Chris Birk cmbirk

Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

	language: php

	php:
	- 5.3
	- 5.4

	cd ~
	sudo yum update
	sudo yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.i686 -y

	wget https://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.19.9.tar.gz -O elasticsearch.tar.gz

	tar -xf elasticsearch.tar.gz
	rm elasticsearch.tar.gz
	mv elasticsearch-* elasticsearch
	sudo mv elasticsearch /usr/local/share



	# Install MacTex: http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/mactex-basic.pkg

	$ sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/texlive
	$ tlmgr update --self
	$ tlmgr install ucs
	$ tlmgr install etoolbox

	# Install pandoc view homebrew

	#!/bin/bash
	# git-cleanup-repo
	#
	# Author: Rob Miller <[email protected]>
	# Adapted from the original by Yorick Sijsling

	git checkout master &> /dev/null

	# Make sure we're working with the most up-to-date version of master.
	git fetch

	#
	# Working with branches
	#

	# Get the current branch name (not so useful in itself, but used in
	# other aliases)
	branch-name = "!git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD"
	# Push the current branch to the remote "origin", and set it to track
	# the upstream branch
	publish = "!git push -u origin $(git branch-name)"

	<?php
	$meta_keys = array( 'abc', 'def' );
	$meta_keys_in = sprintf( "'%s'", implode( "','", array_map( 'esc_sql', $meta_keys ) ) );

	what's the easiest way to be able to observe areas of change - and proposed change - of machine readable code?

	way to model and capture legislative behavior and change management on bodies of legislation as a service.

	respect for line numbers, section numbers, section references, range references

	don't just model legislation as a living document, but capture the actual bills for amending said legislation

	also capture change process for the bills
	(basically like working in a feature branch)

	# Basically the nginx configuration I use at konklone.com.
	# I check it using https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=konklone.com
	#
	# To provide feedback, please tweet at @konklone or email [email protected].
	# Comments on gists don't notify the author.
	#
	# Thanks to WubTheCaptain (https://wubthecaptain.eu) for his help and ciphersuites.
	# Thanks to Ilya Grigorik (https://www.igvita.com) for constant inspiration.

	server {

	/*
	Gmail/Google Reader Sidebar Scroll Shadows
	-------------------------------------------
	Neat effect that mimics the scroll shadows that appear in the GOogle sitde bar and visually cues users to scroll up or down depending on their position.
	Credit goes to Lea Verou for this awesome find.

	Source:
	Lea's Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ikye7Qc7Ak
	Code Source: http://lea.verou.me/more-css-secrets/#slide9