Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-25 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014, Yves Cloutier wrote: > Note that what I am generating are elements as defined by Peter's MOM > Macros - not pure troff/groff. > > So in a sense, the "second pass", as you describe (and if I understood it > correctly) is automated by the Markdown->MOM writer script. > > You w

Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-25 Thread Yves Cloutier
Hello Ralph, I'm not too familiar with troff/groff. My only exposure is through Peter Shaffter's MOM macros. However the approach you are describing is-I suspect-what I am trying to achieve with the Markdown->MOM writer script, but going a step further and automating the addition of macros for m

Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-25 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Yves, > I have begun working on a custom writer for Pandoc to convert Markdown > into MOM, Peter's Groff macro set. This is a nice idea. I see quite a few programs about that support various formats for backends, e.g. HTML and LaTeX, and often think having troff there too would raise its visi

Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-24 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014, James K. Lowden wrote: > Do you use stylesheets for documents? I've been writing on a computer > since the days of Wordstar, and never felt the need. I think most > people rely on the defaults and adjust them as needed, per-document. Which may explain the low-level format

Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-23 Thread James K. Lowden
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:14:55 -0400 Yves Cloutier wrote: > The Plan As a groff fan, I find this idea attractive. Not because I'd use it, but because it could make make Markdown more functional and groff more approachable. If I might offer a

Re: [Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-23 Thread Peter Schaffter
On Wed, Jul 23, 2014, Yves Cloutier wrote: > Right now I have hardcoded some default values into the script that > generates the MOM code, but the idea will be that all those settings that > relate to HOW you want your document to look (like page size, margins, > heading styles) would be specified

[Groff] Markdown to MOM Using Pandoc

2014-07-23 Thread Yves Cloutier
Hello, I have begun working on a custom writer for Pandoc to convert Markdown into MOM, Peter's Groff macro set. You can check it out here. https://github.com/cloutiy/markdown-to-mom I will upload my files in a few hours once I arrive home from work. I'm not a developer or programmer, so anyon