Pandoc Lua filter that translates all definition lists as raw html (definition_lists ---> raw_html). Useful for converting from reStructuredText to GitHub Flavored Markdown (rst ---> gfm). Requires at least pandoc version >= 2.17:

definition_lists_as_raw_html.lua

-- Copyright 2025 connure
-- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 OR Apache-2.0



--[[ definition_lists_as_raw_html.lua

Pandoc Lua filter that translates all definition lists as raw html (definition_lists ---> raw_html).
Useful for converting from reStructuredText to GitHub Flavored Markdown (rst ---> gfm).

Typical usage example (requires at least pandoc version >= 2.17):

  pandoc --standalone \
    --output=README.md \
    --to=gfm \
    --lua-filter=definition_lists_as_raw_html.lua \
    --from=rst \
    -- \
    README.rst
--]]


function Pandoc(doc)
  local filter = {
    DefinitionList = function(dl)
      local doc = pandoc.Pandoc(dl, doc.meta)
      local html = pandoc.write(doc, 'html', PANDOC_WRITER_OPTIONS)
      return pandoc.RawBlock('html', html)
    end
  }
  return doc:walk(filter)
end