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Converting Markdown to PDF with Pandoc. #markup #markdown #pandoc

Converting Markups to PDF with Pandoc

Install packaged versions of Pandoc and TexLive

wget https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.png

sudo apt-get install \
    pandoc \
    texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended \
    xzdec \
    lmodern

Then use the pandoc

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf

To control certain aspects, use variables for LaTeX

pandoc input.md -o output.pdf \
  -V geometry="margin=1cm" \
  -V fontsize="10pt" \
  -V colorlinks \
  -V author="..." -V title="..." \
  -V author-meta="..."

For more advanced aspects, clone the default LaTeX template, change it per your liking and use it with the --template=/path/to/template option:

pandoc -D latex > template.tex
# ... edit the template
pandoc input.md -o output.pdf --template=template.tex

Some useful tips what to change in the template:

  • Make the default font sendans serif type: \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

  • Change the default size of verbatim text (from here)

    ...
    \makeatletter
    \newcommand{\verbatimfont}[1]{\renewcommand{\verbatim@font}{\ttfamily#1}}
    \makeatother
    ...
    \begin{document}
    \verbatimfont{\small}%
    ...
    \begin{verbatim}
    some verb text
    \end{verbatim}
    

Example Using Custom Template

pandoc pokus.rst -o pokus.pdf \
    --template=template.tex \
    -V documentclass=memoir \
    -V classoption=article \
    -V classoption=onepage \
    -V author="Tomas Brabec" \
    -V nomatter \
    -V graphics \
    -V geometry="margin=2cm" \
    -V setsecnumdepth=subsection \
    -V docicon=by.png

Most of the above settings relate to the LaTeX template (search the template for $<option>$ or $if(<option>)$):

  • ...
% Copyright 2020 Tomas Brabec
%
% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
% You may obtain a copy of the License at
%
% http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
%
% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
% limitations under the License.
%
% ----------------------------------------------------------------
% This tenplate has been adapted from the default Pandoc template.
% ----------------------------------------------------------------
% Options for packages loaded elsewhere
\PassOptionsToPackage{unicode$for(hyperrefoptions)$,$hyperrefoptions$$endfor$}{hyperref}
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
$if(colorlinks)$
\PassOptionsToPackage{dvipsnames,svgnames*,x11names*}{xcolor}
$endif$
$if(dir)$
$if(latex-dir-rtl)$
\PassOptionsToPackage{RTLdocument}{bidi}
$endif$
$endif$
%
\documentclass[
$if(fontsize)$
$fontsize$,
$endif$
$if(lang)$
$babel-lang$,
$endif$
$if(papersize)$
$papersize$paper,
$endif$
$if(beamer)$
ignorenonframetext,
$if(handout)$
handout,
$endif$
$if(aspectratio)$
aspectratio=$aspectratio$,
$endif$
$endif$
$for(classoption)$
$classoption$$sep$,
$endfor$
]{$documentclass$}
$if(beamer)$
$if(background-image)$
\usebackgroundtemplate{%
\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{$background-image$}%
}
$endif$
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
\setbeamertemplate{caption label separator}{: }
\setbeamercolor{caption name}{fg=normal text.fg}
\beamertemplatenavigationsymbols$if(navigation)$$navigation$$else$empty$endif$
$for(beameroption)$
\setbeameroption{$beameroption$}
$endfor$
% Prevent slide breaks in the middle of a paragraph
\widowpenalties 1 10000
\raggedbottom
$if(section-titles)$
\setbeamertemplate{part page}{
\centering
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=16pt,center]{part title}
\usebeamerfont{part title}\insertpart\par
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\setbeamertemplate{section page}{
\centering
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=12pt,center]{part title}
\usebeamerfont{section title}\insertsection\par
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\setbeamertemplate{subsection page}{
\centering
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=8pt,center]{part title}
\usebeamerfont{subsection title}\insertsubsection\par
\end{beamercolorbox}
}
\AtBeginPart{
\frame{\partpage}
}
\AtBeginSection{
\ifbibliography
\else
\frame{\sectionpage}
\fi
}
\AtBeginSubsection{
\frame{\subsectionpage}
}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(beamerarticle)$
\usepackage{beamerarticle} % needs to be loaded first
$endif$
$if(fontfamily)$
\usepackage[$for(fontfamilyoptions)$$fontfamilyoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$fontfamily$}
$else$
\usepackage{lmodern}
$endif$
$if(linestretch)$
\usepackage{setspace}
$endif$
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
%%\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
%%\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
\usepackage[$if(fontenc)$$fontenc$$else$T1$endif$]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
%%\else % if luatex or xetex
%%$if(mathspec)$
%% \ifxetex
%% \usepackage{mathspec}
%% \else
%% \usepackage{unicode-math}
%% \fi
%%$else$
%% \usepackage{unicode-math}
%%$endif$
%% \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
%% \defaultfontfeatures[\rmfamily]{Ligatures=TeX,Scale=1}
%%$if(mainfont)$
%% \setmainfont[$for(mainfontoptions)$$mainfontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$mainfont$}
%%$endif$
%%$if(sansfont)$
%% \setsansfont[$for(sansfontoptions)$$sansfontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$sansfont$}
%%$endif$
%%$if(monofont)$
%% \setmonofont[$for(monofontoptions)$$monofontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$monofont$}
%%$endif$
%%$for(fontfamilies)$
%% \newfontfamily{$fontfamilies.name$}[$for(fontfamilies.options)$$fontfamilies.options$$sep$,$endfor$]{$fontfamilies.font$}
%%$endfor$
%%$if(mathfont)$
%%$if(mathspec)$
%% \ifxetex
%% \setmathfont(Digits,Latin,Greek)[$for(mathfontoptions)$$mathfontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$mathfont$}
%% \else
%% \setmathfont[$for(mathfontoptions)$$mathfontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$mathfont$}
%% \fi
%%$else$
%% \setmathfont[$for(mathfontoptions)$$mathfontoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$mathfont$}
%%$endif$
%%$endif$
%%$if(CJKmainfont)$
%% \ifxetex
%% \usepackage{xeCJK}
%% \setCJKmainfont[$for(CJKoptions)$$CJKoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$CJKmainfont$}
%% \fi
%%$endif$
%%$if(luatexjapresetoptions)$
%% \ifluatex
%% \usepackage[$for(luatexjapresetoptions)$$luatexjapresetoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{luatexja-preset}
%% \fi
%%$endif$
%%$if(CJKmainfont)$
%% \ifluatex
%% \usepackage[$for(luatexjafontspecoptions)$$luatexjafontspecoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{luatexja-fontspec}
%% \setmainjfont[$for(CJKoptions)$$CJKoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$CJKmainfont$}
%% \fi
%%$endif$
%%\fi
$if(beamer)$
$if(theme)$
\usetheme[$for(themeoptions)$$themeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$theme$}
$endif$
$if(colortheme)$
\usecolortheme{$colortheme$}
$endif$
$if(fonttheme)$
\usefonttheme{$fonttheme$}
$endif$
$if(mainfont)$
\usefonttheme{serif} % use mainfont rather than sansfont for slide text
$endif$
$if(innertheme)$
\useinnertheme{$innertheme$}
$endif$
$if(outertheme)$
\useoutertheme{$outertheme$}
$endif$
$endif$
% Use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{% use microtype if available
\usepackage[$for(microtypeoptions)$$microtypeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{microtype}
\UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
}{}
$if(indent)$
$else$
\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{KOMAClassName}{% if non-KOMA class
\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
\usepackage{parskip}
}{% else
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}}
}{% if KOMA class
\KOMAoptions{parskip=half}}
\makeatother
$endif$
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
$endif$
\usepackage{xcolor}
\IfFileExists{xurl.sty}{\usepackage{xurl}}{} % add URL line breaks if available
\IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
\hypersetup{
$if(title-meta)$
pdftitle={$title-meta$},
$endif$
$if(author-meta)$
pdfauthor={$author-meta$},
$endif$
$if(lang)$
pdflang={$lang$},
$endif$
$if(subject)$
pdfsubject={$subject$},
$endif$
$if(keywords)$
pdfkeywords={$for(keywords)$$keywords$$sep$, $endfor$},
$endif$
$if(colorlinks)$
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$Maroon$endif$,
filecolor=$if(filecolor)$$filecolor$$else$Maroon$endif$,
citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$Blue$endif$,
urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$Blue$endif$,
%%$else$
%% hidelinks,
$endif$
pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
\urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\VerbatimFootnotes % allow verbatim text in footnotes
$endif$
$if(geometry)$
$if(beamer)$
\geometry{$for(geometry)$$geometry$$sep$,$endfor$}
$else$
\usepackage[$for(geometry)$$geometry$$sep$,$endfor$]{geometry}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(beamer)$
\newif\ifbibliography
$endif$
$if(listings)$
\usepackage{listings}
\newcommand{\passthrough}[1]{#1}
\lstset{defaultdialect=[5.3]Lua}
\lstset{defaultdialect=[x86masm]Assembler}
$endif$
$if(lhs)$
\lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
$endif$
$if(highlighting-macros)$
$highlighting-macros$
$endif$
$if(tables)$
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs}
$if(beamer)$
\usepackage{caption}
% Make caption package work with longtable
\makeatletter
\def\fnum@table{\tablename~\thetable}
\makeatother
$else$
% Correct order of tables after \paragraph or \subparagraph
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\longtable{\par}{\if@noskipsec\mbox{}\fi\par}{}{}
\makeatother
% Allow footnotes in longtable head/foot
\IfFileExists{footnotehyper.sty}{\usepackage{footnotehyper}}{\usepackage{footnote}}
\makesavenoteenv{longtable}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(graphics)$
\usepackage{graphicx,grffile}
\makeatletter
\def\maxwidth{\ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth\linewidth\else\Gin@nat@width\fi}
\def\maxheight{\ifdim\Gin@nat@height>\textheight\textheight\else\Gin@nat@height\fi}
\let\ginnatwidth\Gin@nat@width
\let\ginnatheight\Gin@nat@height
\makeatother
% Scale images if necessary, so that they will not overflow the page
% margins by default, and it is still possible to overwrite the defaults
% using explicit options in \includegraphics[width, height, ...]{}
\setkeys{Gin}{width=\maxwidth,height=\maxheight,keepaspectratio}
% Set default figure placement to htbp
\makeatletter
\def\fps@figure{htbp}
\makeatother
$endif$
$if(links-as-notes)$
% Make links footnotes instead of hotlinks:
\DeclareRobustCommand{\href}[2]{#2\footnote{\url{#1}}}
$endif$
$if(strikeout)$
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
% Avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
$endif$
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines
\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
$if(numbersections)$
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{$if(secnumdepth)$$secnumdepth$$else$5$endif$}
$else$
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
$endif$
$if(beamer)$
$else$
$if(block-headings)$
% Make \paragraph and \subparagraph free-standing
\ifx\paragraph\undefined\else
\let\oldparagraph\paragraph
\renewcommand{\paragraph}[1]{\oldparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
\fi
\ifx\subparagraph\undefined\else
\let\oldsubparagraph\subparagraph
\renewcommand{\subparagraph}[1]{\oldsubparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
\fi
$endif$
$endif$
$if(pagestyle)$
\pagestyle{$pagestyle$}
$endif$
$for(header-includes)$
$header-includes$
$endfor$
$if(lang)$
%%\ifxetex
%% % Load polyglossia as late as possible: uses bidi with RTL langages (e.g. Hebrew, Arabic)
%% \usepackage{polyglossia}
%% \setmainlanguage[$polyglossia-lang.options$]{$polyglossia-lang.name$}
%%$for(polyglossia-otherlangs)$
%% \setotherlanguage[$polyglossia-otherlangs.options$]{$polyglossia-otherlangs.name$}
%%$endfor$
%%\else
\usepackage[shorthands=off,$for(babel-otherlangs)$$babel-otherlangs$,$endfor$main=$babel-lang$]{babel}
$if(babel-newcommands)$
$babel-newcommands$
$endif$
%%\fi
$endif$
$if(dir)$
%%\ifxetex
%% % Load bidi as late as possible as it modifies e.g. graphicx
%% \usepackage{bidi}
%%\fi
%%\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
\TeXXeTstate=1
\newcommand{\RL}[1]{\beginR #1\endR}
\newcommand{\LR}[1]{\beginL #1\endL}
\newenvironment{RTL}{\beginR}{\endR}
\newenvironment{LTR}{\beginL}{\endL}
%%\fi
$endif$
$if(natbib)$
\usepackage[$natbiboptions$]{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{$if(biblio-style)$$biblio-style$$else$plainnat$endif$}
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
\usepackage[$if(biblio-style)$style=$biblio-style$,$endif$$for(biblatexoptions)$$biblatexoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{biblatex}
$for(bibliography)$
\addbibresource{$bibliography$}
$endfor$
$endif$
$if(title)$
\title{$title$$if(thanks)$\thanks{$thanks$}$endif$}
$endif$
$if(subtitle)$
$if(beamer)$
$else$
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\providecommand{\subtitle}[1]{% add subtitle to \maketitle
\apptocmd{\@title}{\par {\large #1 \par}}{}{}
}
\makeatother
$endif$
\subtitle{$subtitle$}
$endif$
$if(author)$
\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
$endif$
\date{$date$}
$if(beamer)$
$if(institute)$
\institute{$for(institute)$$institute$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
$endif$
$if(titlegraphic)$
\titlegraphic{\includegraphics{$titlegraphic$}}
$endif$
$if(logo)$
\logo{\includegraphics{$logo$}}
$endif$
$endif$
%---->>>>
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\verbatimfont}[1]{\renewcommand{\verbatim@font}{\ttfamily#1}}
\makeatother
%<<<<----
%---->>>>
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\newcommand{\MONTH}{%
\ifcase\month% 0
\or Jan% 1
\or Feb% 2
\or Mar% 3
\or Apr% 4
\or May% 5
\or Jun% 6
\or Jul% 7
\or Aug% 8
\or Sep% 9
\or Oct% 10
\or Nov% 11
\or Dec% 12
\fi}
\newcommand{\YEAR}{\number\year}
\newcommand{\monthyeardate}{\MONTH, \YEAR}
$if(nomatter)$
\renewcommand{\frontmatter}{}%
\renewcommand{\mainmatter}{}%
\renewcommand{\backmatter}{}%
$endif$
% memoir class: section numbering depth
$if(setsecnumdepth)$
\setsecnumdepth{$setsecnumdepth$}
$endif$
% memoir class: page style setting and customization
%% \nouppercaseheads % seems unsupported, maybe too old memoir class?
\pagestyle{myheadings}
\makeatletter
\makeevenhead{myheadings}{\thepage}{}{\textsf{Chapter~\thechapter}}
\makeoddhead{myheadings}{$if(docicon)$\includegraphics[height=\headheight]{$docicon$}$endif$}{}{\textsf{\@title}}
\makeevenfoot{myheadings}{\thepage}{}{rev.~X.Y}
\makeoddfoot{myheadings}{rev.~X.Y}{}{\thepage}
\makeatother
% memoir class: title customization
\setlength{\droptitle}{-70pt} % shift the vertical position of the title
\renewcommand{\maketitlehooka}{%
\par\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{0.8pt}\par\noindent\begin{tabular}{ m{0.1\textwidth} m{0.7\textwidth} m{0.2\textwidth} }
$if(docicon)$\includegraphics[height=2.0cm]{$docicon$}$endif$ & %
}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\maketitlehookb}{%
& Version: ...\newline Date: \monthyeardate \\
\end{tabular}\par\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{0.8pt}%
%\par\noindent\begin{center}\tiny\texttt{\@bottomcover}\end{center}%
}
\makeatother
\pretitle{\begin{center}\Huge}
\posttitle{\end{center}}
\predate{}
\postdate{}
\preauthor{\begin{center}\small}
\postauthor{\end{center}\par\vskip 0.5em}
%<<<<----
\begin{document}
%---->>>>
\verbatimfont{\small}%
%<<<<----
$if(has-frontmatter)$
\frontmatter
$endif$
$if(title)$
$if(beamer)$
\frame{\titlepage}
$else$
\maketitle
$endif$
$if(abstract)$
\begin{abstract}
$abstract$
\end{abstract}
$endif$
$endif$
$for(include-before)$
$include-before$
$endfor$
$if(toc)$
$if(toc-title)$
\renewcommand*\contentsname{$toc-title$}
$endif$
$if(beamer)$
\begin{frame}
$if(toc-title)$
\frametitle{$toc-title$}
$endif$
\tableofcontents[hideallsubsections]
\end{frame}
$else$
{
$if(colorlinks)$
\hypersetup{linkcolor=$if(toccolor)$$toccolor$$else$$endif$}
$endif$
\setcounter{tocdepth}{$toc-depth$}
\tableofcontents
}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(lot)$
\listoftables
$endif$
$if(lof)$
\listoffigures
$endif$
$if(linestretch)$
\setstretch{$linestretch$}
$endif$
$if(has-frontmatter)$
\mainmatter
$endif$
$body$
$if(has-frontmatter)$
\backmatter
$endif$
$if(natbib)$
$if(bibliography)$
$if(biblio-title)$
$if(has-chapters)$
\renewcommand\bibname{$biblio-title$}
$else$
\renewcommand\refname{$biblio-title$}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(beamer)$
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{$biblio-title$}
\bibliographytrue
$endif$
\bibliography{$for(bibliography)$$bibliography$$sep$,$endfor$}
$if(beamer)$
\end{frame}
$endif$
$endif$
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
$if(beamer)$
\begin{frame}[allowframebreaks]{$biblio-title$}
\bibliographytrue
\printbibliography[heading=none]
\end{frame}
$else$
\printbibliography$if(biblio-title)$[title=$biblio-title$]$endif$
$endif$
$endif$
$for(include-after)$
$include-after$
$endfor$
\end{document}
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