that all of the data formats included in the original are
1268 preserved. `none` means that the contents of data cells
1269 are omitted. `best` causes pandoc to try to pick the
1270 richest data block in each output cell that is compatible
1271 with the output format. The default is `best`.
1273`--pdf-engine=`*PROGRAM*
1275: Use the specified engine when producing PDF output.
1276 Valid values are `pdflatex`, `lualatex`, `xelatex`, `latexmk`,
1277 `tectonic`, `wkhtmltopdf`, `weasyprint`, `prince`, `context`,
1278 and `pdfroff`. If the engine is not in your PATH, the full
1279 path of the engine may be specified here. If this option
1280 is not specified, pandoc uses the following defaults
1281 depending on the output format specified using `-t/--to`:
1283 - `-t latex` or none: `pdflatex` (other options: `xelatex`, `lualatex`,
1284 `tectonic`, `latexmk`)
1285 - `-t context`: `context`
1286 - `-t html`: `wkhtmltopdf` (other options: `prince`, `weasyprint`;
1287 see [print-css.rocks](https://print-css.rocks) for a good
1288 introduction to PDF generation from HTML/CSS.)
1289 - `-t ms`: `pdfroff`
1291`--pdf-engine-opt=`*STRING*
1293: Use the given string as a command-line argument to the `pdf-engine`.
1294 For example, to use a persistent directory `foo` for `latexmk`'s
1295 auxiliary files, use `--pdf-engine-opt=-outdir=foo`.
1296 Note that no check for duplicate options is done.
1298[Dublin Core elements]: https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dces/
1299[ISO 8601 format]: https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
1300[Encoding issue with the listings package]:
1301 https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Source_Code_Listings#Encoding_issue
1303## Citation rendering {.options}
1307: Process the citations in the file, replacing them with
1308 rendered citations and adding a bibliography.
1309 Citation processing will not take place unless bibliographic
1310 data is supplied, either through an external file specified
1311 using the `--bibliography` option or the `bibliography`
1312 field in metadata, or via a `references` section in metadata
1313 containing a list of citations in CSL YAML format with
1314 Markdown formatting. The style is controlled by a [CSL]
1315 stylesheet specified using the `--csl` option or the `csl`
1316 field in metadata. (If no stylesheet is specified,
1317 the `chicago-author-date` style will be used by default.)
1318 The citation processing transformation may be applied before
1319 or after filters or Lua filters (see `--filter`,
1320 `--lua-filter`): these transformations are applied in the
1321 order they appear on the command line. For more
1322 information, see the section on [Citations].
1324`--bibliography=`*FILE*
1326: Set the `bibliography` field in the document's metadata to *FILE*,
1327 overriding any value set in the metadata. If you supply
1328 this argument multiple times, each *FILE* will be added to
1333: Set the `csl` field in the document's metadata to *FILE*,
1334 overriding any value set in the metadata. (This is equivalent to
1335 `--metadata csl=FILE`.) If *FILE* is a URL, it will be
1336 fetched via HTTP. If *FILE* is not found relative to the
1337 working directory, it will be sought in the resource path
1338 and finally in the `csl` subdirectory of the
1339 pandoc user data directory.
1341`--citation-abbreviations=`*FILE*
1343: Set the `citation-abbreviations` field in the document's metadata to
1344 *FILE*, overriding any value set in the metadata. (This is equivalent to
1345 `--metadata citation-abbreviations=FILE`.)
1346 If *FILE* is a URL, it will be fetched via HTTP. If *FILE* is not
1347 found relative to the working directory, it will be sought
1348 in the resource path and finally in the `csl` subdirectory
1349 of the pandoc user data directory.
1353: Use [`natbib`] for citations in LaTeX output. This option is not for use
1354 with the `--citeproc` option or with PDF output. It is intended for
1355 use in producing a LaTeX file that can be processed with [`bibtex`].
1359: Use [`biblatex`] for citations in LaTeX output. This option is not for use
1360 with the `--citeproc` option or with PDF output. It is intended for
1361 use in producing a LaTeX file that can be processed with [`bibtex`] or [`biber`].
1363## Math rendering in HTML {.options}
1365The default is to render TeX math as far as possible using Unicode characters.
1366Formulas are put inside a `span` with `class="math"`, so that they may be styled
1367differently from the surrounding text if needed. However, this gives acceptable
1368results only for basic math, usually you will want to use `--mathjax` or another
1369of the following options.
1371`--mathjax`[`=`*URL*]
1373: Use [MathJax] to display embedded TeX math in HTML output.
1374 TeX math will be put between `\(...\)` (for inline math)
1375 or `\[...\]` (for display math) and wrapped in `<span>` tags
1376 with class `math`. Then the MathJax JavaScript will render it.
1377 The *URL* should point to the `MathJax.js` load script.
1378 If a *URL* is not provided, a link to the Cloudflare CDN will
1383: Convert TeX math to [MathML] (in `epub3`, `docbook4`, `docbook5`, `jats`,
1384 `html4` and `html5`). This is the default in `odt` output. Note that
1385 currently only Firefox and Safari (and select e-book readers) natively
1390: Convert TeX formulas to `<img>` tags that link to an external script
1391 that converts formulas to images. The formula will be URL-encoded
1392 and concatenated with the URL provided. For SVG images you can for
1393 example use `--webtex https://latex.codecogs.com/svg.latex?`.
1394 If no URL is specified, the CodeCogs URL generating PNGs
1395 will be used (`https://latex.codecogs.com/png.latex?`).
1396 Note: the `--webtex` option will affect Markdown output
1397 as well as HTML, which is useful if you're targeting a
1398 version of Markdown without native math support.
1402: Use [KaTeX] to display embedded TeX math in HTML output.
1403 The *URL* is the base URL for the KaTeX library. That directory
1404 should contain a `katex.min.js` and a `katex.min.css` file.
1405 If a *URL* is not provided, a link to the KaTeX CDN will be inserted.
1409: Enclose TeX math in `<eq>` tags in HTML output. The resulting HTML
1410 can then be processed by [GladTeX] to produce images of the typeset
1411 formulas and an HTML file with links to these images.
1412 So, the procedure is:
1414 pandoc -s --gladtex input.md -o myfile.htex
1415 gladtex -d myfile-images myfile.htex
1416 # produces myfile.html and images in myfile-images
1418[MathML]: https://www.w3.org/Math/
1419[MathJax]: https://www.mathjax.org
1420[KaTeX]: https://github.com/Khan/KaTeX
1421[GladTeX]: https://humenda.github.io/GladTeX/
1423## Options for wrapper scripts {.options}
1427: Print information about command-line arguments to *stdout*, then exit.
1428 This option is intended primarily for use in wrapper scripts.
1429 The first line of output contains the name of the output file specified
1430 with the `-o` option, or `-` (for *stdout*) if no output file was
1431 specified. The remaining lines contain the command-line arguments,
1432 one per line, in the order they appear. These do not include regular
1433 pandoc options and their arguments, but do include any options appearing
1434 after a `--` separator at the end of the line.
1438: Ignore command-line arguments (for use in wrapper scripts).
1439 Regular pandoc options are not ignored. Thus, for example,
1441 pandoc --ignore-args -o foo.html -s foo.txt -- -e latin1
1445 pandoc -o foo.html -s
1449If pandoc completes successfully, it will return exit code 0.
1450Nonzero exit codes have the following meanings:
1453----- ------------------------------------
1454 3 PandocFailOnWarningError
1456 5 PandocTemplateError
1458 21 PandocUnknownReaderError
1459 22 PandocUnknownWriterError
1460 23 PandocUnsupportedExtensionError
1461 24 PandocCiteprocError
1462 31 PandocEpubSubdirectoryError
1464 47 PandocPDFProgramNotFoundError
1466 62 PandocShouldNeverHappenError
1469 65 PandocParsecError
1470 66 PandocMakePDFError
1471 67 PandocSyntaxMapError
1472 83 PandocFilterError
1474 92 PandocUTF8DecodingError
1475 93 PandocIpynbDecodingError
1476 97 PandocCouldNotFindDataFileError
1477 99 PandocResourceNotFound
1478----- ------------------------------------
1482The `--defaults` option may be used to specify a package
1483of options. Here is a sample defaults file demonstrating all of
1484the fields that may be used:
1488# reader: may be used instead of from:
1490# writer: may be used instead of to:
1492# leave blank for output to stdout:
1494# leave blank for input from stdin, use [] for no input:
1498# or you may use input-file: with a single value
1502self-contained: false
1504# note that structured variables may be specified:
1511# metadata values specified here are parsed as literal
1512# string text, not markdown:
1519# or you may use metadata-file: with a single value
1521# Note that these take files, not their contents:
1522include-before-body: []
1523include-after-body: []
1524include-in-header: []
1527# turn on built-in citation processing. Note that if you need
1528# control over when the citeproc processing is done relative
1529# to other filters, you should instead use `citeproc` in the
1530# list of `filters` (see below).
1536citation-abbreviations: abbrevs.json
1538# Filters will be assumed to be Lua filters if they have
1539# the .lua extension, and json filters otherwise. But
1540# the filter type can also be specified explicitly, as shown.
1541# Filters are run in the order specified.
1542# To include the built-in citeproc filter, use either `citeproc`
1543# or `{type: citeproc}`.
1553# ERROR, WARNING, or INFO
1557# citeproc, natbib, or biblatex
1558cite-method: citeproc
1559# part, chapter, section, or default:
1560top-level-division: chapter
1566# you may also use pdf-engine-opt: with a single option
1567# pdf-engine-opt: "-shell-escape"
1569# auto, preserve, or none
1574extract-media: mediadir
1576table-of-contents: true
1578number-sections: false
1579# a list of offsets at each heading level
1580number-offset: [0,0,0,0,0,0]
1581# toc: may also be used instead of table-of-contents:
1582shift-heading-level-by: 1
1584identifier-prefix: foo
1586strip-empty-paragraphs: true
1587# lf, crlf, or native
1589strip-comments: false
1590indented-code-classes: []
1592default-image-extension: ".jpg"
1594# either a style name of a style definition file:
1595highlight-style: pygments
1598# or you may use syntax-definition: with a single value
1601reference-doc: myref.docx
1603# method is plain, webtex, gladtex, mathml, mathjax, katex
1604# you may specify a url with webtex, mathjax, katex
1607 url: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-mml-chtml.js"
1608# none, references, or javascript
1609email-obfuscation: javascript
1617epub-subdirectory: EPUB
1618epub-metadata: meta.xml
1621epub-chapter-level: 1
1622epub-cover-image: cover.jpg
1624reference-links: true
1625# block, section, or document
1626reference-location: block
1629# accept, reject, or all
1630track-changes: accept
1639# A list of two-element lists
1641- ["User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0"]
1643fail-if-warnings: false
1649Fields that are omitted will just have their regular
1650default values. So a defaults file can be as simple as
1657Default files can be placed in the `defaults` subdirectory of
1658the user data directory and used from any directory. For
1659example, one could create a file specifying defaults for writing
1660letters, save it as `letter.yaml` in the `defaults` subdirectory
1661of the user data directory, and then invoke these defaults
1662from any directory using `pandoc --defaults letter`
1663or `pandoc -dletter`.
1665When multiple defaults are used, their contents will be combined.
1667Note that, where command-line arguments may be repeated
1668(`--metadata-file`, `--css`, `--include-in-header`,
1669`--include-before-body`, `--include-after-body`, `--variable`,
1670`--metadata`, `--syntax-definition`), the values specified on
1671the command line will combine with values specified in the
1672defaults file, rather than replacing them.
1676When the `-s/--standalone` option is used, pandoc uses a template to
1677add header and footer material that is needed for a self-standing
1678document. To see the default template that is used, just type
1682where *FORMAT* is the name of the output format. A custom template
1683can be specified using the `--template` option. You can also override
1684the system default templates for a given output format *FORMAT*
1685by putting a file `templates/default.*FORMAT*` in the user data
1686directory (see `--data-dir`, above). *Exceptions:*
1688- For `odt` output, customize the `default.opendocument`
1690- For `pdf` output, customize the `default.latex` template
1691 (or the `default.context` template, if you use `-t context`,
1692 or the `default.ms` template, if you use `-t ms`, or the
1693 `default.html` template, if you use `-t html`).
1694- `docx` and `pptx` have no template (however, you can use
1695 `--reference-doc` to customize the output).
1697Templates contain *variables*, which allow for the inclusion of
1698arbitrary information at any point in the file. They may be set at the
1699command line using the `-V/--variable` option. If a variable is not set,
1700pandoc will look for the key in the document's metadata, which can be set
1701using either [YAML metadata blocks][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`]
1702or with the `-M/--metadata` option. In addition, some variables
1703are given default values by pandoc. See [Variables] below for
1704a list of variables used in pandoc's default templates.
1706If you use custom templates, you may need to revise them as pandoc
1707changes. We recommend tracking the changes in the default templates,
1708and modifying your custom templates accordingly. An easy way to do this
1709is to fork the [pandoc-templates] repository and merge in
1710changes after each pandoc release.
1712 [pandoc-templates]: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-templates
1718Anything between the sequence `$--` and the end of the
1719line will be treated as a comment and omitted from the output.
1723To mark variables and control structures in the template,
1724either `$`...`$` or `${`...`}` may be used as delimiters.
1725The styles may also be mixed in the same template, but the
1726opening and closing delimiter must match in each case. The
1727opening delimiter may be followed by one or more spaces
1728or tabs, which will be ignored. The closing delimiter may
1729be followed by one or more spaces or tabs, which will be
1732To include a literal `$` in the document, use `$$`.
1734### Interpolated variables
1736A slot for an interpolated variable is a variable name surrounded
1737by matched delimiters. Variable names must begin with a letter
1738and can contain letters, numbers, `_`, `-`, and `.`. The
1739keywords `it`, `if`, `else`, `endif`, `for`, `sep`, and `endfor` may
1740not be used as variable names. Examples:
1753Variable names with periods are used to get at structured
1754variable values. So, for example, `employee.salary` will return the
1755value of the `salary` field of the object that is the value of
1756the `employee` field.
1758- If the value of the variable is simple value, it will be
1759 rendered verbatim. (Note that no escaping is done;
1760 the assumption is that the calling program will escape
1761 the strings appropriately for the output format.)
1762- If the value is a list, the values will be concatenated.
1763- If the value is a map, the string `true` will be rendered.
1764- Every other value will be rendered as the empty string.
1768A conditional begins with `if(variable)` (enclosed in
1769matched delimiters) and ends with `endif` (enclosed in matched
1770delimiters). It may optionally contain an `else` (enclosed in
1771matched delimiters). The `if` section is used if
1772`variable` has a non-empty value, otherwise the `else`
1773section is used (if present). Examples:
1788${if(foo)}bar${endif}
1801The keyword `elseif` may be used to simplify complex nested
1816A for loop begins with `for(variable)` (enclosed in
1817matched delimiters) and ends with `endfor` (enclosed in matched
1820- If `variable` is an array, the material inside the loop will
1821 be evaluated repeatedly, with `variable` being set to each
1822 value of the array in turn, and concatenated.
1823- If `variable` is a map, the material inside will be set to
1825- If the value of the associated variable is not an array or
1826 a map, a single iteration will be performed on its value.
1831$for(foo)$$foo$$sep$, $endfor$
1834 - $foo.last$, $foo.first$
1838 - ${ foo.bar.last }, ${ foo.bar.first }
1842$it.name$: $it.office$
1846You may optionally specify a separator between consecutive
1847values using `sep` (enclosed in matched delimiters). The
1848material between `sep` and the `endfor` is the separator.
1851${ for(foo) }${ foo }${ sep }, ${ endfor }
1854Instead of using `variable` inside the loop, the special
1855anaphoric keyword `it` may be used.
1859 - ${ it.last }, ${ it.first }
1865Partials (subtemplates stored in different files) may be
1866included by using the name of the partial, followed
1867by `()`, for example:
1873Partials will be sought in the directory containing
1874the main template. The file name will be assumed to
1875have the same extension as the main template if it
1876lacks an extension. When calling the partial, the
1877full name including file extension can also be used:
1883(If a partial is not found in the directory of the
1884template, it will also be sought in the `templates`
1885subdirectory of the user data directory.)
1887Partials may optionally be applied to variables using
1893${ articles:bibentry() }
1896If `articles` is an array, this will iterate over its
1897values, applying the partial `bibentry()` to each one. So the
1898second example above is equivalent to
1906Note that the anaphoric keyword `it` must be used when
1907iterating over partials. In the above examples,
1908the `bibentry` partial should contain `it.title`
1909(and so on) instead of `articles.title`.
1911Final newlines are omitted from included partials.
1913Partials may include other partials.
1915A separator between values of an array may be specified
1916in square brackets, immediately after the variable name
1922${articles:bibentry()[; ]$
1925The separator in this case is literal and (unlike with `sep`
1926in an explicit `for` loop) cannot contain interpolated
1927variables or other template directives.
1931To ensure that content is "nested," that is, subsequent lines
1932indented, use the `^` directive:
1935$item.number$ $^$$item.description$ ($item.price$)
1938In this example, if `item.description` has multiple lines,
1939they will all be indented to line up with the first line:
194200123 A fine bottle of 18-year old
1943 Oban whiskey. ($148)
1946To nest multiple lines to the same level, align them
1947with the `^` directive in the template. For example:
1950$item.number$ $^$$item.description$ ($item.price$)
1951 (Available til $item.sellby$.)
195700123 A fine bottle of 18-year old
1958 Oban whiskey. ($148)
1959 (Available til March 30, 2020.)
1962If a variable occurs by itself on a line, preceded by whitespace
1963and not followed by further text or directives on the same line,
1964and the variable's value contains multiple lines, it will be
1965nested automatically.
1969Normally, spaces in the template itself (as opposed to values of
1970the interpolated variables) are not breakable, but they can be
1971made breakable in part of the template by using the `~` keyword
1972(ended with another `~`).
1975$~$This long line may break if the document is rendered
1976with a short line length.$~$
1981A pipe transforms the value of a variable or partial. Pipes are
1982specified using a slash (`/`) between the variable name (or partial)
1983and the pipe name. Example:
1990$for(metadata/pairs)$
1991- $it.key$: $it.value$
1994$employee:name()/uppercase$
1997Pipes may be chained:
2000$for(employees/pairs)$
2001$it.key/alpha/uppercase$. $it.name$
2005Some pipes take parameters:
2008|----------------------|------------|
2010$it.name.first/uppercase/left 20 "| "$$it.name.salary/right 10 " | " " |"$
2012|----------------------|------------|
2015Currently the following pipes are predefined:
2017- `pairs`: Converts a map or array to an array of maps,
2018 each with `key` and `value` fields. If the original
2019 value was an array, the `key` will be the array index,
2022- `uppercase`: Converts text to uppercase.
2024- `lowercase`: Converts text to lowercase.
2026- `length`: Returns the length of the value: number
2027 of characters for a textual value, number of elements
2030- `reverse`: Reverses a textual value or array,
2031 and has no effect on other values.
2033- `first`: Returns the first value of an array, if
2034 applied to a non-empty array; otherwise returns
2037- `last`: Returns the last value of an array, if
2038 applied to a non-empty array; otherwise returns
2041- `rest`: Returns all but the first value of an array, if
2042 applied to a non-empty array; otherwise returns
2045- `allbutlast`: Returns all but the last value of an array, if
2046 applied to a non-empty array; otherwise returns
2049- `chomp`: Removes trailing newlines (and breakable space).
2051- `nowrap`: Disables line wrapping on breakable spaces.
2053- `alpha`: Converts textual values that can be
2054 read as an integer into lowercase alphabetic
2055 characters `a..z` (mod 26). This can be used to get lettered
2056 enumeration from array indices. To get uppercase
2057 letters, chain with `uppercase`.
2059- `roman`: Converts textual values that can be
2060 read as an integer into lowercase roman numerials.
2061 This can be used to get lettered enumeration from array indices.
2062 To get uppercase roman, chain with `uppercase`.
2064- `left n "leftborder" "rightborder"`: Renders a textual value
2065 in a block of width `n`, aligned to the left, with an optional
2066 left and right border. Has no effect on other values. This
2067 can be used to align material in tables. Widths are positive
2068 integers indicating the number of characters. Borders
2069 are strings inside double quotes; literal `"` and `\` characters
2070 must be backslash-escaped.
2072- `right n "leftborder" "rightborder"`: Renders a textual value
2073 in a block of width `n`, aligned to the right, and has no
2074 effect on other values.
2076- `center n "leftborder" "rightborder"`: Renders a textual
2077 value in a block of width `n`, aligned to the center, and has
2078 no effect on other values.
2083### Metadata variables
2085`title`, `author`, `date`
2086: allow identification of basic aspects of the document. Included
2087 in PDF metadata through LaTeX and ConTeXt. These can be set
2088 through a [pandoc title block][Extension: `pandoc_title_block`],
2089 which allows for multiple authors, or through a
2090 [YAML metadata block][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`]:
2098 Note that if you just want to set PDF or HTML metadata, without
2099 including a title block in the document itself, you can
2100 set the `title-meta`, `author-meta`, and `date-meta`
2101 variables. (By default these are set automatically, based
2102 on `title`, `author`, and `date`.)
2105: document subtitle, included in HTML, EPUB, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and docx
2109: document summary, included in LaTeX, ConTeXt, AsciiDoc, and docx
2113: list of keywords to be included in HTML, PDF, ODT, pptx, docx
2114 and AsciiDoc metadata; repeat as for `author`, above
2117: document subject, included in ODT, PDF, docx and pptx metadata
2120: document description, included in ODT, docx and pptx metadata. Some
2121 applications show this as `Comments` metadata.
2124: document category, included in docx and pptx metadata
2127any root-level string metadata, not included in ODT, docx
2128or pptx metadata is added as a *custom property*.
2129The following [YAML] metadata block for instance:
2132 title: 'This is the title'
2133 subtitle: "This is the subtitle"
2141 It consists of two paragraphs
2144will include `title`, `author` and `description` as standard document
2145properties and `subtitle` as a custom property when converting to docx,
2148### Language variables
2151: identifies the main language of the document using IETF language
2152 tags (following the [BCP 47] standard), such as `en` or `en-GB`.
2153 The [Language subtag lookup] tool can look up or verify these tags.
2154 This affects most formats, and controls hyphenation in PDF output
2155 when using LaTeX (through [`babel`] and [`polyglossia`]) or ConTeXt.
2157 Use native pandoc [Divs and Spans] with the `lang` attribute to
2158 switch the language:
2164 Text in the main document language (British English).
2167 > Cette citation est écrite en français canadien.
2170 More text in English. ['Zitat auf Deutsch.']{lang=de}
2173: the base script direction, either `rtl` (right-to-left)
2174 or `ltr` (left-to-right).
2176 For bidirectional documents, native pandoc `span`s and `div`s
2177 with the `dir` attribute (value `rtl` or `ltr`) can be used to
2178 override the base direction in some output formats.
2179 This may not always be necessary if the final renderer
2180 (e.g. the browser, when generating HTML) supports the
2181 [Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm].
2183 When using LaTeX for bidirectional documents, only the `xelatex` engine
2184 is fully supported (use `--pdf-engine=xelatex`).
2186[BCP 47]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47
2187[Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm]: https://www.w3.org/International/articles/inline-bidi-markup/uba-basics
2188[Language subtag lookup]: https://r12a.github.io/app-subtags/
2190### Variables for HTML
2193: Enables inclusion of most of the [CSS] in the `styles.html`
2194 [partial](#partials) (have a look with
2195 `pandoc --print-default-data-file=templates/styles.html`).
2196 Unless you use [`--css`](#option--css), this variable
2197 is set to `true` by default. You can disable it with
2198 e.g. `pandoc -M document-css=false`.
2201: sets the CSS `font-family` property on the `html` element.
2204: sets the base CSS `font-size`, which you'd usually set
2205 to e.g. `20px`, but it also accepts `pt`
2206 (12pt = 16px in most browsers).
2209: sets the CSS `color` property on the `html` element.
2212: sets the CSS `color` property on all links.
2215: sets the CSS `font-family` property on `code` elements.
2217`monobackgroundcolor`
2218: sets the CSS `background-color` property on `code` elements
2219 and adds extra padding.
2222: sets the CSS `line-height` property on the `html` element,
2223 which is preferred to be unitless.
2226: sets the CSS `background-color` property on the `html` element.
2228`margin-left`, `margin-right`, `margin-top`, `margin-bottom`
2229: sets the corresponding CSS `padding` properties on the `body` element.
2231To override or extend some [CSS] for just one document, include for example:
2240 background-color: #f0f0f0;
2243 padding: 0.5em 2em 0.5em 0.5em;
2246 border-bottom: none;
2251[CSS]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS
2253### Variables for HTML math
2256: when using [KaTeX](#option--katex), you can render display math equations
2257 flush left using [YAML metadata](#layout) or with `-M classoption=fleqn`.
2259### Variables for HTML slides
2261These affect HTML output when [producing slide shows with pandoc].
2263All [reveal.js configuration options] are available as variables.
2264To turn off boolean flags that default to true in reveal.js, use `0`.
2267: base URL for reveal.js documents (defaults to
2268 `https://unpkg.com/reveal.js@^4/`)
2271: base URL for S5 documents (defaults to `s5/default`)
2274: base URL for Slidy documents (defaults to
2275 `https://www.w3.org/Talks/Tools/Slidy2`)
2278: base URL for Slideous documents (defaults to `slideous`)
2280`title-slide-attributes`
2281: additional attributes for the title slide of reveal.js slide shows.
2282 See [background in reveal.js and beamer] for an example.
2284[reveal.js configuration options]: https://revealjs.com/config/
2286### Variables for Beamer slides
2288These variables change the appearance of PDF slides using [`beamer`].
2291: slide aspect ratio (`43` for 4:3 [default], `169` for 16:9,
2292 `1610` for 16:10, `149` for 14:9, `141` for 1.41:1, `54` for 5:4,
2296: produce an article from Beamer slides
2299: add extra beamer option with `\setbeameroption{}`
2302: author affiliations: can be a list when there are multiple authors
2305: logo image for slides
2308: controls navigation symbols (default is `empty` for no navigation
2309 symbols; other valid values are `frame`, `vertical`, and `horizontal`)
2312: enables "title pages" for new sections (default is true)
2314`theme`, `colortheme`, `fonttheme`, `innertheme`, `outertheme`
2318: options for LaTeX beamer themes (a list).
2321: image for title slide
2323### Variables for PowerPoint
2325These variables control the visual aspects of a slide show that
2326are not easily controlled via templates.
2329: font to use for code.
2331### Variables for LaTeX
2333Pandoc uses these variables when [creating a PDF] with a LaTeX engine.
2338: make `\paragraph` and `\subparagraph` (fourth- and
2339 fifth-level headings, or fifth- and sixth-level with book
2340 classes) free-standing rather than run-in; requires further
2341 formatting to distinguish from `\subsubsection` (third- or
2342 fourth-level headings). Instead of using this option,
2343 [KOMA-Script] can adjust headings more extensively:
2346 documentclass: scrartcl
2348 \RedeclareSectionCommand[
2349 beforeskip=-10pt plus -2pt minus -1pt,
2350 afterskip=1sp plus -1sp minus 1sp,
2351 font=\normalfont\itshape]{paragraph}
2352 \RedeclareSectionCommand[
2353 beforeskip=-10pt plus -2pt minus -1pt,
2354 afterskip=1sp plus -1sp minus 1sp,
2355 font=\normalfont\scshape,
2356 indent=0pt]{subparagraph}
2360: option for document class, e.g. `oneside`; repeat for multiple options:
2369: document class: usually one of the standard classes, [`article`], [`book`],
2370 and [`report`]; the [KOMA-Script] equivalents, `scrartcl`, `scrbook`,
2371 and `scrreprt`, which default to smaller margins; or [`memoir`]
2374: option for [`geometry`] package, e.g. `margin=1in`;
2375 repeat for multiple options:
2385: option for [`hyperref`] package, e.g. `linktoc=all`;
2386 repeat for multiple options:
2392 - pdfpagemode=FullScreen
2396: if true, pandoc will use document class settings for indentation (the default LaTeX template
2397 otherwise removes indentation and adds space between paragraphs)
2400: adjusts line spacing using the [`setspace`]
2401 package, e.g. `1.25`, `1.5`
2403`margin-left`, `margin-right`, `margin-top`, `margin-bottom`
2404: sets margins if `geometry` is not used (otherwise `geometry`
2408: control `\pagestyle{}`: the default article class
2409 supports `plain` (default), `empty` (no running heads or page numbers),
2410 and `headings` (section titles in running heads)
2413: paper size, e.g. `letter`, `a4`
2416: numbering depth for sections (with `--number-sections` option
2417 or `numbersections` variable)
2422: allows font encoding to be specified through `fontenc` package (with `pdflatex`);
2423 default is `T1` (see [LaTeX font encodings guide])
2426: font package for use with `pdflatex`:
2427 [TeX Live] includes many options, documented in the [LaTeX Font Catalogue].
2428 The default is [Latin Modern][`lm`].
2431: options for package used as `fontfamily`; repeat for multiple options.
2432 For example, to use the Libertine font with proportional lowercase
2433 (old-style) figures through the [`libertinus`] package:
2436 fontfamily: libertinus
2443: font size for body text. The standard classes allow 10pt, 11pt, and
2444 12pt. To use another size, set `documentclass` to one of
2445 the [KOMA-Script] classes, such as `scrartcl` or `scrbook`.
2447`mainfont`, `sansfont`, `monofont`, `mathfont`, `CJKmainfont`
2448: font families for use with `xelatex` or
2449 `lualatex`: take the name of any system font, using the
2450 [`fontspec`] package. `CJKmainfont` uses the [`xecjk`] package.
2452`mainfontoptions`, `sansfontoptions`, `monofontoptions`, `mathfontoptions`, `CJKoptions`
2453: options to use with `mainfont`, `sansfont`, `monofont`, `mathfont`,
2454 `CJKmainfont` in `xelatex` and `lualatex`. Allow for any
2455 choices available through [`fontspec`]; repeat for multiple
2456 options. For example, to use the [TeX Gyre] version of
2457 Palatino with lowercase figures:
2460 mainfont: TeX Gyre Pagella
2463 - Numbers=Proportional
2467: options to pass to the microtype package
2472: add color to link text; automatically enabled if any of
2473 `linkcolor`, `filecolor`, `citecolor`, `urlcolor`, or `toccolor` are set
2475`linkcolor`, `filecolor`, `citecolor`, `urlcolor`, `toccolor`
2476: color for internal links, external links, citation links, linked
2477 URLs, and links in table of contents, respectively: uses options
2478 allowed by [`xcolor`], including the `dvipsnames`, `svgnames`, and
2482: causes links to be printed as footnotes
2487: include list of figures, list of tables
2490: contents of acknowledgments footnote after document title
2493: include table of contents (can also be set using `--toc/--table-of-contents`)
2496: level of section to include in table of contents
2498#### BibLaTeX Bibliographies
2500These variables function when using BibLaTeX for [citation rendering].
2503: list of options for biblatex
2506: bibliography style, when used with `--natbib` and `--biblatex`.
2509: bibliography title, when used with `--natbib` and `--biblatex`.
2512: bibliography to use for resolving references
2515: list of options for natbib
2517[KOMA-Script]: https://ctan.org/pkg/koma-script
2518[LaTeX Font Catalogue]: https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/
2519[LaTeX font encodings guide]: https://ctan.org/pkg/encguide
2520[TeX Gyre]: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre
2521[`article`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/article
2522[`book`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/book
2523[`libertinus`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/libertinus
2524[`memoir`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/memoir
2525[`report`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/report
2527### Variables for ConTeXt
2529Pandoc uses these variables when [creating a PDF] with ConTeXt.
2532: font size for body text (e.g. `10pt`, `12pt`)
2534`headertext`, `footertext`
2535: text to be placed in running header or footer (see [ConTeXt Headers and Footers]);
2536 repeat up to four times for different placement
2539: controls indentation of paragraphs, e.g. `yes,small,next` (see [ConTeXt Indentation]);
2540 repeat for multiple options
2543: adjusts line spacing, e.g. `4ex` (using [`setupinterlinespace`]);
2544 repeat for multiple options
2547: options for page margins and text arrangement (see [ConTeXt Layout]);
2548 repeat for multiple options
2550`linkcolor`, `contrastcolor`
2551: color for links outside and inside a page, e.g. `red`, `blue` (see [ConTeXt Color])
2554: typeface style for links, e.g. `normal`, `bold`, `slanted`, `boldslanted`, `type`, `cap`, `small`
2557: include list of figures, list of tables
2559`mainfont`, `sansfont`, `monofont`, `mathfont`
2560: font families: take the name of any system font (see [ConTeXt Font Switching])
2562`margin-left`, `margin-right`, `margin-top`, `margin-bottom`
2563: sets margins, if `layout` is not used (otherwise `layout`
2567: page number style and location (using [`setuppagenumbering`]);
2568 repeat for multiple options
2571: paper size, e.g. `letter`, `A4`, `landscape` (see [ConTeXt Paper Setup]);
2572 repeat for multiple options
2575: adds to the preamble the setup necessary to generate PDF/A of the type
2576 specified, e.g. `1a:2005`, `2a`. If no type is specified (i.e. the value
2577 is set to True, by e.g. `--metadata=pdfa` or `pdfa: true` in a YAML metadata
2578 block), `1b:2005` will be used as default, for reasons of backwards
2579 compatibility. Using `--variable=pdfa` without specified value is not supported.
2580 To successfully generate PDF/A the required ICC color profiles have to
2581 be available and the content and all included files (such as images)
2582 have to be standard conforming. The ICC profiles and output intent
2583 may be specified using the variables `pdfaiccprofile` and `pdfaintent`.
2584 See also [ConTeXt PDFA] for more details.
2587: when used in conjunction with `pdfa`, specifies the ICC profile to use
2588 in the PDF, e.g. `default.cmyk`. If left unspecified, `sRGB.icc` is
2589 used as default. May be repeated to include multiple profiles. Note that
2590 the profiles have to be available on the system. They can be obtained
2591 from [ConTeXt ICC Profiles].
2594: when used in conjunction with `pdfa`, specifies the output intent for
2595 the colors, e.g. `ISO coated v2 300\letterpercent\space (ECI)`
2596 If left unspecified, `sRGB IEC61966-2.1` is used as default.
2599: include table of contents (can also be set using `--toc/--table-of-contents`)
2602: spacing between paragraphs, e.g. `none`, `small` (using [`setupwhitespace`])
2605: include all source documents as file attachments in the PDF file
2607[ConTeXt Paper Setup]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/PaperSetup
2608[ConTeXt Layout]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout
2609[ConTeXt Font Switching]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Font_Switching
2610[ConTeXt Color]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Color
2611[ConTeXt Headers and Footers]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Headers_and_Footers
2612[ConTeXt Indentation]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Indentation
2613[ConTeXt ICC Profiles]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDFX#ICC_profiles
2614[ConTeXt PDFA]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF/A
2615[`setupwhitespace`]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupwhitespace
2616[`setupinterlinespace`]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupinterlinespace
2617[`setuppagenumbering`]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setuppagenumbering
2619### Variables for `wkhtmltopdf`
2621Pandoc uses these variables when [creating a PDF] with [`wkhtmltopdf`].
2622The `--css` option also affects the output.
2624`footer-html`, `header-html`
2625: add information to the header and footer
2627`margin-left`, `margin-right`, `margin-top`, `margin-bottom`
2628: set the page margins
2631: sets the PDF paper size
2633### Variables for man pages
2636: adjusts text to left (`l`), right (`r`), center (`c`),
2637 or both (`b`) margins
2640: footer in man pages
2643: header in man pages
2646: if `true` (the default), hyphenation will be used
2649: section number in man pages
2654: font family (e.g. `T` or `P`)
2657: paragraph indent (e.g. `2m`)
2660: line height (e.g. `12p`)
2663: point size (e.g. `10p`)
2665### Variables set automatically
2667Pandoc sets these variables automatically in response to [options] or
2668document contents; users can also modify them. These vary depending
2669on the output format, and include the following:
2675: the `date` variable converted to ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD,
2676 included in all HTML based formats (dzslides, epub,
2677 html, html4, html5, revealjs, s5, slideous, slidy).
2678 The recognized formats for `date` are: `mm/dd/yyyy`,
2679 `mm/dd/yy`, `yyyy-mm-dd` (ISO 8601), `dd MM yyyy`
2680 (e.g. either `02 Apr 2018` or `02 April 2018`),
2681 `MM dd, yyyy` (e.g. `Apr. 02, 2018` or `April 02, 2018),
2682 `yyyy[mm[dd]]]` (e.g. `20180402, `201804` or `2018`).
2685: contents specified by `-H/--include-in-header` (may have multiple
2689: contents specified by `-B/--include-before-body` (may have
2693: contents specified by `-A/--include-after-body` (may have
2697: JSON representation of all of the document's metadata. Field
2698 values are transformed to the selected output format.
2701: non-null value if `-N/--number-sections` was specified
2703`sourcefile`, `outputfile`
2704: source and destination filenames, as given on the command line.
2705 `sourcefile` can also be a list if input comes from multiple files,
2706 or empty if input is from stdin. You can use the following snippet in
2707 your template to distinguish them:
2717 Similarly, `outputfile` can be `-` if output goes to the terminal.
2719 If you need absolute paths, use e.g. `$curdir$/$sourcefile$`.
2722: working directory from which pandoc is run.
2725: non-null value if `--toc/--table-of-contents` was specified
2728: title of table of contents (works only with EPUB,
2729 HTML, opendocument, odt, docx, pptx, beamer, LaTeX)
2731[pandoc-templates]: https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-templates
2735The behavior of some of the readers and writers can be adjusted by
2736enabling or disabling various extensions.
2738An extension can be enabled by adding `+EXTENSION`
2739to the format name and disabled by adding `-EXTENSION`. For example,
2740`--from markdown_strict+footnotes` is strict Markdown with footnotes
2741enabled, while `--from markdown-footnotes-pipe_tables` is pandoc's
2742Markdown without footnotes or pipe tables.
2744The markdown reader and writer make by far the most use of extensions.
2745Extensions only used by them are therefore covered in the
2746section [Pandoc's Markdown] below (See [Markdown variants] for
2747`commonmark` and `gfm`.) In the following, extensions that also work
2748for other formats are covered.
2750Note that markdown extensions added to the `ipynb` format
2751affect Markdown cells in Jupyter notebooks (as do command-line
2752options like `--atx-headers`).
2756#### Extension: `smart` ####
2758Interpret straight quotes as curly quotes, `---` as em-dashes,
2759`--` as en-dashes, and `...` as ellipses. Nonbreaking spaces are
2760inserted after certain abbreviations, such as "Mr."
2762This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
2765: `markdown`, `commonmark`, `latex`, `mediawiki`, `org`, `rst`, `twiki`
2768: `markdown`, `latex`, `context`, `rst`
2770enabled by default in
2771: `markdown`, `latex`, `context` (both input and output)
2773Note: If you are *writing* Markdown, then the `smart` extension
2774has the reverse effect: what would have been curly quotes comes
2777In LaTeX, `smart` means to use the standard TeX ligatures
2778for quotation marks (` `` ` and ` '' ` for double quotes,
2779`` ` `` and `` ' `` for single quotes) and dashes (`--` for
2780en-dash and `---` for em-dash). If `smart` is disabled,
2781then in reading LaTeX pandoc will parse these characters
2782literally. In writing LaTeX, enabling `smart` tells pandoc
2783to use the ligatures when possible; if `smart` is disabled
2784pandoc will use unicode quotation mark and dash characters.
2786## Headings and sections
2788#### Extension: `auto_identifiers` ####
2790A heading without an explicitly specified identifier will be
2791automatically assigned a unique identifier based on the heading text.
2793This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
2796: `markdown`, `latex`, `rst`, `mediawiki`, `textile`
2801enabled by default in
2804The default algorithm used to derive the identifier from the
2807 - Remove all formatting, links, etc.
2808 - Remove all footnotes.
2809 - Remove all non-alphanumeric characters,
2810 except underscores, hyphens, and periods.
2811 - Replace all spaces and newlines with hyphens.
2812 - Convert all alphabetic characters to lowercase.
2813 - Remove everything up to the first letter (identifiers may
2814 not begin with a number or punctuation mark).
2815 - If nothing is left after this, use the identifier `section`.
2820 ------------------------------- ----------------------------
2821 `Heading identifiers in HTML` `heading-identifiers-in-html`
2822 `Maître d'hôtel` `maître-dhôtel`
2823 `*Dogs*?--in *my* house?` `dogs--in-my-house`
2824 `[HTML], [S5], or [RTF]?` `html-s5-or-rtf`
2825 `3. Applications` `applications`
2828These rules should, in most cases, allow one to determine the identifier
2829from the heading text. The exception is when several headings have the
2830same text; in this case, the first will get an identifier as described
2831above; the second will get the same identifier with `-1` appended; the
2832third with `-2`; and so on.
2834(However, a different algorithm is used if
2835`gfm_auto_identifiers` is enabled; see below.)
2837These identifiers are used to provide link targets in the table of
2838contents generated by the `--toc|--table-of-contents` option. They
2839also make it easy to provide links from one section of a document to
2840another. A link to this section, for example, might look like this:
2843 [heading identifiers](#heading-identifiers-in-html-latex-and-context).
2845Note, however, that this method of providing links to sections works
2846only in HTML, LaTeX, and ConTeXt formats.
2848If the `--section-divs` option is specified, then each section will
2849be wrapped in a `section` (or a `div`, if `html4` was specified),
2850and the identifier will be attached to the enclosing `<section>`
2851(or `<div>`) tag rather than the heading itself. This allows entire
2852sections to be manipulated using JavaScript or treated differently in
2855#### Extension: `ascii_identifiers` ####
2857Causes the identifiers produced by `auto_identifiers` to be pure ASCII.
2858Accents are stripped off of accented Latin letters, and non-Latin
2861#### Extension: `gfm_auto_identifiers` ####
2863Changes the algorithm used by `auto_identifiers` to conform to
2864GitHub's method. Spaces are converted to dashes (`-`),
2865uppercase characters to lowercase characters, and punctuation
2866characters other than `-` and `_` are removed.
2867Emojis are replaced by their names.
2871The extensions [`tex_math_dollars`](#extension-tex_math_dollars),
2872[`tex_math_single_backslash`](#extension-tex_math_single_backslash), and
2873[`tex_math_double_backslash`](#extension-tex_math_double_backslash)
2874are described in the section about Pandoc's Markdown.
2876However, they can also be used with HTML input. This is handy for
2877reading web pages formatted using MathJax, for example.
2881The following extensions are described in more detail in
2882their respective sections of [Pandoc's Markdown]:
2884- [`raw_html`](#extension-raw_html) allows HTML elements which
2885 are not representable in pandoc's AST to be parsed as raw HTML.
2886 By default, this is disabled for HTML input.
2888- [`raw_tex`](#extension-raw_tex) allows raw LaTeX, TeX, and ConTeXt
2889 to be included in a document. This extension can be enabled/disabled
2890 for the following formats (in addition to `markdown`):
2893 : `latex`, `textile`, `html` (environments, `\ref`, and
2894 `\eqref` only), `ipynb`
2897 : `textile`, `commonmark`
2899 Note: as applied to `ipynb`, `raw_html` and `raw_tex` affect not
2900 only raw TeX in markdown cells, but data with mime type
2901 `text/html` in output cells. Since the `ipynb` reader attempts
2902 to preserve the richest possible outputs when several options
2903 are given, you will get best results if you disable `raw_html`
2904 and `raw_tex` when converting to formats like `docx` which don't
2905 allow raw `html` or `tex`.
2907- [`native_divs`](#extension-native_divs) causes HTML `div`
2908 elements to be parsed as native pandoc Div blocks.
2909 If you want them to be parsed as raw HTML, use
2910 `-f html-native_divs+raw_html`.
2912- [`native_spans`](#extension-native_spans) causes HTML `span`
2913 elements to be parsed as native pandoc Span inlines.
2914 If you want them to be parsed as raw HTML, use
2915 `-f html-native_spans+raw_html`. If you want to drop all
2916 `div`s and `span`s when converting HTML to Markdown, you
2917 can use `pandoc -f html-native_divs-native_spans -t markdown`.
2919## Literate Haskell support
2921#### Extension: `literate_haskell` ####
2923Treat the document as literate Haskell source.
2925This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
2928: `markdown`, `rst`, `latex`
2931: `markdown`, `rst`, `latex`, `html`
2933If you append `+lhs` (or `+literate_haskell`) to one of the formats
2934above, pandoc will treat the document as literate Haskell source.
2937 - In Markdown input, "bird track" sections will be parsed as Haskell
2938 code rather than block quotations. Text between `\begin{code}`
2939 and `\end{code}` will also be treated as Haskell code. For
2940 ATX-style headings the character '=' will be used instead of '#'.
2942 - In Markdown output, code blocks with classes `haskell` and `literate`
2943 will be rendered using bird tracks, and block quotations will be
2944 indented one space, so they will not be treated as Haskell code.
2945 In addition, headings will be rendered setext-style (with underlines)
2946 rather than ATX-style (with '#' characters). (This is because ghc
2947 treats '#' characters in column 1 as introducing line numbers.)
2949 - In restructured text input, "bird track" sections will be parsed
2952 - In restructured text output, code blocks with class `haskell` will
2953 be rendered using bird tracks.
2955 - In LaTeX input, text in `code` environments will be parsed as
2958 - In LaTeX output, code blocks with class `haskell` will be rendered
2959 inside `code` environments.
2961 - In HTML output, code blocks with class `haskell` will be rendered
2962 with class `literatehaskell` and bird tracks.
2966 pandoc -f markdown+lhs -t html
2968reads literate Haskell source formatted with Markdown conventions and writes
2969ordinary HTML (without bird tracks).
2971 pandoc -f markdown+lhs -t html+lhs
2973writes HTML with the Haskell code in bird tracks, so it can be copied
2974and pasted as literate Haskell source.
2976Note that GHC expects the bird tracks in the first column, so indented
2977literate code blocks (e.g. inside an itemized environment) will not be
2978picked up by the Haskell compiler.
2982#### Extension: `empty_paragraphs` ####
2984Allows empty paragraphs. By default empty paragraphs are
2987This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
2993: `docx`, `odt`, `opendocument`, `html`
2995#### Extension: `native_numbering` ####
2997Enables native numbering of figures and tables. Enumeration
3000This extension can be enabled/disabled for the following formats:
3003: `odt`, `opendocument`
3005#### Extension: `styles` #### {#ext-styles}
3007When converting from docx, read all docx styles as divs (for
3008paragraph styles) and spans (for character styles) regardless
3009of whether pandoc understands the meaning of these styles.
3010This can be used with [docx custom styles](#custom-styles).
3016#### Extension: `amuse` ####
3018In the `muse` input format, this enables Text::Amuse
3019extensions to Emacs Muse markup.
3021#### Extension: `raw_markdown` ####
3023In the `ipynb` input format, this causes Markdown cells
3024to be included as raw Markdown blocks (allowing lossless
3025round-tripping) rather than being parsed. Use this only
3026when you are targeting `ipynb` or a markdown-based
3029#### Extension: `citations` {#org-citations}
3031Some aspects of [Pandoc's Markdown citation syntax](#citations) are also accepted
3034#### Extension: `ntb` ####
3036In the `context` output format this enables the use of [Natural Tables
3037(TABLE)](https://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE) instead of the default
3038[Extreme Tables (xtables)](https://wiki.contextgarden.net/xtables).
3039Natural tables allow more fine-grained global customization but come
3040at a performance penalty compared to extreme tables.
3045Pandoc understands an extended and slightly revised version of
3046John Gruber's [Markdown] syntax. This document explains the syntax,
3047noting differences from standard Markdown. Except where noted, these
3048differences can be suppressed by using the `markdown_strict` format instead
3049of `markdown`. Extensions can be enabled or disabled to specify the
3050behavior more granularly. They are described in the following. See also
3051[Extensions] above, for extensions that work also on other formats.
3055Markdown is designed to be easy to write, and, even more importantly,
3058> A Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain
3059> text, without looking like it's been marked up with tags or formatting
3061> -- [John Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#philosophy)
3063This principle has guided pandoc's decisions in finding syntax for
3064tables, footnotes, and other extensions.
3066There is, however, one respect in which pandoc's aims are different
3067from the original aims of Markdown. Whereas Markdown was originally
3068designed with HTML generation in mind, pandoc is designed for multiple
3069output formats. Thus, while pandoc allows the embedding of raw HTML,
3070it discourages it, and provides other, non-HTMLish ways of representing
3071important document elements like definition lists, tables, mathematics, and
3076A paragraph is one or more lines of text followed by one or more blank lines.
3077Newlines are treated as spaces, so you can reflow your paragraphs as you like.
3078If you need a hard line break, put two or more spaces at the end of a line.
3080#### Extension: `escaped_line_breaks` ####
3082A backslash followed by a newline is also a hard line break.
3083Note: in multiline and grid table cells, this is the only way
3084to create a hard line break, since trailing spaces in the cells
3089There are two kinds of headings: Setext and ATX.
3091### Setext-style headings ###
3093A setext-style heading is a line of text "underlined" with a row of `=` signs
3094(for a level-one heading) or `-` signs (for a level-two heading):
3102The heading text can contain inline formatting, such as emphasis (see
3103[Inline formatting], below).
3106### ATX-style headings ###
3108An ATX-style heading consists of one to six `#` signs and a line of
3109text, optionally followed by any number of `#` signs. The number of
3110`#` signs at the beginning of the line is the heading level:
3112 ## A level-two heading
3114 ### A level-three heading ###
3116As with setext-style headings, the heading text can contain formatting:
3118 # A level-one heading with a [link](/url) and *emphasis*
3120#### Extension: `blank_before_header` ####
3122Standard Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a heading.
3123Pandoc does require this (except, of course, at the beginning of the
3124document). The reason for the requirement is that it is all too easy for a
3125`#` to end up at the beginning of a line by accident (perhaps through line
3126wrapping). Consider, for example:
3128 I like several of their flavors of ice cream:
3129 #22, for example, and #5.
3131#### Extension: `space_in_atx_header` ####
3133Many Markdown implementations do not require a space between the
3134opening `#`s of an ATX heading and the heading text, so that
3135`#5 bolt` and `#hashtag` count as headings. With this extension,
3136pandoc does require the space.
3138### Heading identifiers ###
3140See also the [`auto_identifiers` extension](#extension-auto_identifiers) above.
3142#### Extension: `header_attributes` ####
3144Headings can be assigned attributes using this syntax at the end
3145of the line containing the heading text:
3147 {#identifier .class .class key=value key=value}
3149Thus, for example, the following headings will all be assigned the identifier
3154 ## My heading ## {#foo}
3156 My other heading {#foo}
3159(This syntax is compatible with [PHP Markdown Extra].)
3161Note that although this syntax allows assignment of classes and key/value
3162attributes, writers generally don't use all of this information. Identifiers,
3163classes, and key/value attributes are used in HTML and HTML-based formats such
3164as EPUB and slidy. Identifiers are used for labels and link anchors in the
3165LaTeX, ConTeXt, Textile, Jira markup, and AsciiDoc writers.
3167Headings with the class `unnumbered` will not be numbered, even if
3168`--number-sections` is specified. A single hyphen (`-`) in an attribute
3169context is equivalent to `.unnumbered`, and preferable in non-English
3176 # My heading {.unnumbered}
3178If the `unlisted` class is present in addition to `unnumbered`,
3179the heading will not be included in a table of contents.
3180(Currently this feature is only implemented for certain
3181formats: those based on LaTeX and HTML, PowerPoint, and RTF.)
3183#### Extension: `implicit_header_references` ####
3185Pandoc behaves as if reference links have been defined for each heading.
3186So, to link to a heading
3188 # Heading identifiers in HTML
3192 [Heading identifiers in HTML]
3196 [Heading identifiers in HTML][]
3200 [the section on heading identifiers][heading identifiers in
3203instead of giving the identifier explicitly:
3205 [Heading identifiers in HTML](#heading-identifiers-in-html)
3207If there are multiple headings with identical text, the corresponding
3208reference will link to the first one only, and you will need to use explicit
3209links to link to the others, as described above.
3211Like regular reference links, these references are case-insensitive.
3213Explicit link reference definitions always take priority over
3214implicit heading references. So, in the following example, the
3215link will point to `bar`, not to `#foo`:
3225Markdown uses email conventions for quoting blocks of text.
3226A block quotation is one or more paragraphs or other block elements
3227(such as lists or headings), with each line preceded by a `>` character
3228and an optional space. (The `>` need not start at the left margin, but
3229it should not be indented more than three spaces.)
3231 > This is a block quote. This
3232 > paragraph has two lines.
3234 > 1. This is a list inside a block quote.
3237A "lazy" form, which requires the `>` character only on the first
3238line of each block, is also allowed:
3240 > This is a block quote. This
3241 paragraph has two lines.
3243 > 1. This is a list inside a block quote.
3246Among the block elements that can be contained in a block quote are
3247other block quotes. That is, block quotes can be nested:
3249 > This is a block quote.
3251 > > A block quote within a block quote.
3253If the `>` character is followed by an optional space, that space
3254will be considered part of the block quote marker and not part of
3255the indentation of the contents. Thus, to put an indented code
3256block in a block quote, you need five spaces after the `>`:
3260#### Extension: `blank_before_blockquote` ####
3262Standard Markdown syntax does not require a blank line before a block
3263quote. Pandoc does require this (except, of course, at the beginning of the
3264document). The reason for the requirement is that it is all too easy for a
3265`>` to end up at the beginning of a line by accident (perhaps through line
3266wrapping). So, unless the `markdown_strict` format is used, the following does
3267not produce a nested block quote in pandoc:
3269 > This is a block quote.
3273## Verbatim (code) blocks
3275### Indented code blocks ###
3277A block of text indented four spaces (or one tab) is treated as verbatim
3278text: that is, special characters do not trigger special formatting,
3279and all spaces and line breaks are preserved. For example,
3282 moveShip(5 * gravity, DOWN);
3285The initial (four space or one tab) indentation is not considered part
3286of the verbatim text, and is removed in the output.
3288Note: blank lines in the verbatim text need not begin with four spaces.
3291### Fenced code blocks ###
3293#### Extension: `fenced_code_blocks` ####
3295In addition to standard indented code blocks, pandoc supports
3296*fenced* code blocks. These begin with a row of three or more
3297tildes (`~`) and end with a row of tildes that must be at least as long as
3298the starting row. Everything between these lines is treated as code. No
3299indentation is necessary:
3303 moveShip(5 * gravity, DOWN);
3307Like regular code blocks, fenced code blocks must be separated
3308from surrounding text by blank lines.
3310If the code itself contains a row of tildes or backticks, just use a longer
3311row of tildes or backticks at the start and end:
3315 code including tildes
3319#### Extension: `backtick_code_blocks` ####
3321Same as `fenced_code_blocks`, but uses backticks (`` ` ``) instead of tildes
3324#### Extension: `fenced_code_attributes` ####
3326Optionally, you may attach attributes to fenced or backtick code block using
3329 ~~~~ {#mycode .haskell .numberLines startFrom="100"}
3331 qsort (x:xs) = qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++
3332 qsort (filter (>= x) xs)
3333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3335Here `mycode` is an identifier, `haskell` and `numberLines` are classes, and
3336`startFrom` is an attribute with value `100`. Some output formats can use this
3337information to do syntax highlighting. Currently, the only output formats
3338that uses this information are HTML, LaTeX, Docx, Ms, and PowerPoint. If
3339highlighting is supported for your output format and language, then the code
3340block above will appear highlighted, with numbered lines. (To see which
3341languages are supported, type `pandoc --list-highlight-languages`.) Otherwise,
3342the code block above will appear as follows:
3344 <pre id="mycode" class="haskell numberLines" startFrom="100">
3350The `numberLines` (or `number-lines`) class will cause the lines
3351of the code block to be numbered, starting with `1` or the value
3352of the `startFrom` attribute. The `lineAnchors` (or
3353`line-anchors`) class will cause the lines to be clickable
3354anchors in HTML output.
3356A shortcut form can also be used for specifying the language of
3363This is equivalent to:
3369If the `fenced_code_attributes` extension is disabled, but
3370input contains class attribute(s) for the code block, the first
3371class attribute will be printed after the opening fence as a bare
3374To prevent all highlighting, use the `--no-highlight` flag.
3375To set the highlighting style, use `--highlight-style`.
3376For more information on highlighting, see [Syntax highlighting],
3381#### Extension: `line_blocks` ####
3383A line block is a sequence of lines beginning with a vertical bar (`|`)
3384followed by a space. The division into lines will be preserved in
3385the output, as will any leading spaces; otherwise, the lines will
3386be formatted as Markdown. This is useful for verse and addresses:
3388 | The limerick packs laughs anatomical
3389 | In space that is quite economical.
3390 | But the good ones I've seen
3391 | So seldom are clean
3392 | And the clean ones so seldom are comical
3395 | Berkeley, CA 94718
3397The lines can be hard-wrapped if needed, but the continuation
3398line must begin with a space.
3400 | The Right Honorable Most Venerable and Righteous Samuel L.
3403 | Berkeley, CA 94718
3405This syntax is borrowed from [reStructuredText].
3411A bullet list is a list of bulleted list items. A bulleted list
3412item begins with a bullet (`*`, `+`, or `-`). Here is a simple
3419This will produce a "compact" list. If you want a "loose" list, in which
3420each item is formatted as a paragraph, put spaces between the items:
3428The bullets need not be flush with the left margin; they may be
3429indented one, two, or three spaces. The bullet must be followed
3432List items look best if subsequent lines are flush with the first
3433line (after the bullet):
3439But Markdown also allows a "lazy" format:
3445### Block content in list items ###
3447A list item may contain multiple paragraphs and other block-level
3448content. However, subsequent paragraphs must be preceded by a blank line
3449and indented to line up with the first non-space content after
3456 * Second paragraph. With a code block, which must be indented
3461Exception: if the list marker is followed by an indented code
3462block, which must begin 5 spaces after the list marker, then
3463subsequent paragraphs must begin two columns after the last
3464character of the list marker:
3468 continuation paragraph
3470List items may include other lists. In this case the preceding blank
3471line is optional. The nested list must be indented to line up with
3472the first non-space character after the list marker of the
3473containing list item.
3485As noted above, Markdown allows you to write list items "lazily," instead of
3486indenting continuation lines. However, if there are multiple paragraphs or
3487other blocks in a list item, the first line of each must be indented.
3489 + A lazy, lazy, list
3492 + Another one; this looks
3495 Second paragraph of second
3498### Ordered lists ###
3500Ordered lists work just like bulleted lists, except that the items
3501begin with enumerators rather than bullets.
3503In standard Markdown, enumerators are decimal numbers followed
3504by a period and a space. The numbers themselves are ignored, so
3505there is no difference between this list:
3517#### Extension: `fancy_lists` ####
3519Unlike standard Markdown, pandoc allows ordered list items to be marked
3520with uppercase and lowercase letters and roman numerals, in addition to
3521Arabic numerals. List markers may be enclosed in parentheses or followed by a
3522single right-parentheses or period. They must be separated from the
3523text that follows by at least one space, and, if the list marker is a
3524capital letter with a period, by at least two spaces.[^2]
3526[^2]: The point of this rule is to ensure that normal paragraphs
3527 starting with people's initials, like
3529 B. Russell was an English philosopher.
3531 do not get treated as list items.
3533 This rule will not prevent
3537 from being interpreted as a list item. In this case, a backslash
3542The `fancy_lists` extension also allows '`#`' to be used as an
3543ordered list marker in place of a numeral:
3548#### Extension: `startnum` ####
3550Pandoc also pays attention to the type of list marker used, and to the
3551starting number, and both of these are preserved where possible in the
3552output format. Thus, the following yields a list with numbers followed
3553by a single parenthesis, starting with 9, and a sublist with lowercase
3563Pandoc will start a new list each time a different type of list
3564marker is used. So, the following will create three lists:
3571If default list markers are desired, use `#.`:
3577#### Extension: `task_lists` ####
3579Pandoc supports task lists, using the syntax of GitHub-Flavored Markdown.
3581 - [ ] an unchecked task list item
3584### Definition lists ###
3586#### Extension: `definition_lists` ####
3588Pandoc supports definition lists, using the syntax of
3589[PHP Markdown Extra] with some extensions.[^3]
3595 Term 2 with *inline markup*
3599 { some code, part of Definition 2 }
3601 Third paragraph of definition 2.
3603Each term must fit on one line, which may optionally be followed by
3604a blank line, and must be followed by one or more definitions.
3605A definition begins with a colon or tilde, which may be indented one
3608A term may have multiple definitions, and each definition may consist of one or
3609more block elements (paragraph, code block, list, etc.), each indented four
3610spaces or one tab stop. The body of the definition (including the first line,
3611aside from the colon or tilde) should be indented four spaces. However,
3612as with other Markdown lists, you can "lazily" omit indentation except
3613at the beginning of a paragraph or other block element:
3618 with lazy continuation.
3620 Second paragraph of the definition.
3622If you leave space before the definition (as in the example above),
3623the text of the definition will be treated as a paragraph. In some
3624output formats, this will mean greater spacing between term/definition
3625pairs. For a more compact definition list, omit the space before the
3635Note that space between items in a definition list is required.
3636(A variant that loosens this requirement, but disallows "lazy"
3637hard wrapping, can be activated with `compact_definition_lists`: see
3638[Non-pandoc extensions], below.)
3640[^3]: I have been influenced by the suggestions of [David Wheeler](https://justatheory.com/2009/02/modest-markdown-proposal/).
3642### Numbered example lists ###
3644#### Extension: `example_lists` ####
3646The special list marker `@` can be used for sequentially numbered
3647examples. The first list item with a `@` marker will be numbered '1',
3648the next '2', and so on, throughout the document. The numbered examples
3649need not occur in a single list; each new list using `@` will take up
3650where the last stopped. So, for example:
3652 (@) My first example will be numbered (1).
3653 (@) My second example will be numbered (2).
3655 Explanation of examples.
3657 (@) My third example will be numbered (3).
3659Numbered examples can be labeled and referred to elsewhere in the
3662 (@good) This is a good example.
3664 As (@good) illustrates, ...
3666The label can be any string of alphanumeric characters, underscores,
3669Note: continuation paragraphs in example lists must always
3670be indented four spaces, regardless of the length of the
3671list marker. That is, example lists always behave as if the
3672`four_space_rule` extension is set. This is because example
3673labels tend to be long, and indenting content to the
3674first non-space character after the label would be awkward.
3677### Ending a list ###
3679What if you want to put an indented code block after a list?
3686Trouble! Here pandoc (like other Markdown implementations) will treat
3687`{ my code block }` as the second paragraph of item two, and not as
3690To "cut off" the list after item two, you can insert some non-indented
3691content, like an HTML comment, which won't produce visible output in
3697 <!-- end of list -->
3701You can use the same trick if you want two consecutive lists instead
3716A line containing a row of three or more `*`, `-`, or `_` characters
3717(optionally separated by spaces) produces a horizontal rule:
3726Four kinds of tables may be used. The first three kinds presuppose the use of
3727a fixed-width font, such as Courier. The fourth kind can be used with
3728proportionally spaced fonts, as it does not require lining up columns.
3730#### Extension: `table_captions` ####
3732A caption may optionally be provided with all 4 kinds of tables (as
3733illustrated in the examples below). A caption is a paragraph beginning
3734with the string `Table:` (or just `:`), which will be stripped off.
3735It may appear either before or after the table.
3737#### Extension: `simple_tables` ####
3739Simple tables look like this:
3741 Right Left Center Default
3742 ------- ------ ---------- -------
3747 Table: Demonstration of simple table syntax.
3749The header and table rows must each fit on one line. Column
3750alignments are determined by the position of the header text relative
3751to the dashed line below it:[^4]
3753 - If the dashed line is flush with the header text on the right side
3754 but extends beyond it on the left, the column is right-aligned.
3755 - If the dashed line is flush with the header text on the left side
3756 but extends beyond it on the right, the column is left-aligned.
3757 - If the dashed line extends beyond the header text on both sides,
3758 the column is centered.
3759 - If the dashed line is flush with the header text on both sides,
3760 the default alignment is used (in most cases, this will be left).
3762[^4]: This scheme is due to Michel Fortin, who proposed it on the
3763 [Markdown discussion list](http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/2005-March/001097.html).
3765The table must end with a blank line, or a line of dashes followed by
3768The column header row may be omitted, provided a dashed line is used
3769to end the table. For example:
3771 ------- ------ ---------- -------
3775 ------- ------ ---------- -------
3777When the header row is omitted, column alignments are determined on the basis
3778of the first line of the table body. So, in the tables above, the columns
3779would be right, left, center, and right aligned, respectively.
3781#### Extension: `multiline_tables` ####
3783Multiline tables allow header and table rows to span multiple lines
3784of text (but cells that span multiple columns or rows of the table are
3785not supported). Here is an example:
3787 -------------------------------------------------------------
3788 Centered Default Right Left
3789 Header Aligned Aligned Aligned
3790 ----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
3791 First row 12.0 Example of a row that
3792 spans multiple lines.
3794 Second row 5.0 Here's another one. Note
3795 the blank line between
3797 -------------------------------------------------------------
3799 Table: Here's the caption. It, too, may span
3802These work like simple tables, but with the following differences:
3804 - They must begin with a row of dashes, before the header text
3805 (unless the header row is omitted).
3806 - They must end with a row of dashes, then a blank line.
3807 - The rows must be separated by blank lines.
3809In multiline tables, the table parser pays attention to the widths of
3810the columns, and the writers try to reproduce these relative widths in
3811the output. So, if you find that one of the columns is too narrow in the
3812output, try widening it in the Markdown source.
3814The header may be omitted in multiline tables as well as simple tables:
3816 ----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
3817 First row 12.0 Example of a row that
3818 spans multiple lines.
3820 Second row 5.0 Here's another one. Note
3821 the blank line between
3823 ----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
3825 : Here's a multiline table without a header.
3827It is possible for a multiline table to have just one row, but the row
3828should be followed by a blank line (and then the row of dashes that ends
3829the table), or the table may be interpreted as a simple table.
3831#### Extension: `grid_tables` ####
3833Grid tables look like this:
3835 : Sample grid table.
3837 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3838 | Fruit | Price | Advantages |
3839 +===============+===============+====================+
3840 | Bananas | $1.34 | - built-in wrapper |
3841 | | | - bright color |
3842 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3843 | Oranges | $2.10 | - cures scurvy |
3845 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3847The row of `=`s separates the header from the table body, and can be
3848omitted for a headerless table. The cells of grid tables may contain
3849arbitrary block elements (multiple paragraphs, code blocks, lists,
3850etc.). Cells that span multiple columns or rows are not
3851supported. Grid tables can be created easily using Emacs' table-mode
3852(`M-x table-insert`).
3854Alignments can be specified as with pipe tables, by putting
3855colons at the boundaries of the separator line after the
3858 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3859 | Right | Left | Centered |
3860 +==============:+:==============+:==================:+
3861 | Bananas | $1.34 | built-in wrapper |
3862 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3864For headerless tables, the colons go on the top line instead:
3866 +--------------:+:--------------+:------------------:+
3867 | Right | Left | Centered |
3868 +---------------+---------------+--------------------+
3870##### Grid Table Limitations #####
3872Pandoc does not support grid tables with row spans or column spans.
3873This means that neither variable numbers of columns across rows nor
3874variable numbers of rows across columns are supported by Pandoc.
3875All grid tables must have the same number of columns in each row,
3876and the same number of rows in each column. For example, the
3877Docutils [sample grid tables] will not render as expected with
3880[sample grid tables]: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#grid-tables
3883#### Extension: `pipe_tables` ####
3885Pipe tables look like this:
3887 | Right | Left | Default | Center |
3888 |------:|:-----|---------|:------:|
3889 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
3890 | 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 |
3893 : Demonstration of pipe table syntax.
3895The syntax is identical to [PHP Markdown Extra tables]. The beginning and
3896ending pipe characters are optional, but pipes are required between all
3897columns. The colons indicate column alignment as shown. The header
3898cannot be omitted. To simulate a headerless table, include a header
3901Since the pipes indicate column boundaries, columns need not be vertically
3902aligned, as they are in the above example. So, this is a perfectly
3903legal (though ugly) pipe table:
3911The cells of pipe tables cannot contain block elements like paragraphs
3912and lists, and cannot span multiple lines. If a pipe table contains a
3913row whose Markdown content is wider than the column width (see
3914`--columns`), then the table will take up the full text width and
3915the cell contents will wrap, with the relative cell widths determined
3916by the number of dashes in the line separating the table header from
3917the table body. (For example `---|-` would make the first column 3/4
3918and the second column 1/4 of the full text width.)
3919On the other hand, if no lines are wider than column width, then
3920cell contents will not be wrapped, and the cells will be sized
3923Note: pandoc also recognizes pipe tables of the following
3924form, as can be produced by Emacs' orgtbl-mode:
3931The difference is that `+` is used instead of `|`. Other orgtbl features
3932are not supported. In particular, to get non-default column alignment,
3933you'll need to add colons as above.
3935[PHP Markdown Extra tables]: https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/#table
3939#### Extension: `pandoc_title_block` ####
3941If the file begins with a title block
3944 % author(s) (separated by semicolons)
3947it will be parsed as bibliographic information, not regular text. (It
3948will be used, for example, in the title of standalone LaTeX or HTML
3949output.) The block may contain just a title, a title and an author,
3950or all three elements. If you want to include an author but no
3951title, or a title and a date but no author, you need a blank line:
3964The title may occupy multiple lines, but continuation lines must
3965begin with leading space, thus:
3972If a document has multiple authors, the authors may be put on
3973separate lines with leading space, or separated by semicolons, or
3974both. So, all of the following are equivalent:
3982% Author One; Author Two
3990The date must fit on one line.
3992All three metadata fields may contain standard inline formatting
3993(italics, links, footnotes, etc.).
3995Title blocks will always be parsed, but they will affect the output only
3996when the `--standalone` (`-s`) option is chosen. In HTML output, titles
3997will appear twice: once in the document head -- this is the title that
3998will appear at the top of the window in a browser -- and once at the
3999beginning of the document body. The title in the document head can have
4000an optional prefix attached (`--title-prefix` or `-T` option). The title
4001in the body appears as an H1 element with class "title", so it can be
4002suppressed or reformatted with CSS. If a title prefix is specified with
4003`-T` and no title block appears in the document, the title prefix will
4004be used by itself as the HTML title.
4006The man page writer extracts a title, man page section number, and
4007other header and footer information from the title line. The title
4008is assumed to be the first word on the title line, which may optionally
4009end with a (single-digit) section number in parentheses. (There should
4010be no space between the title and the parentheses.) Anything after
4011this is assumed to be additional footer and header text. A single pipe
4012character (`|`) should be used to separate the footer text from the header
4017will yield a man page with the title `PANDOC` and section 1.
4019 % PANDOC(1) Pandoc User Manuals
4021will also have "Pandoc User Manuals" in the footer.
4023 % PANDOC(1) Pandoc User Manuals | Version 4.0
4025will also have "Version 4.0" in the header.
4027#### Extension: `yaml_metadata_block` ####
4029A [YAML] metadata block is a valid YAML object, delimited by a line of three
4030hyphens (`---`) at the top and a line of three hyphens (`---`) or three dots
4031(`...`) at the bottom. A YAML metadata block may occur anywhere in the
4032document, but if it is not at the beginning, it must be preceded by a blank
4033line. (Note that, because of the way pandoc concatenates input files when
4034several are provided, you may also keep the metadata in a separate YAML file
4035and pass it to pandoc as an argument, along with your Markdown files:
4037 pandoc chap1.md chap2.md chap3.md metadata.yaml -s -o book.html
4039Just be sure that the YAML file begins with `---` and ends with `---` or
4040`...`.) Alternatively, you can use the `--metadata-file` option. Using
4041that approach however, you cannot reference content (like footnotes)
4042from the main markdown input document.
4044Metadata will be taken from the fields of the YAML object and added to any
4045existing document metadata. Metadata can contain lists and objects (nested
4046arbitrarily), but all string scalars will be interpreted as Markdown. Fields
4047with names ending in an underscore will be ignored by pandoc. (They may be
4048given a role by external processors.) Field names must not be
4049interpretable as YAML numbers or boolean values (so, for
4050example, `yes`, `True`, and `15` cannot be used as field names).
4052A document may contain multiple metadata blocks. If two
4053metadata blocks attempt to set the same field, the value from
4054the second block will be taken.
4056When pandoc is used with `-t markdown` to create a Markdown document,
4057a YAML metadata block will be produced only if the `-s/--standalone`
4058option is used. All of the metadata will appear in a single block
4059at the beginning of the document.
4061Note that [YAML] escaping rules must be followed. Thus, for example,
4062if a title contains a colon, it must be quoted. The pipe character
4063(`|`) can be used to begin an indented block that will be interpreted
4064literally, without need for escaping. This form is necessary
4065when the field contains blank lines or block-level formatting:
4068 title: 'This is the title: it contains a colon'
4072 keywords: [nothing, nothingness]
4074 This is the abstract.
4076 It consists of two paragraphs.
4079Template variables will be set automatically from the metadata. Thus, for
4080example, in writing HTML, the variable `abstract` will be set to the HTML
4081equivalent of the Markdown in the `abstract` field:
4083 <p>This is the abstract.</p>
4084 <p>It consists of two paragraphs.</p>
4086Variables can contain arbitrary YAML structures, but the template must match
4087this structure. The `author` variable in the default templates expects a
4088simple list or string, but can be changed to support more complicated
4089structures. The following combination, for example, would add an affiliation
4090to the author if one is given:
4093 title: The document title
4096 affiliation: University of Somewhere
4098 affiliation: University of Nowhere
4101To use the structured authors in the example above, you would need a custom
4106 $author.name$$if(author.affiliation)$ ($author.affiliation$)$endif$
4112Raw content to include in the document's header may be specified
4113using `header-includes`; however, it is important to mark up
4114this content as raw code for a particular output format, using
4115the [`raw_attribute` extension](#extension-raw_attribute)), or it
4116will be interpreted as markdown. For example:
4121 \let\oldsection\section
4122 \renewcommand{\section}[1]{\clearpage\oldsection{#1}}
4127#### Extension: `all_symbols_escapable` ####
4129Except inside a code block or inline code, any punctuation or space
4130character preceded by a backslash will be treated literally, even if it
4131would normally indicate formatting. Thus, for example, if one writes
4141 <strong>hello</strong>
4143This rule is easier to remember than standard Markdown's rule,
4144which allows only the following characters to be backslash-escaped:
4148(However, if the `markdown_strict` format is used, the standard Markdown rule
4151A backslash-escaped space is parsed as a nonbreaking space. In TeX output,
4152it will appear as `~`. In HTML and XML output, it will appear as a
4153literal unicode nonbreaking space character (note that it will thus
4154actually look "invisible" in the generated HTML source; you can still
4155use the `--ascii` command-line option to make it appear as an explicit
4158A backslash-escaped newline (i.e. a backslash occurring at the end of
4159a line) is parsed as a hard line break. It will appear in TeX output as
4160`\\` and in HTML as `<br />`. This is a nice alternative to
4161Markdown's "invisible" way of indicating hard line breaks using
4162two trailing spaces on a line.
4164Backslash escapes do not work in verbatim contexts.
4170To *emphasize* some text, surround it with `*`s or `_`, like this:
4172 This text is _emphasized with underscores_, and this
4173 is *emphasized with asterisks*.
4175Double `*` or `_` produces **strong emphasis**:
4177 This is **strong emphasis** and __with underscores__.
4179A `*` or `_` character surrounded by spaces, or backslash-escaped,
4180will not trigger emphasis:
4182 This is * not emphasized *, and \*neither is this\*.
4184#### Extension: `intraword_underscores` ####
4186Because `_` is sometimes used inside words and identifiers,
4187pandoc does not interpret a `_` surrounded by alphanumeric
4188characters as an emphasis marker. If you want to emphasize
4189just part of a word, use `*`:
4191 feas*ible*, not feas*able*.
4196#### Extension: `strikeout` ####
4198To strikeout a section of text with a horizontal line, begin and end it
4199with `~~`. Thus, for example,
4201 This ~~is deleted text.~~
4204### Superscripts and subscripts ###
4206#### Extension: `superscript`, `subscript` ####
4208Superscripts may be written by surrounding the superscripted text by `^`
4209characters; subscripts may be written by surrounding the subscripted
4210text by `~` characters. Thus, for example,
4212 H~2~O is a liquid. 2^10^ is 1024.
4214The text between `^...^` or `~...~` may not contain spaces or
4215newlines. If the superscripted or subscripted text contains
4216spaces, these spaces must be escaped with backslashes. (This is
4217to prevent accidental superscripting and subscripting through
4218the ordinary use of `~` and `^`, and also bad interactions with
4219footnotes.) Thus, if you want the letter P with 'a cat' in
4220subscripts, use `P~a\ cat~`, not `P~a cat~`.
4224To make a short span of text verbatim, put it inside backticks:
4226 What is the difference between `>>=` and `>>`?
4228If the verbatim text includes a backtick, use double backticks:
4230 Here is a literal backtick `` ` ``.
4232(The spaces after the opening backticks and before the closing
4233backticks will be ignored.)
4235The general rule is that a verbatim span starts with a string
4236of consecutive backticks (optionally followed by a space)
4237and ends with a string of the same number of backticks (optionally
4238preceded by a space).
4240Note that backslash-escapes (and other Markdown constructs) do not
4241work in verbatim contexts:
4243 This is a backslash followed by an asterisk: `\*`.
4245#### Extension: `inline_code_attributes` ####
4247Attributes can be attached to verbatim text, just as with
4248[fenced code blocks]:
4254To write small caps, use the `smallcaps` class:
4256 [Small caps]{.smallcaps}
4258Or, without the `bracketed_spans` extension:
4260 <span class="smallcaps">Small caps</span>
4262For compatibility with other Markdown flavors, CSS is also supported:
4264 <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Small caps</span>
4266This will work in all output formats that support small caps.
4271#### Extension: `tex_math_dollars` ####
4273Anything between two `$` characters will be treated as TeX math. The
4274opening `$` must have a non-space character immediately to its right,
4275while the closing `$` must have a non-space character immediately to its
4276left, and must not be followed immediately by a digit. Thus,
4277`$20,000 and $30,000` won't parse as math. If for some reason
4278you need to enclose text in literal `$` characters, backslash-escape
4279them and they won't be treated as math delimiters.
4281For display math, use `$$` delimiters. (In this case, the delimiters
4282may be separated from the formula by whitespace.)
4284TeX math will be printed in all output formats. How it is rendered
4285depends on the output format:
4288 ~ It will appear verbatim surrounded by `\(...\)` (for inline
4289 math) or `\[...\]` (for display math).
4291Markdown, Emacs Org mode, ConTeXt, ZimWiki
4292 ~ It will appear verbatim surrounded by `$...$` (for inline
4293 math) or `$$...$$` (for display math).
4296 ~ It will appear verbatim surrounded by `{{formula}}..{{/formula}}`.
4299 ~ It will be rendered using an [interpreted text role `:math:`].
4302 ~ For AsciiDoc output format (`-t asciidoc`) it will appear verbatim
4303 surrounded by `latexmath:[$...$]` (for inline math) or
4304 `[latexmath]++++\[...\]+++` (for display math).
4305 For AsciiDoctor output format (`-t asciidoctor`) the LaTex delimiters
4306 (`$..$` and `\[..\]`) are omitted.
4309 ~ It will be rendered inside a `@math` command.
4311roff man, Jira markup
4312 ~ It will be rendered verbatim without `$`'s.
4315 ~ It will be rendered inside `<math>` tags.
4318 ~ It will be rendered inside `<span class="math">` tags.
4321 ~ It will be rendered, if possible, using Unicode characters,
4322 and will otherwise appear verbatim.
4325 ~ It will be rendered, if possible, using MathML.
4328 ~ If the `--mathml` flag is used, it will be rendered using MathML
4329 in an `inlineequation` or `informalequation` tag. Otherwise it
4330 will be rendered, if possible, using Unicode characters.
4333 ~ It will be rendered using OMML math markup.
4336 ~ If the `--webtex` option is used, formulas are rendered as images
4337 using CodeCogs or other compatible web service, downloaded
4338 and embedded in the e-book. Otherwise, they will appear verbatim.
4340HTML, Slidy, DZSlides, S5, EPUB
4341 ~ The way math is rendered in HTML will depend on the
4342 command-line options selected. Therefore see [Math rendering in HTML]
4345[interpreted text role `:math:`]: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/roles.html#math
4349#### Extension: `raw_html` ####
4351Markdown allows you to insert raw HTML (or DocBook) anywhere in a document
4352(except verbatim contexts, where `<`, `>`, and `&` are interpreted
4353literally). (Technically this is not an extension, since standard
4354Markdown allows it, but it has been made an extension so that it can
4355be disabled if desired.)
4357The raw HTML is passed through unchanged in HTML, S5, Slidy, Slideous,
4358DZSlides, EPUB, Markdown, CommonMark, Emacs Org mode, and Textile
4359output, and suppressed in other formats.
4361For a more explicit way of including raw HTML in a Markdown
4362document, see the [`raw_attribute` extension][Extension: `raw_attribute`].
4364In the CommonMark format, if `raw_html` is enabled, superscripts,
4365subscripts, strikeouts and small capitals will be represented as HTML.
4366Otherwise, plain-text fallbacks will be used. Note that even if
4367`raw_html` is disabled, tables will be rendered with HTML syntax if
4368they cannot use pipe syntax.
4370#### Extension: `markdown_in_html_blocks` ####
4372Standard Markdown allows you to include HTML "blocks": blocks
4373of HTML between balanced tags that are separated from the surrounding text
4374with blank lines, and start and end at the left margin. Within
4375these blocks, everything is interpreted as HTML, not Markdown;
4376so (for example), `*` does not signify emphasis.
4378Pandoc behaves this way when the `markdown_strict` format is used; but
4379by default, pandoc interprets material between HTML block tags as Markdown.
4380Thus, for example, pandoc will turn
4385 <td>[a link](https://google.com)</td>
4393 <td><em>one</em></td>
4394 <td><a href="https://google.com">a link</a></td>
4398whereas `Markdown.pl` will preserve it as is.
4400There is one exception to this rule: text between `<script>` and
4401`<style>` tags is not interpreted as Markdown.
4403This departure from standard Markdown should make it easier to mix
4404Markdown with HTML block elements. For example, one can surround
4405a block of Markdown text with `<div>` tags without preventing it
4406from being interpreted as Markdown.
4408#### Extension: `native_divs` ####
4410Use native pandoc `Div` blocks for content inside `<div>` tags.
4411For the most part this should give the same output as
4412`markdown_in_html_blocks`, but it makes it easier to write pandoc
4413filters to manipulate groups of blocks.
4415#### Extension: `native_spans` ####
4417Use native pandoc `Span` blocks for content inside `<span>` tags.
4418For the most part this should give the same output as `raw_html`,
4419but it makes it easier to write pandoc filters to manipulate groups
4422#### Extension: `raw_tex` ####
4424In addition to raw HTML, pandoc allows raw LaTeX, TeX, and ConTeXt to be
4425included in a document. Inline TeX commands will be preserved and passed
4426unchanged to the LaTeX and ConTeXt writers. Thus, for example, you can use
4427LaTeX to include BibTeX citations:
4429 This result was proved in \cite{jones.1967}.
4431Note that in LaTeX environments, like
4433 \begin{tabular}{|l|l|}\hline
4434 Age & Frequency \\ \hline
4437 36--45 & 22 \\ \hline
4440the material between the begin and end tags will be interpreted as raw
4441LaTeX, not as Markdown.
4443For a more explicit and flexible way of including raw TeX in a
4444Markdown document, see the [`raw_attribute`
4445extension][Extension: `raw_attribute`].
4447Inline LaTeX is ignored in output formats other than Markdown, LaTeX,
4448Emacs Org mode, and ConTeXt.
4450### Generic raw attribute ###
4452#### Extension: `raw_attribute` ####
4454Inline spans and fenced code blocks with a special
4455kind of attribute will be parsed as raw content with the
4456designated format. For example, the following produces a raw
4463And the following produces a raw `html` inline element:
4465 This is `<a>html</a>`{=html}
4467This can be useful to insert raw xml into `docx` documents, e.g.
4473 <w:br w:type="page"/>
4478The format name should match the target format name (see
4479`-t/--to`, above, for a list, or use `pandoc
4480--list-output-formats`). Use `openxml` for `docx` output,
4481`opendocument` for `odt` output, `html5` for `epub3` output,
4482`html4` for `epub2` output, and `latex`, `beamer`,
4483`ms`, or `html5` for `pdf` output (depending on what you
4484use for `--pdf-engine`).
4486This extension presupposes that the relevant kind of
4487inline code or fenced code block is enabled. Thus, for
4488example, to use a raw attribute with a backtick code block,
4489`backtick_code_blocks` must be enabled.
4491The raw attribute cannot be combined with regular attributes.
4495#### Extension: `latex_macros` ####
4497When this extension is enabled, pandoc will parse LaTeX
4498macro definitions and apply the resulting macros to all LaTeX
4499math and raw LaTeX. So, for example, the following will work in
4500all output formats, not just LaTeX:
4502 \newcommand{\tuple}[1]{\langle #1 \rangle}
4506Note that LaTeX macros will not be applied if they occur
4507inside a raw span or block marked with the
4508[`raw_attribute` extension](#extension-raw_attribute).
4510When `latex_macros` is disabled, the raw LaTeX and math will
4511not have macros applied. This is usually a better approach when
4512you are targeting LaTeX or PDF.
4514Macro definitions in LaTeX will be passed through as raw LaTeX
4515only if `latex_macros` is not enabled. Macro definitions in
4516Markdown source (or other formats allowing `raw_tex`) will
4517be passed through regardless of whether `latex_macros` is
4522Markdown allows links to be specified in several ways.
4524### Automatic links ###
4526If you enclose a URL or email address in pointy brackets, it
4529 <https://google.com>
4530 <sam@green.eggs.ham>
4534An inline link consists of the link text in square brackets,
4535followed by the URL in parentheses. (Optionally, the URL can
4536be followed by a link title, in quotes.)
4538 This is an [inline link](/url), and here's [one with
4539 a title](https://fsf.org "click here for a good time!").
4541There can be no space between the bracketed part and the parenthesized part.
4542The link text can contain formatting (such as emphasis), but the title cannot.
4544Email addresses in inline links are not autodetected, so they have to be
4545prefixed with `mailto`:
4547 [Write me!](mailto:sam@green.eggs.ham)
4549### Reference links ###
4551An *explicit* reference link has two parts, the link itself and the link
4552definition, which may occur elsewhere in the document (either
4553before or after the link).
4555The link consists of link text in square brackets, followed by a label in
4556square brackets. (There cannot be space between the two unless the
4557`spaced_reference_links` extension is enabled.) The link definition
4558consists of the bracketed label, followed by a colon and a space, followed by
4559the URL, and optionally (after a space) a link title either in quotes or in
4560parentheses. The label must not be parseable as a citation (assuming
4561the `citations` extension is enabled): citations take precedence over
4564Here are some examples:
4566 [my label 1]: /foo/bar.html "My title, optional"
4568 [my label 3]: https://fsf.org (The free software foundation)
4569 [my label 4]: /bar#special 'A title in single quotes'
4571The URL may optionally be surrounded by angle brackets:
4573 [my label 5]: <http://foo.bar.baz>
4575The title may go on the next line:
4577 [my label 3]: https://fsf.org
4578 "The free software foundation"
4580Note that link labels are not case sensitive. So, this will work:
4582 Here is [my link][FOO]
4586In an *implicit* reference link, the second pair of brackets is
4591 [my website]: http://foo.bar.baz
4593Note: In `Markdown.pl` and most other Markdown implementations,
4594reference link definitions cannot occur in nested constructions
4595such as list items or block quotes. Pandoc lifts this arbitrary
4596seeming restriction. So the following is fine in pandoc, though
4597not in most other implementations:
4603#### Extension: `shortcut_reference_links` ####
4605In a *shortcut* reference link, the second pair of brackets may
4610 [my website]: http://foo.bar.baz
4612### Internal links ###
4614To link to another section of the same document, use the automatically
4615generated identifier (see [Heading identifiers]). For example:
4617 See the [Introduction](#introduction).
4621 See the [Introduction].
4623 [Introduction]: #introduction
4625Internal links are currently supported for HTML formats (including
4626HTML slide shows and EPUB), LaTeX, and ConTeXt.
4630A link immediately preceded by a `!` will be treated as an image.
4631The link text will be used as the image's alt text:
4633 
4637 [movie reel]: movie.gif
4639#### Extension: `implicit_figures` ####
4641An image with nonempty alt text, occurring by itself in a
4642paragraph, will be rendered as a figure with a caption. The
4643image's alt text will be used as the caption.
4645 
4647How this is rendered depends on the output format. Some output
4648formats (e.g. RTF) do not yet support figures. In those
4649formats, you'll just get an image in a paragraph by itself, with
4652If you just want a regular inline image, just make sure it is not
4653the only thing in the paragraph. One way to do this is to insert a
4654nonbreaking space after the image:
4656 \
4658Note that in reveal.js slide shows, an image in a paragraph
4659by itself that has the `stretch` class will fill the screen,
4660and the caption and figure tags will be omitted.
4662#### Extension: `link_attributes` ####
4664Attributes can be set on links and images:
4666 An inline {#id .class width=30 height=20px}
4667 and a reference ![image][ref] with attributes.
4669 [ref]: foo.jpg "optional title" {#id .class key=val key2="val 2"}
4671(This syntax is compatible with [PHP Markdown Extra] when only `#id`
4672and `.class` are used.)
4674For HTML and EPUB, all known HTML5 attributes except `width` and
4675`height` (but including `srcset` and `sizes`) are passed through
4676as is. Unknown attributes are passed through as custom
4677attributes, with `data-` prepended. The other writers ignore
4678attributes that are not specifically supported by their output format.
4680The `width` and `height` attributes on images are treated specially. When
4681used without a unit, the unit is assumed to be pixels. However, any of
4682the following unit identifiers can be used: `px`, `cm`, `mm`, `in`, `inch`
4683and `%`. There must not be any spaces between the number and the unit.
4687{ width=50% }
4690- Dimensions may be converted to a form that is compatible with
4691 the output format (for example, dimensions given in pixels will
4692 be converted to inches when converting HTML to LaTeX). Conversion
4693 between pixels and physical measurements is affected by the
4694 `--dpi` option (by default, 96 dpi is assumed, unless the image
4695 itself contains dpi information).
4696- The `%` unit is generally relative to some available space.
4697 For example the above example will render to the following.
4698 - HTML: `<img href="file.jpg" style="width: 50%;" />`
4699 - LaTeX: `\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth,height=\textheight]{file.jpg}`
4700 (If you're using a custom template, you need to configure `graphicx`
4701 as in the default template.)
4702 - ConTeXt: `\externalfigure[file.jpg][width=0.5\textwidth]`
4703- Some output formats have a notion of a class
4704 ([ConTeXt](https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics#Multiple_Image_Settings))
4705 or a unique identifier (LaTeX `\caption`), or both (HTML).
4706- When no `width` or `height` attributes are specified, the fallback
4707 is to look at the image resolution and the dpi metadata embedded in
4712Using the `native_divs` and `native_spans` extensions
4713(see [above][Extension: `native_divs`]), HTML syntax can
4714be used as part of markdown to create native `Div` and `Span`
4715elements in the pandoc AST (as opposed to raw HTML).
4716However, there is also nicer syntax available:
4718#### Extension: `fenced_divs` ####
4720Allow special fenced syntax for native `Div` blocks. A Div
4721starts with a fence containing at least three consecutive
4722colons plus some attributes. The attributes may optionally
4723be followed by another string of consecutive colons.
4724The attribute syntax is exactly as in fenced code blocks (see
4725[Extension: `fenced_code_attributes`]). As with fenced
4726code blocks, one can use either attributes in curly braces
4727or a single unbraced word, which will be treated as a class
4728name. The Div ends with another line containing a string of at
4729least three consecutive colons. The fenced Div should be
4730separated by blank lines from preceding and following blocks.
4734 ::::: {#special .sidebar}
4735 Here is a paragraph.
4740Fenced divs can be nested. Opening fences are distinguished
4741because they *must* have attributes:
4747 This is a warning within a warning.
4751Fences without attributes are always closing fences. Unlike
4752with fenced code blocks, the number of colons in the closing
4753fence need not match the number in the opening fence. However,
4754it can be helpful for visual clarity to use fences of different
4755lengths to distinguish nested divs from their parents.
4758#### Extension: `bracketed_spans` ####
4760A bracketed sequence of inlines, as one would use to begin
4761a link, will be treated as a `Span` with attributes if it is
4762followed immediately by attributes:
4764 [This is *some text*]{.class key="val"}
4768#### Extension: `footnotes` ####
4770Pandoc's Markdown allows footnotes, using the following syntax:
4772 Here is a footnote reference,[^1] and another.[^longnote]
4774 [^1]: Here is the footnote.
4776 [^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks.
4778 Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they
4779 belong to the previous footnote.
4783 The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first
4784 line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like
4785 multi-paragraph list items.
4787 This paragraph won't be part of the note, because it
4790The identifiers in footnote references may not contain spaces, tabs,
4791or newlines. These identifiers are used only to correlate the
4792footnote reference with the note itself; in the output, footnotes
4793will be numbered sequentially.
4795The footnotes themselves need not be placed at the end of the
4796document. They may appear anywhere except inside other block elements
4797(lists, block quotes, tables, etc.). Each footnote should be
4798separated from surrounding content (including other footnotes)
4801#### Extension: `inline_notes` ####
4803Inline footnotes are also allowed (though, unlike regular notes,
4804they cannot contain multiple paragraphs). The syntax is as follows:
4806 Here is an inline note.^[Inlines notes are easier to write, since
4807 you don't have to pick an identifier and move down to type the
4810Inline and regular footnotes may be mixed freely.
4814#### Extension: `citations` ####
4816Markdown citations go inside square brackets and are separated
4817by semicolons. Each citation must have a key, composed of '@' +
4818the citation identifier from the database, and may optionally
4819have a prefix, a locator, and a suffix. The citation key must
4820begin with a letter, digit, or `_`, and may contain
4821alphanumerics, `_`, and internal punctuation characters
4822(`:.#$%&-+?<>~/`). Here are some examples:
4824 Blah blah [see @doe99, pp. 33-35; also @smith04, chap. 1].
4826 Blah blah [@doe99, pp. 33-35, 38-39 and *passim*].
4828 Blah blah [@smith04; @doe99].
4830`pandoc` detects locator terms in the [CSL locale files].
4831Either abbreviated or unabbreviated forms are accepted. In the `en-US`
4832locale, locator terms can be written in either singular or plural forms,
4833as `book`, `bk.`/`bks.`; `chapter`, `chap.`/`chaps.`; `column`,
4834`col.`/`cols.`; `figure`, `fig.`/`figs.`; `folio`, `fol.`/`fols.`;
4835`number`, `no.`/`nos.`; `line`, `l.`/`ll.`; `note`, `n.`/`nn.`; `opus`,
4836`op.`/`opp.`; `page`, `p.`/`pp.`; `paragraph`, `para.`/`paras.`; `part`,
4837`pt.`/`pts.`; `section`, `sec.`/`secs.`; `sub verbo`, `s.v.`/`s.vv.`;
4838`verse`, `v.`/`vv.`; `volume`, `vol.`/`vols.`; `¶`/`¶¶`; `§`/`§§`. If no
4839locator term is used, "page" is assumed.
4841`pandoc` will use heuristics to distinguish the locator
4842from the suffix. In complex cases, the locator can be enclosed
4845 [@smith{ii, A, D-Z}, with a suffix]
4846 [@smith, {pp. iv, vi-xi, (xv)-(xvii)} with suffix here]
4848A minus sign (`-`) before the `@` will suppress mention of
4849the author in the citation. This can be useful when the
4850author is already mentioned in the text:
4852 Smith says blah [-@smith04].
4854You can also write an in-text citation, as follows:
4858 @smith04 [p. 33] says blah.
4861[CSL]: https://docs.citationstyles.org/en/stable/specification.html
4862[CSL markup specs]: https://docs.citationstyles.org/en/1.0/release-notes.html#rich-text-markup-within-fields
4863[Chicago Manual of Style]: https://chicagomanualofstyle.org
4864[Citation Style Language]: https://citationstyles.org
4865[Zotero Style Repository]: https://www.zotero.org/styles
4866[finding and editing styles]: https://citationstyles.org/authors/
4867[CSL locale files]: https://github.com/citation-style-language/locales
4869## Non-pandoc extensions
4871The following Markdown syntax extensions are not enabled by default
4872in pandoc, but may be enabled by adding `+EXTENSION` to the format
4873name, where `EXTENSION` is the name of the extension. Thus, for
4874example, `markdown+hard_line_breaks` is Markdown with hard line breaks.
4876#### Extension: `attributes` ####
4878Allows attributes to be attached to any inline or block-level
4879element. The syntax for the attributes is the same as that
4880used in [`header_attributes`][Extension: `header_attributes`].
4882- Attributes that occur immediately after an inline
4883 element affect that element. If they follow a space, then they
4884 belong to the space. (Hence, this option subsumes
4885 `inline_code_attributes` and `link_attributes`.)
4886- Attributes that occur immediately before a block
4887 element, on a line by themselves, affect that
4889- Consecutive attribute specifiers may be used,
4890 either for blocks or for inlines. Their attributes
4892- Attributes that occur at the end of the text of
4893 a Setext or ATX heading (separated by whitespace
4894 from the text) affect the heading element. (Hence, this
4895 option subsumes `header_attributes`.)
4896- Attributes that occur after the opening fence
4897 in a fenced code block affect the code block element. (Hence,
4898 this option subsumes `fenced_code_attributes`.)
4899- Attributes that occur at the end of a reference
4900 link definition affect links that refer to that
4903Note that pandoc's AST does not currently allow attributes
4904to be attached to arbitrary elements. Hence a Span or Div
4905container will be added if needed.
4907#### Extension: `old_dashes` ####
4909Selects the pandoc <= 1.8.2.1 behavior for parsing smart dashes:
4910`-` before a numeral is an en-dash, and `--` is an em-dash.
4911This option only has an effect if `smart` is enabled. It is
4912selected automatically for `textile` input.
4914#### Extension: `angle_brackets_escapable` ####
4916Allow `<` and `>` to be backslash-escaped, as they can be in
4917GitHub flavored Markdown but not original Markdown. This is
4918implied by pandoc's default `all_symbols_escapable`.
4920#### Extension: `lists_without_preceding_blankline` ####
4922Allow a list to occur right after a paragraph, with no intervening
4925#### Extension: `four_space_rule` ####
4927Selects the pandoc <= 2.0 behavior for parsing lists, so that
4928four spaces indent are needed for list item continuation
4931#### Extension: `spaced_reference_links` ####
4933Allow whitespace between the two components of a reference link,
4938#### Extension: `hard_line_breaks` ####
4940Causes all newlines within a paragraph to be interpreted as hard line
4941breaks instead of spaces.
4943#### Extension: `ignore_line_breaks` ####
4945Causes newlines within a paragraph to be ignored, rather than being
4946treated as spaces or as hard line breaks. This option is intended for
4947use with East Asian languages where spaces are not used between words,
4948but text is divided into lines for readability.
4950#### Extension: `east_asian_line_breaks` ####
4952Causes newlines within a paragraph to be ignored, rather than
4953being treated as spaces or as hard line breaks, when they occur
4954between two East Asian wide characters. This is a better choice
4955than `ignore_line_breaks` for texts that include a mix of East
4956Asian wide characters and other characters.
4958#### Extension: `emoji` ####
4960Parses textual emojis like `:smile:` as Unicode emoticons.
4962#### Extension: `tex_math_single_backslash` ####
4964Causes anything between `\(` and `\)` to be interpreted as inline
4965TeX math, and anything between `\[` and `\]` to be interpreted
4966as display TeX math. Note: a drawback of this extension is that
4967it precludes escaping `(` and `[`.
4969#### Extension: `tex_math_double_backslash` ####
4971Causes anything between `\\(` and `\\)` to be interpreted as inline
4972TeX math, and anything between `\\[` and `\\]` to be interpreted
4975#### Extension: `markdown_attribute` ####
4977By default, pandoc interprets material inside block-level tags as Markdown.
4978This extension changes the behavior so that Markdown is only parsed
4979inside block-level tags if the tags have the attribute `markdown=1`.
4981#### Extension: `mmd_title_block` ####
4983Enables a [MultiMarkdown] style title block at the top of
4984the document, for example:
4988 Date: September 1, 2008
4989 Comment: This is a sample mmd title block, with
4990 a field spanning multiple lines.
4992See the MultiMarkdown documentation for details. If `pandoc_title_block` or
4993`yaml_metadata_block` is enabled, it will take precedence over
4996#### Extension: `abbreviations` ####
4998Parses PHP Markdown Extra abbreviation keys, like
5000 *[HTML]: Hypertext Markup Language
5002Note that the pandoc document model does not support
5003abbreviations, so if this extension is enabled, abbreviation keys are
5004simply skipped (as opposed to being parsed as paragraphs).
5006#### Extension: `autolink_bare_uris` ####
5008Makes all absolute URIs into links, even when not surrounded by
5009pointy braces `<...>`.
5011#### Extension: `mmd_link_attributes` ####
5013Parses multimarkdown style key-value attributes on link
5014and image references. This extension should not be confused with the
5015[`link_attributes`](#extension-link_attributes) extension.
5017 This is a reference ![image][ref] with multimarkdown attributes.
5019 [ref]: https://path.to/image "Image title" width=20px height=30px
5020 id=myId class="myClass1 myClass2"
5022#### Extension: `mmd_header_identifiers` ####
5024Parses multimarkdown style heading identifiers (in square brackets,
5025after the heading but before any trailing `#`s in an ATX heading).
5027#### Extension: `compact_definition_lists` ####
5029Activates the definition list syntax of pandoc 1.12.x and earlier.
5030This syntax differs from the one described above under [Definition lists]
5033 - No blank line is required between consecutive items of the
5035 - To get a "tight" or "compact" list, omit space between consecutive
5036 items; the space between a term and its definition does not affect
5038 - Lazy wrapping of paragraphs is not allowed: the entire definition must
5039 be indented four spaces.[^6]
5041[^6]: To see why laziness is incompatible with relaxing the requirement
5042 of a blank line between items, consider the following example:
5049 Is this a single list item with two definitions of "bar," the first of
5050 which is lazily wrapped, or two list items? To remove the ambiguity
5051 we must either disallow lazy wrapping or require a blank line between
5054#### Extension: `gutenberg` ####
5056Use [Project Gutenberg] conventions for `plain` output:
5057all-caps for strong emphasis, surround by underscores
5058for regular emphasis, add extra blank space around headings.
5060 [Project Gutenberg]: https://www.gutenberg.org
5064In addition to pandoc's extended Markdown, the following Markdown
5065variants are supported:
5067- `markdown_phpextra` (PHP Markdown Extra)
5068- `markdown_github` (deprecated GitHub-Flavored Markdown)
5069- `markdown_mmd` (MultiMarkdown)
5070- `markdown_strict` (Markdown.pl)
5071- `commonmark` (CommonMark)
5072- `gfm` (Github-Flavored Markdown)
5073- `commonmark_x` (CommonMark with many pandoc extensions)
5075To see which extensions are supported for a given format,
5076and which are enabled by default, you can use the command
5078 pandoc --list-extensions=FORMAT
5080where `FORMAT` is replaced with the name of the format.
5082Note that the list of extensions for `commonmark`,
5083`gfm`, and `commonmark_x` are defined relative to default
5084commonmark. So, for example, `backtick_code_blocks`
5085does not appear as an extension, since it is enabled by
5086default and cannot be disabled.
5090When the `--citeproc` option is used, pandoc can automatically generate
5091citations and a bibliography in a number of styles. Basic usage is
5093 pandoc --citeproc myinput.txt
5095To use this feature, you will need to have
5097- a document containing citations (see [Extension: `citations`]);
5098- a source of bibliographic data: either an external bibliography
5099 file or a list of `references` in the document's YAML metadata
5100- optionally, a [CSL] citation style.
5102## Specifying bibliographic data
5104You can specify an external bibliography using the
5105`bibliography` metadata field in a YAML metadata section or the
5106`--bibliography` command line argument. If you want to use
5107multiple bibliography files, you can supply multiple
5108`--bibliography` arguments or set `bibliography` metadata field
5109to YAML array. A bibliography may have any of these formats:
5111 Format File extension
5112 ------------ --------------
5118Note that `.bib` can be used with both BibTeX and BibLaTeX files;
5119use the extension `.bibtex` to force interpretation as BibTeX.
5121In BibTeX and BibLaTeX databases, pandoc parses LaTeX markup
5122inside fields such as `title`; in CSL YAML databases, pandoc
5123Markdown; and in CSL JSON databases, an [HTML-like markup][CSL
5132`<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">...</span>` or `<sc>...</sc>`
5141`<span class="nocase">...</span>`
5142: prevent a phrase from being capitalized as title case
5144As an alternative to specifying a bibliography file using
5145`--bibliography` or the YAML metadata field `bibliography`, you
5146can include the citation data directly in the `references` field
5147of the document's YAML metadata. The field should contain an
5148array of YAML-encoded references, for example:
5152 - type: article-journal
5164 title: 'Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for
5165 deoxyribose nucleic acid'
5166 title-short: Molecular structure of nucleic acids
5167 container-title: Nature
5171 DOI: 10.1038/171737a0
5172 URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/171737a0
5176Note that `pandoc` can be used to produce such a YAML metadata
5177section from a BibTeX, BibLaTeX, or CSL JSON bibliography:
5179 pandoc chem.bib -s -f biblatex -t markdown
5180 pandoc chem.json -s -f csljson -t markdown
5182`pandoc` can also be used to produce CSL JSON bibliography
5183from BibTeX, BibLaTeX, or markdown YAML:
5185 pandoc chem.bib -s -f biblatex -t csljson
5186 pandoc chem.yaml -s -f markdown -t csljson
5188Running pandoc on a bibliography file with the `--citeproc`
5189option will create a formatted bibliography in the format
5192 pandoc chem.bib -s --citeproc -o chem.html
5193 pandoc chem.bib -s --citeproc -o chem.pdf
5195### Capitalization in titles
5197If you are using a bibtex or biblatex bibliography, then observe
5200 - English titles should be in title case. Non-English titles should
5201 be in sentence case, and the `langid` field in biblatex should be
5202 set to the relevant language. (The following values are treated
5203 as English: `american`, `british`, `canadian`, `english`,
5204 `australian`, `newzealand`, `USenglish`, or `UKenglish`.)
5206 - As is standard with bibtex/biblatex, proper names should be
5207 protected with curly braces so that they won't be lowercased
5208 in styles that call for sentence case. For example:
5210 title = {My Dinner with {Andre}}
5212 - In addition, words that should remain lowercase (or camelCase)
5213 should be protected:
5215 title = {Spin Wave Dispersion on the {nm} Scale}
5217 Though this is not necessary in bibtex/biblatex, it is necessary
5218 with citeproc, which stores titles internally in sentence case,
5219 and converts to title case in styles that require it. Here we
5220 protect "nm" so that it doesn't get converted to "Nm" at this stage.
5222If you are using a CSL bibliography (either JSON or YAML), then observe
5225 - All titles should be in sentence case.
5227 - Use the `language` field for non-English titles to prevent their
5228 conversion to title case in styles that call for this. (Conversion
5229 happens only if `language` begins with `en` or is left empty.)
5231 - Protect words that should not be converted to title case using
5234 Spin wave dispersion on the <span class="nocase">nm</span> scale
5236### Conference Papers, Published vs. Unpublished
5238For a formally published conference paper, use the biblatex entry type
5239`inproceedings` (which will be mapped to CSL `paper-conference`).
5241For an unpublished manuscript, use the biblatex entry type
5242`unpublished` without an `eventtitle` field (this entry type
5243will be mapped to CSL `manuscript`).
5245For a talk, an unpublished conference paper, or a poster
5246presentation, use the biblatex entry type `unpublished` with an
5247`eventtitle` field (this entry type will be mapped to CSL
5248`speech`). Use the biblatex `type` field to indicate the type,
5249e.g. "Paper", or "Poster". `venue` and `eventdate` may be useful
5250too, though `eventdate` will not be rendered by most CSL styles.
5251Note that `venue` is for the event's venue, unlike `location`
5252which describes the publisher's location; do not use the latter
5253for an unpublished conference paper.
5256## Specifying a citation style
5258Citations and references can be formatted using any style supported by the
5259[Citation Style Language], listed in the [Zotero Style Repository].
5260These files are specified using the `--csl` option or the `csl`
5261(or `citation-style`) metadata field. By default, pandoc will
5262use the [Chicago Manual of Style] author-date format. (You can
5263override this default by copying a CSL style of your choice
5264to `default.csl` in your user data directory.)
5265The CSL project provides further information on [finding and
5268The `--citation-abbreviations` option (or the
5269`citation-abbreviations` metadata field) may be used to
5270specify a JSON file containing abbreviations of journals
5271that should be used in formatted bibliographies when
5272`form="short"` is specified. The format of the file
5273can be illustrated with an example:
5277 "container-title": {
5278 "Lloyd's Law Reports": "Lloyd's Rep",
5279 "Estates Gazette": "EG",
5280 "Scots Law Times": "SLT"
5285## Raw content in a style
5287To include raw content in a prefix, suffix, delimiter, or term,
5288surround it with these tags indicating the format:
5290 {{jats}}<ref>{{/jats}}
5292Without the tags, the string will be interpreted as a string
5293and escaped in the output, rather than being passed through raw.
5295This feature allows stylesheets to be customized to give
5296different output for different output formats. However,
5297stylesheets customized in this way will not be usable
5298by other CSL implementations.
5302## Placement of the bibliography
5304If the style calls for a list of works cited, it will be placed
5305in a div with id `refs`, if one exists:
5310Otherwise, it will be placed at the end of the document.
5311Generation of the bibliography can be suppressed by setting
5312`suppress-bibliography: true` in the YAML metadata.
5314If you wish the bibliography to have a section heading, you can
5315set `reference-section-title` in the metadata, or put the heading
5316at the beginning of the div with id `refs` (if you are using it)
5317or at the end of your document:
5323The bibliography will be inserted after this heading. Note that
5324the `unnumbered` class will be added to this heading, so that the
5325section will not be numbered.
5327## Including uncited items in the bibliography
5329If you want to include items in the bibliography without actually
5330citing them in the body text, you can define a dummy `nocite` metadata
5331field and put the citations there:
5340In this example, the document will contain a citation for `item3`
5341only, but the bibliography will contain entries for `item1`, `item2`, and
5344It is possible to create a bibliography with all the citations,
5345whether or not they appear in the document, by using a wildcard:
5352For LaTeX output, you can also use [`natbib`] or [`biblatex`] to
5353render the bibliography. In order to do so, specify bibliography
5354files as outlined above, and add `--natbib` or `--biblatex`
5355argument to `pandoc` invocation. Bear in mind that bibliography
5356files have to be in either BibTeX (for `--natbib`)
5357or BibLaTeX (for `--biblatex`) format.
5359## Other relevant metadata fields
5361A few other metadata fields affect bibliography formatting:
5364: If true, citations will be
5365 hyperlinked to the corresponding bibliography entries
5366 (for author-date and numerical styles only).
5369: The `lang` field will affect how the style is localized,
5370 for example in the translation of labels and the use
5371 of quotation marks. (For backwards compatibility,
5372 `locale` may be used instead of `lang`, but this use
5375`notes-after-punctuation`
5376: If true (the default), pandoc will put footnote citations
5377 after following punctuation. For example, if the source
5378 contains `blah blah [@jones99].`, the result will look like
5379 `blah blah.[^1]`, with the note moved after the period and
5380 the space collapsed. If false, the space will still be
5381 collapsed, but the footnote will not be moved after the
5393You can use pandoc to produce an HTML + JavaScript slide presentation
5394that can be viewed via a web browser. There are five ways to do this,
5395using [S5], [DZSlides], [Slidy], [Slideous], or [reveal.js].
5396You can also produce a PDF slide show using LaTeX [`beamer`], or
5397slides shows in Microsoft [PowerPoint] format.
5399Here's the Markdown source for a simple slide show, `habits.txt`:
5426 
5433To produce an HTML/JavaScript slide show, simply type
5435 pandoc -t FORMAT -s habits.txt -o habits.html
5437where `FORMAT` is either `s5`, `slidy`, `slideous`, `dzslides`, or `revealjs`.
5439For Slidy, Slideous, reveal.js, and S5, the file produced by pandoc with the
5440`-s/--standalone` option embeds a link to JavaScript and CSS files, which are
5441assumed to be available at the relative path `s5/default` (for S5), `slideous`
5442(for Slideous), `reveal.js` (for reveal.js), or at the Slidy website at
5443`w3.org` (for Slidy). (These paths can be changed by setting the `slidy-url`,
5444`slideous-url`, `revealjs-url`, or `s5-url` variables; see [Variables for HTML slides],
5445above.) For DZSlides, the (relatively short) JavaScript and CSS are included in
5448With all HTML slide formats, the `--self-contained` option can be used to
5449produce a single file that contains all of the data necessary to display the
5450slide show, including linked scripts, stylesheets, images, and videos.
5452To produce a PDF slide show using beamer, type
5454 pandoc -t beamer habits.txt -o habits.pdf
5456Note that a reveal.js slide show can also be converted to a PDF
5457by printing it to a file from the browser.
5459To produce a Powerpoint slide show, type
5461 pandoc habits.txt -o habits.pptx
5463## Structuring the slide show
5465By default, the *slide level* is the highest heading level in
5466the hierarchy that is followed immediately by content, and not another
5467heading, somewhere in the document. In the example above, level-1 headings
5468are always followed by level-2 headings, which are followed by content,
5469so the slide level is 2. This default can be overridden using
5470the `--slide-level` option.
5472The document is carved up into slides according to the following
5475 * A horizontal rule always starts a new slide.
5477 * A heading at the slide level always starts a new slide.
5479 * Headings *below* the slide level in the hierarchy create
5480 headings *within* a slide.
5482 * Headings *above* the slide level in the hierarchy create
5483 "title slides," which just contain the section title
5484 and help to break the slide show into sections.
5485 Non-slide content under these headings will be included
5486 on the title slide (for HTML slide shows) or in a
5487 subsequent slide with the same title (for beamer).
5489 * A title page is constructed automatically from the document's title
5490 block, if present. (In the case of beamer, this can be disabled
5491 by commenting out some lines in the default template.)
5493These rules are designed to support many different styles of slide show. If
5494you don't care about structuring your slides into sections and subsections,
5495you can just use level-1 headings for all each slide. (In that case, level-1
5496will be the slide level.) But you can also structure the slide show into
5497sections, as in the example above.
5499Note: in reveal.js slide shows, if slide level is 2, a two-dimensional
5500layout will be produced, with level-1 headings building horizontally
5501and level-2 headings building vertically. It is not recommended that
5502you use deeper nesting of section levels with reveal.js.
5506By default, these writers produce lists that display "all at once."
5507If you want your lists to display incrementally (one item at a time),
5508use the `-i` option. If you want a particular list to depart from the
5509default, put it in a `div` block with class `incremental` or
5510`nonincremental`. So, for example, using the `fenced div` syntax, the
5511following would be incremental regardless of the document default:
5529While using `incremental` and `nonincremental` divs are the
5530recommended method of setting incremental lists on a per-case basis,
5531an older method is also supported: putting lists inside a blockquote
5532will depart from the document default (that is, it will display
5533incrementally without the `-i` option and all at once with the `-i`
5539Both methods allow incremental and nonincremental lists to be mixed
5540in a single document.
5542Note: Neither the `-i/--incremental` option nor any of the
5543methods described here currently works for PowerPoint output.
5547You can add "pauses" within a slide by including a paragraph containing
5548three dots, separated by spaces:
5550 # Slide with a pause
5552 content before the pause
5556 content after the pause
5558Note: this feature is not yet implemented for PowerPoint output.
5560## Styling the slides
5562You can change the style of HTML slides by putting customized CSS files
5563in `$DATADIR/s5/default` (for S5), `$DATADIR/slidy` (for Slidy),
5564or `$DATADIR/slideous` (for Slideous),
5565where `$DATADIR` is the user data directory (see `--data-dir`, above).
5566The originals may be found in pandoc's system data directory (generally
5567`$CABALDIR/pandoc-VERSION/s5/default`). Pandoc will look there for any
5568files it does not find in the user data directory.
5570For dzslides, the CSS is included in the HTML file itself, and may
5573All [reveal.js configuration options] can be set through variables.
5574For example, themes can be used by setting the `theme` variable:
5578Or you can specify a custom stylesheet using the `--css` option.
5580To style beamer slides, you can specify a `theme`, `colortheme`,
5581`fonttheme`, `innertheme`, and `outertheme`, using the `-V` option:
5583 pandoc -t beamer habits.txt -V theme:Warsaw -o habits.pdf
5585Note that heading attributes will turn into slide attributes
5586(on a `<div>` or `<section>`) in HTML slide formats, allowing you
5587to style individual slides. In beamer, the only heading attribute
5588that affects slides is the `allowframebreaks` class, which sets the
5589`allowframebreaks` option, causing multiple slides to be created
5590if the content overfills the frame. This is recommended especially for
5593 # References {.allowframebreaks}
5597Speaker notes are supported in reveal.js and PowerPoint (pptx)
5598output. You can add notes to your Markdown document thus:
5604 - It can contain Markdown
5609To show the notes window in reveal.js, press `s` while viewing the
5610presentation. Speaker notes in PowerPoint will be available, as usual,
5611in handouts and presenter view.
5613Notes are not yet supported for other slide formats, but the notes
5614will not appear on the slides themselves.
5618To put material in side by side columns, you can use a native
5619div container with class `columns`, containing two or more div
5620containers with class `column` and a `width` attribute:
5622 :::::::::::::: {.columns}
5623 ::: {.column width="40%"}
5626 ::: {.column width="60%"}
5631### Additional columns attributes in beamer
5633The div containers with classes `columns` and `column` can optionally have
5634an `align` attribute.
5635The class `columns` can optionally have a `totalwidth` attribute or an
5636`onlytextwidth` class.
5638 :::::::::::::: {.columns align=center totalwidth=8em}
5639 ::: {.column width="40%"}
5642 ::: {.column width="60%" align=bottom}
5647The `align` attributes on `columns` and `column` can be used with the
5648values `top`, `top-baseline`, `center` and `bottom` to vertically align
5649the columns. It defaults to `top` in `columns`.
5651The `totalwidth` attribute limits the width of the columns to the given value.
5653 :::::::::::::: {.columns align=top .onlytextwidth}
5654 ::: {.column width="40%" align=center}
5657 ::: {.column width="60%"}
5662The class `onlytextwidth` sets the `totalwidth` to `\textwidth`.
5664See Section 12.7 of the [Beamer User's Guide] for more details.
5666## Frame attributes in beamer
5668Sometimes it is necessary to add the LaTeX `[fragile]` option to
5669a frame in beamer (for example, when using the `minted` environment).
5670This can be forced by adding the `fragile` class to the heading
5671introducing the slide:
5673 # Fragile slide {.fragile}
5675All of the other frame attributes described in Section 8.1 of
5676the [Beamer User's Guide] may also be used: `allowdisplaybreaks`,
5677`allowframebreaks`, `b`, `c`, `t`, `environment`, `label`, `plain`,
5678`shrink`, `standout`, `noframenumbering`.
5680## Background in reveal.js and beamer
5682Background images can be added to self-contained reveal.js slideshows and
5683to beamer slideshows.
5685For the same image on every slide, use the configuration
5686option `background-image` either in the YAML metadata block
5687or as a command-line variable. (There are no other options in
5688beamer and the rest of this section concerns reveal.js slideshows.)
5690For reveal.js, you can instead use the reveal.js-native option
5691`parallaxBackgroundImage`. You can also set `parallaxBackgroundHorizontal`
5692and `parallaxBackgroundVertical` the same way and must also set
5693`parallaxBackgroundSize` to have your values take effect.
5695To set an image for a particular reveal.js slide, add
5696`{data-background-image="/path/to/image"}`
5697to the first slide-level heading on the slide (which may even be empty).
5699In reveal.js's overview mode, the parallaxBackgroundImage will show up
5700only on the first slide.
5702Other reveal.js background settings also work on individual slides, including
5703`data-background-size`, `data-background-repeat`, `data-background-color`,
5704`data-transition`, and `data-transition-speed`.
5706To add a background image to the automatically generated title slide, use the
5707`title-slide-attributes` variable in the YAML metadata block. It must contain
5708a map of attribute names and values.
5710See the [reveal.js documentation](https://revealjs.com/backgrounds/) for more
5713For example in reveal.js:
5718parallaxBackgroundImage: /path/to/my/background_image.png
5719title-slide-attributes:
5720 data-background-image: /path/to/title_image.png
5721 data-background-size: contain
5726Slide 1 has background_image.png as its background.
5728## {data-background-image="/path/to/special_image.jpg"}
5730Slide 2 has a special image for its background, even though the heading has no content.
5737EPUB metadata may be specified using the `--epub-metadata` option, but
5738if the source document is Markdown, it is better to use a [YAML metadata
5739block][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`]. Here is an example:
5746 text: An investigation of metadata
5754 text: doi:10.234234.234/33
5756 rights: © 2007 John Smith, CC BY-NC
5761The following fields are recognized:
5764 ~ Either a string value or an object with fields `text` and
5765 `scheme`. Valid values for `scheme` are `ISBN-10`,
5766 `GTIN-13`, `UPC`, `ISMN-10`, `DOI`, `LCCN`, `GTIN-14`,
5767 `ISBN-13`, `Legal deposit number`, `URN`, `OCLC`,
5768 `ISMN-13`, `ISBN-A`, `JP`, `OLCC`.
5771 ~ Either a string value, or an object with fields `file-as` and
5772 `type`, or a list of such objects. Valid values for `type` are
5773 `main`, `subtitle`, `short`, `collection`, `edition`, `extended`.
5776 ~ Either a string value, or an object with fields `role`, `file-as`,
5777 and `text`, or a list of such objects. Valid values for `role` are
5778 [MARC relators], but
5779 pandoc will attempt to translate the human-readable versions
5780 (like "author" and "editor") to the appropriate marc relators.
5783 ~ Same format as `creator`.
5786 ~ A string value in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. (Only the year is necessary.)
5787 Pandoc will attempt to convert other common date formats.
5789`lang` (or legacy: `language`)
5790 ~ A string value in [BCP 47] format. Pandoc will default to the local
5791 language if nothing is specified.
5794 ~ A string value or a list of such values.
5815 ~ A string value (path to cover image).
5817`css` (or legacy: `stylesheet`)
5818 ~ A string value (path to CSS stylesheet).
5820`page-progression-direction`
5821 ~ Either `ltr` or `rtl`. Specifies the `page-progression-direction`
5822 attribute for the [`spine` element].
5825 ~ iBooks-specific metadata, with the following fields:
5827 - `version`: (string)
5828 - `specified-fonts`: `true`|`false` (default `false`)
5829 - `ipad-orientation-lock`: `portrait-only`|`landscape-only`
5830 - `iphone-orientation-lock`: `portrait-only`|`landscape-only`
5831 - `binding`: `true`|`false` (default `true`)
5832 - `scroll-axis`: `vertical`|`horizontal`|`default`
5834[MARC relators]: https://loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html
5835[`spine` element]: http://idpf.org/epub/301/spec/epub-publications.html#sec-spine-elem
5837## The `epub:type` attribute
5839For `epub3` output, you can mark up the heading that corresponds to an EPUB
5840chapter using the [`epub:type` attribute][epub-type]. For example, to set
5841the attribute to the value `prologue`, use this markdown:
5843 # My chapter {epub:type=prologue}
5845Which will result in:
5847 <body epub:type="frontmatter">
5848 <section epub:type="prologue">
5851Pandoc will output `<body epub:type="bodymatter">`, unless
5852you use one of the following values, in which case either
5853`frontmatter` or `backmatter` will be output.
5855`epub:type` of first section `epub:type` of body
5856---------------------------- ------------------
5859acknowledgments frontmatter
5860copyright-page frontmatter
5861dedication frontmatter
5865contributors frontmatter
5866other-credits frontmatter
5868revision-history frontmatter
5869titlepage frontmatter
5870halftitlepage frontmatter
5871seriespage frontmatter
5876bibliography backmatter
5879[epub-type]: http://www.idpf.org/epub/31/spec/epub-contentdocs.html#sec-epub-type-attribute
5883By default, pandoc will download media referenced from any `<img>`, `<audio>`,
5884`<video>` or `<source>` element present in the generated EPUB,
5885and include it in the EPUB container, yielding a completely
5886self-contained EPUB. If you want to link to external media resources
5887instead, use raw HTML in your source and add `data-external="1"` to the tag
5888with the `src` attribute. For example:
5890 <audio controls="1">
5891 <source src="https://example.com/music/toccata.mp3"
5892 data-external="1" type="audio/mpeg">
5898When creating a [Jupyter notebook], pandoc will try to infer the
5899notebook structure. Code blocks with the class `code` will be
5900taken as code cells, and intervening content will be taken as
5901Markdown cells. Attachments will automatically be created for
5902images in Markdown cells. Metadata will be taken from the
5903`jupyter` metadata field. For example:
5912 display_name: Python 2
5919 file_extension: ".py"
5920 mimetype: "text/x-python"
5922 nbconvert_exporter: "python"
5923 pygments_lexer: "ipython2"
5929**Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus
5930bibendum felis dictum sodales.
5939from IPython.display import HTML
5942console.log("hello");
5950This image  will be
5951included as a cell attachment.
5954If you want to add cell attributes, group cells differently, or
5955add output to code cells, then you need to include divs to
5956indicate the structure. You can use either [fenced
5957divs][Extension: `fenced_divs`] or [native divs][Extension:
5958`native_divs`] for this. Here is an example:
5961:::::: {.cell .markdown}
5964**Lorem ipsum** dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc luctus
5965bibendum felis dictum sodales.
5968:::::: {.cell .code execution_count=1}
5973::: {.output .stream .stdout}
5980:::::: {.cell .code execution_count=2}
5982from IPython.display import HTML
5985console.log("hello");
5991::: {.output .execute_result execution_count=2}
5994console.log("hello");
6003If you include raw HTML or TeX in an output cell, use the
6004[raw attribute][Extension: `fenced_attribute`], as shown
6005in the last cell of the example above. Although pandoc can
6006process "bare" raw HTML and TeX, the result is often
6007interspersed raw elements and normal textual elements, and
6008in an output cell pandoc expects a single, connected raw
6009block. To avoid using raw HTML or TeX except when
6010marked explicitly using raw attributes, we recommend
6011specifying the extensions `-raw_html-raw_tex+raw_attribute` when
6012translating between Markdown and ipynb notebooks.
6014Note that options and extensions that affect reading and
6015writing of Markdown will also affect Markdown cells in ipynb
6016notebooks. For example, `--wrap=preserve` will preserve
6017soft line breaks in Markdown cells; `--atx-headers` will
6018cause ATX-style headings to be used; and `--preserve-tabs` will
6019prevent tabs from being turned to spaces.
6021# Syntax highlighting
6023Pandoc will automatically highlight syntax in [fenced code blocks] that
6024are marked with a language name. The Haskell library [skylighting] is
6025used for highlighting. Currently highlighting is supported only for
6026HTML, EPUB, Docx, Ms, and LaTeX/PDF output. To see a list of language names
6027that pandoc will recognize, type `pandoc --list-highlight-languages`.
6029The color scheme can be selected using the `--highlight-style` option.
6030The default color scheme is `pygments`, which imitates the default color
6031scheme used by the Python library pygments (though pygments is not actually
6032used to do the highlighting). To see a list of highlight styles,
6033type `pandoc --list-highlight-styles`.
6035If you are not satisfied with the predefined styles, you can
6036use `--print-highlight-style` to generate a JSON `.theme` file which
6037can be modified and used as the argument to `--highlight-style`. To
6038get a JSON version of the `pygments` style, for example:
6040 pandoc --print-highlight-style pygments > my.theme
6042Then edit `my.theme` and use it like this:
6044 pandoc --highlight-style my.theme
6046If you are not satisfied with the built-in highlighting, or you
6047want highlight a language that isn't supported, you can use the
6048`--syntax-definition` option to load a [KDE-style XML syntax definition
6049file](https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/katepart/highlight.html).
6050Before writing your own, have a look at KDE's [repository of syntax
6051definitions](https://github.com/KDE/syntax-highlighting/tree/master/data/syntax).
6053To disable highlighting, use the `--no-highlight` option.
6055[skylighting]: https://github.com/jgm/skylighting
6059Custom styles can be used in the docx and ICML formats.
6063By default, pandoc's docx and ICML output applies a predefined set of styles
6064for blocks such as paragraphs and block quotes, and uses largely default
6065formatting (italics, bold) for inlines. This will work for most
6066purposes, especially alongside a `reference.docx` file. However, if you
6067need to apply your own styles to blocks, or match a preexisting set of
6068styles, pandoc allows you to define custom styles for blocks and text
6069using `div`s and `span`s, respectively.
6071If you define a `div` or `span` with the attribute `custom-style`,
6072pandoc will apply your specified style to the contained elements (with
6073the exception of elements whose function depends on a style, like
6074headings, code blocks, block quotes, or links). So, for example, using
6075the `bracketed_spans` syntax,
6077 [Get out]{custom-style="Emphatically"}, he said.
6079would produce a docx file with "Get out" styled with character
6080style `Emphatically`. Similarly, using the `fenced_divs` syntax,
6082 Dickinson starts the poem simply:
6084 ::: {custom-style="Poetry"}
6085 | A Bird came down the Walk---
6086 | He did not know I saw---
6089would style the two contained lines with the `Poetry` paragraph style.
6091For docx output, styles will be defined in the output file as inheriting
6092from normal text, if the styles are not yet in your reference.docx.
6093If they are already defined, pandoc will not alter the definition.
6095This feature allows for greatest customization in conjunction with
6096[pandoc filters]. If you want all paragraphs after block quotes to be
6097indented, you can write a filter to apply the styles necessary. If you
6098want all italics to be transformed to the `Emphasis` character style
6099(perhaps to change their color), you can write a filter which will
6100transform all italicized inlines to inlines within an `Emphasis`
6103For docx output, you don't need to enable any extensions for
6104custom styles to work.
6106[pandoc filters]: https://pandoc.org/filters.html
6110The docx reader, by default, only reads those styles that it can
6111convert into pandoc elements, either by direct conversion or
6112interpreting the derivation of the input document's styles.
6114By enabling the [`styles` extension](#ext-styles) in the docx reader
6115(`-f docx+styles`), you can produce output that maintains the styles
6116of the input document, using the `custom-style` class. Paragraph
6117styles are interpreted as divs, while character styles are interpreted
6120For example, using the `custom-style-reference.docx` file in the test
6121directory, we have the following different outputs:
6123Without the `+styles` extension:
6125 $ pandoc test/docx/custom-style-reference.docx -f docx -t markdown
6128 This is text with an *emphasized* text style. And this is text with a
6129 **strengthened** text style.
6131 > Here is a styled paragraph that inherits from Block Text.
6133And with the extension:
6135 $ pandoc test/docx/custom-style-reference.docx -f docx+styles -t markdown
6137 ::: {custom-style="First Paragraph"}
6141 ::: {custom-style="Body Text"}
6142 This is text with an [emphasized]{custom-style="Emphatic"} text style.
6143 And this is text with a [strengthened]{custom-style="Strengthened"}
6147 ::: {custom-style="My Block Style"}
6148 > Here is a styled paragraph that inherits from Block Text.
6151With these custom styles, you can use your input document as a
6152reference-doc while creating docx output (see below), and maintain the
6153same styles in your input and output files.
6157Pandoc can be extended with custom writers written in [Lua]. (Pandoc
6158includes a Lua interpreter, so Lua need not be installed separately.)
6160To use a custom writer, simply specify the path to the Lua script
6161in place of the output format. For example:
6163 pandoc -t data/sample.lua
6165Creating a custom writer requires writing a Lua function for each
6166possible element in a pandoc document. To get a documented example
6167which you can modify according to your needs, do
6169 pandoc --print-default-data-file sample.lua
6171Note that custom writers have no default template. If you want
6172to use `--standalone` with a custom writer, you will need to
6173specify a template manually using `--template` or add a new
6174default template with the name
6175`default.NAME_OF_CUSTOM_WRITER.lua` to the `templates`
6176subdirectory of your user data directory (see [Templates]).
6178[Lua]: https://www.lua.org
6182If you use pandoc to convert user-contributed content in a web
6183application, here are some things to keep in mind:
61851. Although pandoc itself will not create or modify any files other
6186 than those you explicitly ask it create (with the exception
6187 of temporary files used in producing PDFs), a filter or custom
6188 writer could in principle do anything on your file system. Please
6189 audit filters and custom writers very carefully before using them.
61912. If your application uses pandoc as a Haskell library (rather than
6192 shelling out to the executable), it is possible to use it in a mode
6193 that fully isolates pandoc from your file system, by running the
6194 pandoc operations in the `PandocPure` monad. See the document
6195 [Using the pandoc API](https://pandoc.org/using-the-pandoc-api.html)
61983. Pandoc's parsers can exhibit pathological performance on some
6199 corner cases. It is wise to put any pandoc operations under
6200 a timeout, to avoid DOS attacks that exploit these issues.
6201 If you are using the pandoc executable, you can add the
6202 command line options `+RTS -M512M -RTS` (for example) to limit
6203 the heap size to 512MB.
62054. The HTML generated by pandoc is not guaranteed to be safe.
6206 If `raw_html` is enabled for the Markdown input, users can
6207 inject arbitrary HTML. Even if `raw_html` is disabled,
6208 users can include dangerous content in attributes for
6209 headings, spans, and code blocks. To be safe, you should
6210 run all the generated HTML through an HTML sanitizer.
6214Copyright 2006--2020 John MacFarlane (jgm@berkeley.edu). Released
6215under the [GPL], version 2 or greater. This software carries no
6216warranty of any kind. (See COPYRIGHT for full copyright and
6217warranty notices.) For a full list of contributors, see the file
6218AUTHORS.md in the pandoc source code.
6220[GPL]: https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html "GNU General Public License"
6221[YAML]: https://yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html "YAML v1.2 Spec"
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