pandoc/tools/update-readme.lua
John MacFarlane a0df2f676c Fix README.md so that relative links from manual become absolute.
Previously they'd be broken links when viewed on GitHub or Hackage.
So we add the base URL for the pandoc manual.
2019-12-10 14:46:33 -08:00

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-- update README.md based on MANUAL.txt
-- inserts contents of input-formats and output-formats
local f = assert(io.open("MANUAL.txt", "r"))
local manual = f:read("*all")
mdoc = pandoc.read(manual, "markdown")
f:close()
result = {}
function Div(elem)
local ident = elem.identifier or ""
local fixrel = function(el)
if el.target:match("^#") then
el.target = "https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html" .. el.target
end
return el
end
local get = function(el)
if el.identifier == ident then
result = pandoc.walk_block(el, { Link = fixrel })
end
end
if ident == 'input-formats' or ident == 'output-formats' then
pandoc.walk_block(pandoc.Div(mdoc.blocks), { Div = get })
return result
end
end