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Custom processor (pandoc with bibliography):: how to set-up the args?

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andrzej.wodecki

03 Dec, 2019 08:00 PM

Hi,

inspired by:
http://davepwsmith.github.io/academic-scrivener-howto/ <<< see point 4.0 at the bottom
I would like to set-up a custom processor using pandoc with citations.

The command that works for me in a terminal looks like that:
pandoc -s --bibliography my_library.bib --filter pandoc-citeproc file.md -o file.pdf

where:
my_library: is a file with bibliographical entries
file.md: a file I would like to preview
file.pdf: a file with converted pdf

I've tried different options of args in Preferences > Advanced > Enable Custom Processor > Args
but none of them worked.

I would appreciate any help,

Many thanks in advance :)

Andy

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 03 Dec, 2019 08:43 PM

   

   Your working terminal command outputs a PDF, you need to ensure that
   you're outputting HTML. Then you should be able to set the processor to
   /usr/local/bin/pandoc and the rest of the arguments in the arguments
   field.

   -Brett

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2. 2 Posted by andrzej.wodecki on 04 Dec, 2019 12:04 PM

   

   Thnks, Brett,

   I've changed:

   path: /usr/local/bin/pandoc
   args: --bibliography biblio.bib --filter pandoc-citeproc -t html5
   with "biblio.bib" beeing a full path to my biblio.bib file

   and still get the error:

   *Error running custom processor*

   [WARNING] Could not deduce format from file extension or . or . or or or
   or or or or . or .bib" or

     Defaulting to markdown

   pandoc: : openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

   I've also tried args as

   --bibliography biblio.bib --filter pandoc-citeproc CITATIONS.md -t html5

   -s -f markdown --bibliography biblio.bib --filter pandoc-citeproc
   CITATIONS.md -t html5

   but no success.

   Any idea?

   Many thanks,

   Andy

   wt., 3 gru 2019 o 21:43 Brett <[email blocked]> napisał(a):

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Brett on 04 Dec, 2019 01:43 PM

   

   See if this helps at all:

   http://support.markedapp.com/discussions/problems/139702-marked-does-not-read-csl-file#comment_42872204

   There have been a lot of discussions like this on the forums, some of
   which may be helpful. Personally, I'm not well versed in Pandoc options
   and can't offer a lot of support for 3rd party processors. But the
   answers are here with a little searching.

   -Brett

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4. 4 Posted by andrzej.wodecki on 04 Dec, 2019 02:10 PM

   

   OK, thanks :)

   a

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5. 5 Posted by Jo on 04 Dec, 2019 06:04 PM

   

   I'm not sure to understand.

   If you only want to use Pandoc-citeproc to generate bibliography in Marked 2 previewer, you don't have to write all the command line.

   For example, in my case :

   Path : /usr/local/bin/pandoc
   Arg : -s --filter pandoc-citeproc --bibliography /Users/mynane/Pandoc/Library.bib --csl /Users/myname/Pandoc/apa.csl

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6. Support Staff 6 Posted by Brett on 04 Dec, 2019 07:29 PM

   

   Is this a question? I don't understand.

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7. 7 Posted by andrzej.wodecki on 04 Dec, 2019 07:29 PM

   

   Many thanks, Jo,

   that works :)

   But... My "error" was completely different: a path to my .bib file
   contained whitespaces.
   In terminal you escape them either with " ", ' ' or \.
   Arg field in Mark 2 doesn't allow such escapes, and, at the end of the day,
   whitespaces in paths at all...

   When I put my csl and lib file in /Users/mynane/Pandoc/ (no whitespaces in
   a path) - that works :)

   Many thanks once again,

   Andy

   śr., 4 gru 2019 o 19:04 Jo <[email blocked]> napisał(a):

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