I’m working on a project where we want to make some of the content available in multiple formats (HTML, PDF, and plain text). I have the plain text version working ok but would like to manage it better. Here is a draft article https://startwords.cdh.princeton.edu/issues/1/data-beyond-vision/ and he…

data/replace.toml # Arguments for replaceRE, applied iteratively to .RawContent. # Patterns with backslashes must be encapsulated within single quotes. # Use single backslashes to escape characters. Do not use double backslashes. # Set skip = true to skip a particular replacement. [[args]] pattern…

only my 2cents I would try to define custom render hook templates {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "html" -}} - format for HTML {{end}} {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "txt" -}} - format for TXT {{end}} So you can “easy” transform headers, links and images for your text output [image] Configure…

Thanks for the suggestion! I wasn’t aware of custom render hook templates. It looks like it is pretty powerful but doesn’t support all of the features we need to handle.

Thanks for the solution and the pull request! This is exactly what I was hoping for. Is there somewhere I should I have looked to determine the right syntax for quotes, backslashes, and escaping characters?

[image] rlskoeser: Is there somewhere I should I have looked to determine the right syntax Not really. There were some hints here and here , but it took me a while to zero-in on the right combination.

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jmooring August 21, 2020, 8:05pm 6

Not really. There were some hints here and here, but it took me a while to zero-in on the right combination.

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