Mardown conversion with Pandoc Lua custom writer

[Omikhleia]

• [x] Sectioning (numbered/unnumbered)
• [x] Basic typesetting
  • [x] Paragraphs
  • [x] Italic, bold, monospace (a.k.a. code)
  • [x] Unicode (check)
  • [x] Smart sequences (Pandoc's task, so just a check)
  • [x] SILE special character escaping
  • [x] Forced line-breaks
• [x] Strike-through
• [x] Underline
• [x] Enumerations, bullet lists (all kinds)
• [x] Task list ("GitHub-flavor" checkboxes)
• [ ] Definition lists
• [x] Block quotes
• [x] Line blocks
• [x] Horizontal rules
• [x] Links and footnotes
• [x] Languages
• [x] Images
  • [x] Non-SVG images
  • [x] SVG images
• [x] Tables
• [x] Raw blocks
• [x] Code blocks
  • [x] Basic support
  • [x] Syntax highlighting
• [ ] Math
• [x] Custom styles
• [x] Bibliography citations (minimalist)
• [x] Metadata
  • [x] Basic options (papersize, lang, dir)
  • [x] PDF metadata (author, subject, title, keywords)
  • [x] class
  • [x] fonts (main family and fallbacks, size)
  • [ ] Table of contents (minimalist). Also list of figures/tables? See templates.
  • [ ] Pandoc template (related to the previous item) so that CLI options (-s, --toc etc.) can be supported.

[Omikhleia]

While I may proceed further on that route, also note my efforts on the "native converter" route: https://github.com/sile-typesetter/sile/pull/1481

In the "sample document" illustrating this "Pandoc custom writer" route, I wrote:

I cannot even imagine the efforts that would be required to fix the existing lunamark-based attempt and ensure it is good at supporting all of the rich Pandoc-flavor of Markdown…

Needless to say, one should never say never :clown_face:

[Omikhleia]

The above-mentioned effort on a "native converter" ends up being a 3rd-party package (with additional goodies): https://github.com/Omikhleia/markdown.sile

[Omikhleia]

The above-mentioned effort on a "native converter" ends up being a 3rd-party package (with additional goodies): https://github.com/Omikhleia/markdown.sile

As of the initial issue here, Pandoc has deprecated the "Classic" API for custom Lua writers - So I don't think there's any point keeping the issue opened.