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NAME
Pandoc::Elements - create and process Pandoc documents
SYNOPSIS
The output of this script "hello.pl"
use Pandoc::Elements;
use JSON;
print Document({
title => MetaInlines [ Str "Greeting" ]
}, [
Header( 1, attributes { id => 'top' }, [ Str 'Hello' ] ),
Para [ Str 'Hello, world!' ],
])->to_json;
can be converted for instance to HTML with via
./hello.pl | pandoc -f json -t html5 --standalone
an equivalent Pandoc Markdown document would be
% Greeting
# Gruss {.de}
Hello, world!
DESCRIPTION
Pandoc::Elements provides utility functions to create abstract syntax trees (AST) of Pandoc
<http://pandoc.org/> documents. Pandoc can convert the resulting data structure to many other document
formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, ODT, and ePUB.
Please make sure to use at least Pandoc 1.12 when processing documents
See also module Pandoc::Filter, command line scripts pandocwalk and pod2pandoc, and the internal modules
Pandoc::Walker, Pandoc::Filter::Lazy, and Pod::Simple::Pandoc.
EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
The following functions and keywords are exported by default:
• Constructors for all Pandoc document element (block elements such as "Para" and inline elements such
as "Emph", metadata elements and the "Document" in DOCUMENT ELEMENT).
• Type keywords such as "Decimal" and "LowerAlpha" to be used as types in other document elements.
• The helper following functions "pandoc_json", "attributes", "citation", and "element".
pandoc_json $json
Parse a JSON string, as emitted by pandoc in JSON format. This is the reverse to method "to_json".
attributes { key => $value, ... }
Maps a hash reference into an attributes list with id, classes, and ordered key-value pairs. The special
keys "id" and "classes" are recognized but setting multi-value attributes or controlled order is not
supported with this function. You can always manually create an attributes structure:
[ $id, [ @classes ], [ key => $value, ... ] ]
Elements with attributes (element accessor method "attr") also provide the accessor method "id",
"classes", and "class". See Hash::MultiValue for easy access to key-value-pairs.
citation { ... }
A citation as part of document element Cite must be a hash reference with fields "citationID" (string),
"citationPrefix" (list of inline elements) "citationSuffix" (list of inline elements), "citationMode"
(one of "NormalCitation", C>AuthorInText>, "SuppressAuthor"), "citationNoteNum" (integer), and
"citationHash" (integer). The helper method "citation" can be used to construct such hash by filling in
default values and using shorter field names ("id", "prefix", "suffix", "mode", "note", and "hash"):
citation {
id => 'foo',
prefix => [ Str "see" ],
suffix => [ Str "p.", Space, Str "42" ]
}
# in Pandoc Markdown
[see @foo p. 42]
element( $name => $content )
Create a Pandoc document element of arbitrary name. This function is only exported on request.
ELEMENTS
Document elements are encoded as Perl data structures equivalent to the JSON structure, emitted with
pandoc output format "json". All elements are blessed objects that provide the following element methods
and additional accessor methods specific to each element.
ELEMENT METHODS
to_json
Return the element as JSON encoded string. The following are equivalent:
$element->to_json;
JSON->new->utf8->convert_blessed->encode($element);
name
Return the name of the element, e.g. "Para" for a paragraph element.
content
Return the element content. For most elements (Para, Emph, Str...) the content is an array reference with
child elements. Other elements consist of multiple parts; for instance the Link element has a link text
("content") and a link target ("target") with "url" and "title".
is_block
True if the element is a Block element
is_inline
True if the element is an inline Inline element
is_meta
True if the element is a Metadata element
is_document
True if the element is a Document element
walk(...)
Walk the element tree with Pandoc::Walker
query(...)
Query the element to extract results with Pandoc::Walker
transform(...)
Transform the element tree with Pandoc::Walker
string
Returns a concatenated string of element content, leaving out all formatting.
BLOCK ELEMENTS
BlockQuote
Block quote, consisting of a list of blocks ("content")
BlockQuote [ @blocks ]
BulletList
Unnumbered list of items ("content"="items"), each a list of blocks
BulletList [ [ @blocks ] ]
CodeBlock
Code block (literal string "content") with attributes ("attr")
CodeBlock $attributes, $content
DefinitionList
Definition list, consisting of a list of pairs ("content"="items"), each a term ("term", a list of
inlines) and one or more definitions ("definitions", a list of blocks).
DefinitionList [ @definitions ]
# each item in @definitions being a pair of the form
[ [ @inlines ], [ @blocks ] ]
Div
Generic container of blocks ("content") with attributes ("attr").
Div $attributes, [ @blocks ]
Header
Header with "level" (integer), attributes ("attr"), and text ("content", a list of inlines).
Header $level, $attributes, [ @inlines ]
HorizontalRule
Horizontal rule
HorizontalRule
Null
Nothing
Null
OrderedList
Numbered list of items ("content"="items"), each a list of blocks), preceded by list attributes (start
number, numbering style, and delimiter).
OrderedList [ $start, $style, $delim ], [ [ @blocks ] ]
Supported styles are "DefaultStyle", "Example", "Decimal", "LowerRoman", "UpperRoman", "LowerAlpha", and
"UpperAlpha".
Supported delimiters are "DefaultDelim", "Period", "OneParen", and "TwoParens".
Para
Paragraph, consisting of a list of Inline elements ("content").
Para [ $elements ]
Plain
Plain text, not a paragraph, consisting of a list of Inline elements ("content").
Plain [ @inlines ]
RawBlock
Raw block with "format" and "content" string.
RawBlock $format, $content
Table
Table, with "caption", column "alignments", relative column "widths" (0 = default), column "headers"
(each a list of blocks), and "rows" (each a list of lists of blocks).
Table [ @inlines ], [ @alignments ], [ @width ], [ @headers ], [ @rows ]
Possible alignments are "AlignLeft", "AlignRight", "AlignCenter", and "AlignDefault".
An example:
Table [Str "Example"], [AlignLeft,AlignRight], [0.0,0.0],
[[Plain [Str "name"]]
,[Plain [Str "number"]]],
[[[Plain [Str "Alice"]]
,[Plain [Str "42"]]]
,[[Plain [Str "Bob"]]
,[Plain [Str "23"]]]];
INLINE ELEMENTS
Cite
Citation, a list of "citations" and a list of inlines ("content"). See helper function "citation" in
citation to construct citations.
Cite [ @citations ], [ @inlines ]
Code
Inline code, a literal string ("content") with attributes ("attr")
Code attributes { %attr }, $content
Emph
Emphasized text, a list of inlines ("content").
Emph [ @inlines ]
Image
Image with alt text ("content", a list of inlines) and "target" (list of "url" and "title").
Image [ @inlines ], [ $url, $title ]
LineBreak
Hard line break
LineBreak
Link
Hyperlink with link text ("content", a list of inlines) and "target" (list of "url" and "title").
Link [ @inlines ], [ $url, $title ]
Math
TeX math, given as literal string ("content") with "type" (one of "DisplayMath" and "InlineMath").
Math $type, $content
Note
Footnote or Endnote, a list of blocks ("content").
Note [ @blocks ]
Quoted
Quoted text with quote "type" (one of "SingleQuote" and "DoubleQuote") and a list of inlines ("content").
Quoted $type, [ @inlines ]
RawInline
Raw inline with "format" (a string) and "content" (a string).
RawInline $format, $content
SmallCaps
Small caps text, a list of inlines ("content").
SmallCaps [ @inlines ]
Space
Inter-word space
Space
Span
Generic container of inlines ("content") with attributes ("attr").
Span attributes { %attr }, [ @inlines ]
Str
Plain text, a string ("content").
Str $text
Strikeout
Strikeout text, a list of inlines ("content").
Strikeout [ @inlines ]
Strong
Strongly emphasized text, a list of inlines ("content").
Strong [ @inlines ]
Subscript
Subscripted text, a list of inlines ("content").
Supscript [ @inlines ]
Superscript
Superscripted text, a list of inlines ("content").
Superscript [ @inlines ]
METADATA ELEMENTS
MetaBlocks
MetaBool
MetaInlines
MetaList
MetaMap
MetaString
DOCUMENT ELEMENT
Document
Root element, consisting of metadata hash ("meta") and document element array ("content").
Document $meta, [ @blocks ]
TYPE KEYWORDS
The following document elements are only as used as type keywords in other document elements:
• "SingleQuote", "DoubleQuote"
• "DisplayMath", "InlineMath"
• "AuthorInText", "SuppressAuthor", "NormalCitation"
• "AlignLeft", "AlignRight", "AlignCenter", "AlignDefault"
• "DefaultStyle", "Example", "Decimal", "LowerRoman", "UpperRoman", "LowerAlpha", "UpperAlpha"
• "DefaultDelim", "Period", "OneParen", "TwoParens"
SEE ALSO
Pandoc implements a wrapper around the pandoc executable.
Text.Pandoc.Definition <https://hackage.haskell.org/package/pandoc-types/docs/Text-Pandoc-
Definition.html> contains the original definition of Pandoc document data structure in Haskell. This
module version was last aligned with pandoc-types-1.12.4.
AUTHOR
Jakob Voss <jakob.voss@gbv.de>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2014- Jakob Voss
GNU General Public License, Version 2
This module is heavily based on Pandoc by John MacFarlane.
perl v5.22.1 2015-12-14 Pandoc::Elements(3pm)