I've used pandoc a few times. I'm looking for something I can customize and extend. I didn't dig too deeply into what pandoc supports, but from my initial looking, it wasn't the type of tool to support my needs. I think I still use it to generate some sphinx docs from markdown for a Python project.
You can load it as a library if you dig into it, or it has been incorporated into Hakyll with a framework for producing multiple outputs and extracting document information from a bunch of documents. It's probably worth a look if you're already comfortable in Haskell.
There’s some power in Pandoc as it lets you access it’s AST and modify it before feeding it to the output converter. It’s actually pretty nice, but the options in the AST are quite limited (you can’t add a class to a list, for example). The AST is also a pain in the neck to read and write, and a lot of sample code and libraries are outdated.
I wrote a filter that lets me write the ingredients of a recipe for my cooking cards as a list, with the quantities in italics, and output it as a table, for easier formatting:
Supporting a recipe integration is a high-level feature I need for my recipe site. It currently uses an external YAML file and I combine the bits together with some Python code.
This will be integrated by allowing custom sections in the markdown file. Those sections can have their own parser, or if simple enough, options on the default ones. They can produce custom entries in the AST.
Table support in Markdown now is atrocious. I'll provide a yaml-like syntax that generates tables.
The AST will allow custom translations/visitors as well. Each stage will be well defined with a clear format. My project will be all about customization and extension.
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Regarding converting markdown to an e-book, have you tried using
pandoc? I found it very useful for converting to and from various publishing formats.I've used pandoc a few times. I'm looking for something I can customize and extend. I didn't dig too deeply into what pandoc supports, but from my initial looking, it wasn't the type of tool to support my needs. I think I still use it to generate some sphinx docs from markdown for a Python project.
You can load it as a library if you dig into it, or it has been incorporated into Hakyll with a framework for producing multiple outputs and extracting document information from a bunch of documents. It's probably worth a look if you're already comfortable in Haskell.
There’s some power in Pandoc as it lets you access it’s AST and modify it before feeding it to the output converter. It’s actually pretty nice, but the options in the AST are quite limited (you can’t add a class to a list, for example). The AST is also a pain in the neck to read and write, and a lot of sample code and libraries are outdated.
I wrote a filter that lets me write the ingredients of a recipe for my cooking cards as a list, with the quantities in italics, and output it as a table, for easier formatting:
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If your project allows the user to modify the AST like that, it could be very powerful and customisable.
Supporting a recipe integration is a high-level feature I need for my recipe site. It currently uses an external YAML file and I combine the bits together with some Python code.
This will be integrated by allowing custom sections in the markdown file. Those sections can have their own parser, or if simple enough, options on the default ones. They can produce custom entries in the AST.
The AST will allow custom translations/visitors as well. Each stage will be well defined with a clear format. My project will be all about customization and extension.