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September 22, 2022 |
pandoc-lua [options] [script [args]]
pandoc-lua is a standalone Lua interpreter with behavior similar
to that of the standard lua executable, but exposing all of
pandoc's Lua libraries. All pandoc.* packages, as well as the
packages re and lpeg, are available via global variables.
Furthermore, the globals PANDOC_VERSION, PANDOC_STATE, and
PANDOC_API_VERSION are set at startup.
If no script argument is given, then the script is assumed to be
passed in via stdin. When called without arguments, pandoc-lua
behaves as pandoc-lua -v -i when the standard input (stdin) is
a terminal, and as pandoc-lua - otherwise. On Windows the
program will always behave as if it was connected to a terminal.
When called without the option -E, the interpreter checks for an
environment variable LUA_INIT before running any argument. If
the variable content has the format @filename, then
pandoc-lua executes the file. Otherwise, pandoc-lua executes
the string itself.
-e stat
: Execute statement stat.
-l mod
: If mod has the pattern g=m, then require library m into
global g; otherwise require library mod into global
mod.
-v
: Show version information.
-i
: Enter interactive mode after running script.
-E
: Ignore environment variables. This is not fully implemented
yet and only ignores the LUA_INIT variable. Other variables
like LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH are not ignored.
-W
: Turn warnings on.
In interactive mode, the Lua interpreter repeatedly prompts and waits for a line. After reading a line, Lua first tries to interpret the line as an expression. If it succeeds, it prints its value. Otherwise, it interprets the line as a statement. If you write an incomplete statement, the interpreter waits for its completion by issuing a different prompt.
Exit the interactive mode by pressing Ctrl-D or Ctrl-C, or by
typing os.exit(). The Isocline library is used for line
editing. Press F1 to get a list of available keybindings; the
ctrl key is abbreviated as ^ in that list.
Copyright 2023 John MacFarlane (jgm@berkeley.edu) and contributors. Released under the GPL, version 2 or later. This software carries no warranty of any kind. (See COPYRIGHT for full copyright and warranty notices.)
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