Custom writers can define a default template via a global `Template`
function; the data directory is no longer searched for a default
template.
Writer authors can restore the old lookup behavior with
``` lua
Template = function ()
local template
return template.compile(template.default(PANDOC_SCRIPT_FILE))
end
```
Like custom readers, like writers, can define the set of supported
extensions by setting a global. E.g.:
``` lua
reader_extensions = {
smart = true,
citations = false,
}
```
Custom writers can define the extensions that they support via the
global `writer_extensions`. The variable's value must be a table with
all supported extensions as keys, and their default status as values.
E.g., the below specifies that the writer support the extensions `smart`
and `sourcepos`, but only the `smart` extension is enabled by default:
writer_extensions = {
smart = true,
sourcepos = false,
}
The `T.P.Lua.writeCustom` function changed to allow either a TextWriter
or ByteStringWriter to be returned. The global variables
`PANDOC_DOCUMENT` and `PANDOC_WRITER_OPTIONS` are no longer set when the
writer script is loaded. Both variables are still set in classic writers
before the conversion is started, so they can be used when they are
wrapped in functions.
John MacFarlane