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authorJohn MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com>2012-01-24 20:49:05 -0800
committerJohn MacFarlane <fiddlosopher@gmail.com>2012-01-24 20:49:05 -0800
commitf7ed8d5ddcd8fb5aaadad0793e606ed00a718300 (patch)
tree873fd19b254c508ef6f02dbc5c1c40f076e3a57a /src/Text/Pandoc.hs
parent0f60e0cf76ef3e5f3ab5b7e6fd02ce1b0960925e (diff)
Doc fixes in Text.Pandoc.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/Text/Pandoc.hs')
-rw-r--r--src/Text/Pandoc.hs19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
index 0cd1af099..1eab57fcb 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc.hs
@@ -215,13 +215,12 @@ jsonFilter :: (Pandoc -> Pandoc) -> String -> String
jsonFilter f = encodeJSON . f . decodeJSON
-- | 'toJsonFilter' convert a function into a filter that reads pandoc's json output
--- from stdin, transforms it, and writes it to stdout. Usage example:
+-- from stdin, transforms it by walking the AST and applying the specified
+-- function, and writes the result as json to stdout. Usage example:
--
-- > -- capitalize.hs
--- > -- compile with:
--- > -- ghc --make capitalize
--- > -- run with:
--- > -- pandoc -t json | ./capitalize | pandoc -f json
+-- > -- compile with: ghc --make capitalize
+-- > -- run with: pandoc -t json | ./capitalize | pandoc -f json
-- >
-- > import Text.Pandoc
-- > import Data.Char (toUpper)
@@ -233,10 +232,11 @@ jsonFilter f = encodeJSON . f . decodeJSON
-- > capitalizeStrings (Str s) = Str $ map toUpper s
-- > capitalizeStrings x = x
--
--- The function can be any type @(a -> a)@ or @(a -> IO a)@, where @a@
--- is an instance of 'Data'. So, for example, @a@ can be 'Pandoc',
--- 'Inline', 'Block', ['Inline'], ['Block'], 'Meta', 'ListNumberStyle',
--- 'Alignment', 'ListNumberDelim', 'QuoteType', etc. See 'Text.Pandoc.Definition'.
+-- The function can be any type @(a -> a)@, @(a -> IO a)@, @(a -> [a])@,
+-- or @(a -> IO [a])@, where @a@ is an instance of 'Data'.
+-- So, for example, @a@ can be 'Pandoc', 'Inline', 'Block', ['Inline'],
+-- ['Block'], 'Meta', 'ListNumberStyle', 'Alignment', 'ListNumberDelim',
+-- 'QuoteType', etc. See 'Text.Pandoc.Definition'.
class ToJsonFilter a where
toJsonFilter :: a -> IO ()
@@ -256,4 +256,3 @@ instance (Data a) => ToJsonFilter (a -> IO [a]) where
toJsonFilter f = getContents
>>= (bottomUpM (fmap concat . mapM f) :: Pandoc -> IO Pandoc) . decodeJSON
>>= putStr . encodeJSON
-