pandoc/doc/pandoc-lua.md

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pandoc-lua	1	September 22, 2022

SYNOPSIS

pandoc-lua [options] [script [args]]

DESCRIPTION

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. Interactive mode is not supported at this time.

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.

OPTIONS

-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

Not supported yet; print a warning to that effect.

-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.

AUTHORS

Copyright 2022 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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