Highlight one specific author when generating references in Pandoc - latex

Question

I am using Pandoc to generate a list of publications for my website. I'm using it solely to generate the html with the publications so that I can then paste the raw html in jekyll. This part works fine.
The complications arise when I tty to generate the html so that my name appears boldfaced in all entries. I'm trying to use this solution for that, which works when I apply it to a pure Latex document I am generating. However when I try to apply the same Pandoc, the html is generated without any boldface.
Here's my Pandoc file:
---
bibliography: /home/tomas/Dropbox/cv/makerefen4/selectedpubs.bib
nocite: '#'
linestretch: 1.5
fontsize: 12pt
header-includes: |
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
dashed=false,
style=authoryear-icomp,
natbib=true,
url=false,
doi=true,
eprint=false,
sorting=ydnt, %Year (Descending) Name Title
maxbibnames=99
]{biblatex}
\renewcommand{\mkbibnamegiven}[1]{%
\ifitemannotation{highlight}
{\textbf{#1}}
{#1}}
\renewcommand*{\mkbibnamefamily}[1]{%
\ifitemannotation{highlight}
{\textbf{#1}}
{#1}}
...
And here's the relevant part of my Makefile:
PANDOC_OPTIONS=--columns=80
PANDOC_HTML_OPTIONS=--filter=pandoc-citeproc --csl=els-modified.csl --biblatex
Again: this code generates the references fine. It just doesn't boldface anything as it is supposed to.
Any ideas?
EDIT
Bib entries look like this
#MISC{test,
AUTHOR = {Last1, First1 and Last2, First2 and Last3, First3},
AUTHOR+an = {2=highlight},
}
And versions are
- Biblatex 3.12
- Biber 2.12

Answer 1

You can use a lua filter to modify the AST. The following works for me to get the surname and initials (Smith, J.) highlighted in the references (see here). You can replace pandoc.Strong with pandoc.Underline or pandoc.Emph. Replace Smith and J. with your name/initials, save it as myname.lua and use something like:
pandoc --citeproc --bibliography=mybib.bib --csl.mycsl.csl --lua-filter=myname.lua -o refs.html refs.md
i.e. put the filter last.
local highlight_author_filter = {
Para = function(el)
if el.t == "Para" then
for k,_ in ipairs(el.content) do
if el.content[k].t == "Str" and el.content[k].text == "Smith,"
and el.content[k+1].t == "Space"
and el.content[k+2].t == "Str" and el.content[k+2].text:find("^J.") then
local _,e = el.content[k+2].text:find("^J.")
local rest = el.content[k+2].text:sub(e+1)
el.content[k] = pandoc.Strong { pandoc.Str("Smith, J.") }
el.content[k+1] = pandoc.Str(rest)
table.remove(el.content, k+2)
end
end
end
return el
end
}
function Div (div)
if 'refs' == div.identifier then
return pandoc.walk_block(div, highlight_author_filter)
end
return nil
end
Notes:
The above works if you use an author-date format csl. If you want to use a numeric format csl (e.g. ieee.csl or nature.csl) you will need to substitute Span for Para in the filter, i.e.:
Span = function(el)
if el.t == "Span" then
If you also want to use the multiple-bibliographies lua filter, it should go before the author highlight filter. And 'refs' should be 'refs_biblio1' or 'refs_biblio2' etc, depending on how you have defined them:
function Div (div)
if 'refs' or 'refs_biblio1’ or 'refs_biblio2’ == div.identifier then
For pdf output, you will also need to add -V csl-refs in the pandoc command if you use a numeric format csl.
The filter highlights Smith, J. if formated in this order by the csl. Some csl will use this format for the first author and then switch to J. Smith for the rest, so you will have to adjust the filter accordingly adding an extra if el.content[k].t == "Str”…etc. Converting to .json first will help to check the correct formatting in the AST.