Code/Gls/gls_Main.lua

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
-- Does work searches for Hello and replaces it with foundyou
-- function Para(elem)
--     for i, item in ipairs(elem.content) do
--       if item.text == "Hello" then
--         elem.content[i].text = "foundyou"
--       end
--     end
--     return elem
-- end
  
-- ------------------------- read the header content ------------------------ --
-- Define the filter function
local function headerfilter(elem)
  if elem.t == 'Header' then
    local text = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem.content)
    io.write('\27[32mCurrent header:', text ,'\n--------\27[0m\n')
  end
  return elem
end

-- Define the filter function
local function glsfilter_1(elem)
    if elem.t == 'Para' then
      -- local text = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem)
      local text = elem.text

      local pattern = '\\gls'
      local match = text:match(pattern)
      if match then
        print("\27[32mMatch found:", match, '\27[0m\n')

        print(text, '\n--------\n')

        local link = pandoc.Link(match, '#' .. match)
        -- return pandoc.Para{link}
        return "replaced"
      else
        print("\27[31mNo match found\27[0m\n")
        print(text, '\n--------\n')
      end
    end
    return elem
  end
  
gls_Dict = {
  ode = {"<b>O</b>rdinary <b>D</b>ifferential <b>E</b>quation",
  "ODE"},

  cnm = { "<b>C</b>luster-based <b>N</b>etwork <b>M</b>odeling",
    "CNM"},

  cnmc = {"<b>c</b>ontrol-oriented <b>C</b>luster-based <b>N</b>etwork <b>M</b>odeling",
    "CNMc"},

  cmm = { "<b>C</b>luster <b>M</b>arkov-based <b>M</b>odeling",
    "CMM"},

  cfd = {"<b>C</b>omputational <b>F</b>luid <b>D</b>ynamics",
    "CFD"},

  rans = {"<b>R</b>eynolds <b>A</b>veraged <b>N</b>avier <b>S</b>tockes",
    "RANS"},

  dlr = {"German Aerospace Center",
    "DLR"},

  gpu = {"<b>G</b>raphics <b>P</b>rocessing <b>U</b>nit",
    "GPU"},

  cpu = {"<b>C</b>omputer <b>P</b>rocessing <b>U</b>nit",
    "CPU"},

  sdic = {"<b>S</b>ensitive  <b>D</b>ependence on <b>I</b>nitial <b>C</b>onditions",
    "SDIC"},

  nmf = {"<b>N</b>on-negative <b>M</b>atrix <b>F</b>actorization",
    "NMF"},

  svd = {"<b>S</b>ingular <b>V</b>alue <b>D</b>ecomposition",
    "SVD"},

  rf = {"<b>R</b>andom <b>F</b>orest",
    "RF"},

  cpd = {"<b>C</b>luster <b>P</b>robability <b>D</b>istribution",
    "CPD"},

  cpevol = {"<b>C</b>entroid <b>P</b>osition <b>E</b>volution",
    "CPE"},

  dtw = {"<b>D</b>ynamical <b>T</b>ime <b>W</b>arping",
    "DTW"},

  knn = {"<b>KN</b>earest <b>N</b>eighbor",
    "KNN"},
}


-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
  local function headerfilter(elem)
    if elem.t == 'Header' then
      local text = pandoc.utils.stringify(elem.content)
      io.write('\27[32mCurrent header:', text ,'\n--------\27[0m\n')
    end
    return elem
  end
  

-- Define the filter function
local function glsfilter(elem)
  if elem.t == 'Para' then
    local has_match = false
    -- Traverse the element tree and replace matched elements
    local new_content = {}
    for _, item in ipairs(elem.content) do

      -- -------------------------------- gls ------------------------------- --
      if item.t == 'RawInline' then
        local gls_Pat = '\\gls{(%w+)}'
        local gls_First_Pat = '\\glsfirst{(%w+)}'
        local gls_Pl_Pat = '\\glspl{(%w+)}'

        local text = item.text

        -- will only show the latex \command{} content
        -- print("current line is: ", text)

        -- was tested with:
        -- jav test: \gls{rans} \gls{gpu} \gls{rans} \gls{cfd} \gls{cfd}
        -- it does replace each occurence correcly

        local gls_Match = string.match(text,gls_Pat)
        local gls_First_Match = string.match(text,gls_First_Pat)
        local gls_Pl_Match = string.match(text,gls_Pl_Pat)

        if gls_Match then

          has_match = true
          long_Term = gls_Dict[gls_Match][1]
          bold_Abbrev =  gls_Dict[gls_Match][2]

          -- to make sure that the code is understood as valid html code it must be converted to RawInline with the html input
          html_String = pandoc.RawInline('html',long_Term)

          span_Var = pandoc.Span(html_String,
                                {class = 'gls_Content'})

          -- print("span_Var: ",span_Var)
          -- see: https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html#pandoc.link
          local link = pandoc.Link(
            {bold_Abbrev,span_Var}, 
            '../0_Deco/3_Used_Abbrev.qmd'..'#' .. gls_Match,
            nil,
            -- add id and class
            {id = gls_Match.. "gls", class = 'gls'})

          table.insert(new_content, link)
        end

          -- ------------------------ gls_First_Match ----------------------- --
        if gls_First_Match then
          has_match = true
          -- to make sure that the code is understood as valid html code it must be converted to RawInline with the html input
          long_Term = gls_Dict[gls_First_Match][1]
          bold_Abbrev =  gls_Dict[gls_First_Match][2]

          -- to make sure that the code is understood as valid html code it must be converted to RawInline with the html input
          html_String = pandoc.RawInline('html',long_Term.. " (".. bold_Abbrev .. ")")

          local link = pandoc.Link(
            html_String , 
            '../0_Deco/3_Used_Abbrev.qmd'..'#' .. gls_First_Match,
            nil,
            -- add id and class
            {id = gls_First_Match.. "gls", class = 'gls'})
            
          table.insert(new_content, link)
        end

          -- ------------------------- gls_Pl_Match ------------------------- --
        if gls_Pl_Match then
          has_match = true
          long_Term = gls_Dict[gls_Pl_Match][1]
          bold_Abbrev =  gls_Dict[gls_Pl_Match][2]

          -- to make sure that the code is understood as valid html code it must be converted to RawInline with the html input
          html_String = pandoc.RawInline('html',long_Term .. "s")

          span_Var = pandoc.Span(html_String,
                                {class = 'gls_Content'})

          -- see: https://pandoc.org/lua-filters.html#pandoc.link
          local link = pandoc.Link(
            {bold_Abbrev .. "s",span_Var}, 
            '../0_Deco/3_Used_Abbrev.qmd'..'#' .. gls_Pl_Match,
            nil,
            -- add id and class
            {id = gls_Pl_Match.. "gls", class = 'gls'})

          table.insert(new_content, link)

        else
          -- Print non-matching text in red
          -- io.write('\27[31mNo match found: ' .. text .. '\27[0m\n')
          table.insert(new_content, item)
        end
      else
        table.insert(new_content, item)
      end
    end
    -- If no matches were found, return the original element
    if not has_match then

      -- print("No match found and return simply the regular element")
      return elem
    end

    return pandoc.Para(new_content)
  end
  return elem
end

  
-- Export the filter function as a table
return {
  {Header = headerfilter},
  {Para = glsfilter}
}