markdown is a plain text markup language for conversion to html and other formats
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Converting Markdown to LaTeX, in LaTeX
I've started to use markdown for my notes simply because its faster than writing latex, but I would prefer to have the extra power to LaTeX. Is there/would it be possible to have a markdown ...
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Deeper levels of (sub)sections
I use pandoc to create latex and PDF from Markdown. Markdown, being designed for HTML, allows 6 levels of headers H1...H6. But when converting to PDF, via tex, I get only three levels: 1 (\section), ...
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I'd like to include Markdown in a LaTeX file
I have a LaTeX file, foo.tex and a bunch of markdown files {1..N}.markdown in the same directory. Basically, I'd like to be able to \include{1.markdown} and have the markdown rendered to LaTeX and ...
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Stop listings going over page breaks
I am using Pandoc to generate Tex from Markdown. It automatically generates listings when it comes across the appropriate Markdown (code indented four spaces). It then uses the listings package to ...
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Using markdown/restructuredtext to produce a letter
For simple documents, I like to use markdown/restructuredtext and convert it to LaTeX using pandoc (and LaTeX includes). For documents such as articles, leaflets, etc., it's quite easy. However, I ...
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Converting RMarkdown to LaTeX without additional packages
I'm wanting to convert a markdown document into LaTeX for inclusion in my thesis. Unfortunately, the output of my command,
pandoc -f markdown -t latex --standalone msim-eg.md > msimeg.tex
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Latex Figures appear before text in pandoc markdown
I am using pandoc to convert markdown to pdf, but I need to place some figures with more formating than the
so I use something like this:
# Document with figures
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How do I set variables in latex template used for pandoc markdown to pdf conversion [closed]
I'm sorry if this is a bit of a pandoc question, but I'm hoping you tex users have some familiarity with latex templates within pandoc. I'm very new at this, but am excited to get a good work flow ...
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Minimal syntax alternative to enumerate environment [duplicate]
Is there an alternative to the enumerate environment in LaTeX where I can define a nested list with a minimal syntax like that of Markdown or something similar, e.g.:
\begin{minimallist}
- Fruit
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Is combination of markdown and LaTeX a future trend of LaTeX development? [closed]
I think markdown language is encroaching on the market of LaTeX, could latex developers share about your opinions on this language? Do you think a kind of combination of markdown and LaTeX be a good ...
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How can I convert the tables and math in a latex document to one of the markup languages supported by github's wiki?
I wrote some software documentation in Latex, but need to get it into a more lightweight format.
I used pandoc to convert latex to markdown, but it did not do a very good job of converting tables.
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Macron in pandoc markdown. (Mh\={a}v\={\i}ra) [closed]
I'm using pandoc markdown to generate PDF, and I cannot get it to accept my special characters.
For example, I want to include Mah\={a}v\={\i}ra in my document to place macrons over the appropriate ...
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Maximum image size [closed]
Using pandoc (with xelatex) to parse markdown content including images, sometimes I get the following error:
Error producing PDF from TeX source.
! Dimension too large.
What is the maximum size ...
