Speaker: Abhishek Ulayil

Title: Getting Creative with Pandoc: A Lua Filters Crash Course

Abstract: Pandoc is a versatile document converter compatible with numerous formats. Users can enhance its capabilities by writing Lua filters, enabling modifications to articles during conversion to automate or tailor specific features. A key aspect of Lua filter development involves grasping the Pandoc Abstract Syntax Tree, which offers insights into article structure, facilitating the creation of Lua filters . Additionally, Pandoc and Quarto provide Lua APIs for developing filters tailored to specific conversion workflows. In this talk, I will also discuss limitations of Lua filters and a brief introduction to custom readers in pandoc.