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Gradle task converts markdown to pdf
import com.petebevin.markdown.MarkdownProcessor
import org.xhtmlrenderer.pdf.ITextRenderer
import org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup.Parser
import org.apache.xalan.xsltc.trax.SAX2DOM
import org.xml.sax.InputSource
buildscript{
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenRepo urls: "http://scala-tools.org/repo-releases"
mavenRepo urls: "http://download.java.net/maven/2/"
}
dependencies {
classpath "org.markdownj:markdownj:0.3.0-1.0.2b4"
classpath "org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup:tagsoup:1.2"
classpath "org.xhtmlrenderer:core-renderer:R8"
}
}
task build <<{
def source = "resume.markdown"
def target = "resume.pdf"
//Convert from markdown to html
def mp = new MarkdownProcessor()
def html = "<html><body>${mp.markdown((new File(source).text))}</body></html>"
//Convert from html to w3c document
def parser = new Parser()
def sax2dom = new SAX2DOM()
parser.setContentHandler(sax2dom);
parser.setFeature(Parser.namespacesFeature, false);
parser.parse(new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(html.getBytes())));
//Use Document to create pdf
ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
renderer.setDocument(sax2dom.getDOM(), null);
renderer.layout();
renderer.createPDF((new File(target).newOutputStream()))
}
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Arakade commented Jul 5, 2014

Updated 2014/07/05 in my fork https://gist.github.com/Arakade/932bd8c9d3b359fe30a3
HTH, Rupert

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