Hacking pandoc

Complete pandoc consists of several distinct Haskell packages which you might need to look at:

• jgm/pandoc itself
• jgm/pandoc-templates
• jgm/pandoc-types
• jgm/pandoc-citeproc

To understand the pandoc implementation, besides Haskell

• understand how frontends and backends are joined in pandoc
• make yourself familiar with the Parsec monadic parser combinator library
• to get a grip on monads have a look at Haskell: Understanding_monads

See also:

• Installing the development version of pandoc.
• Contributing to pandoc

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