It is possible to keep working in a pandoc project even if one is away from the computer. It is even better if this also allows for remote collaboration. There is a hackish way of doing that, of course mighy_make is essential part for the workflow. The below instructions will allow you to copy a markdown text into your Dropbox, which will trigger GNUMake to process the source and generate the output (pdf, epub, Word), which can be then on forwarded. The steps are:
- Create a directory in your dropbox folder (I name it mighty_make) and
cd into it
- Download
mighty_make with: wget http://tiny.cc/mighty_test -O Makefile
- Prepare the folder structure with
make prepare
- Optional (for collaboration): Log into your dropbox account and share the directory with your collaborator
Now you need to set the server up, meaning go to the computer in your household that stays online the longer (must be Linux or Mac) and set up a crontab rule. This is done with the command crontab -e and add the followi