# Converting a TeX document to SE markdown? [closed]

Portions of my masters thesis work, which was never published officially, could be pretty easily adapted to a very comprehensively answer to a question on Programmers about Particle Swarm Optimization.

However, I foolishly wisely1 chose to write it in LaTeX which means I cannot just copy/paste it into the "Answer" text box there, at least (I could copy... the entire document I guess and tell people to use TeX to read it?).

The main concerns I have relate to the mathematical notation and references. Text/headings could be pretty straightforward to modify into markdown syntax.

Something like:

\begin{align*}  \labeltarget{eq:opproblem}
&\operatorname{Minimize}& & F_p(\bar{x})  \quad & &p=1,\dots,l & &\text{\nameref{sec:objectivefunction}}\\
&\operatorname{Subject\;To} & &g_j(\bar{x}) \leq 0, \quad & &j= 1,\dots,m & &\text{\nameref{sec:inequalityconstraints}} \\
&&&h_k(\bar{x}) = 0, \quad & &k= 1, \dots,p  & &\text{\nameref{sec:equalityconstraints}} \\
&&&x_{low,i} \le x_{i} \le x_{up,i}, \quad & &i = 1, \dots,n  & &\text{\nameref{sec:sideconstraints}}
\end{align*}


Would be great to auto convert via [insert magical process I don't know]. I could take screenshots of them, I guess...

There are also a lot of pieces like:

    \noindent with $\bar{x}$ representing  \hyperref[sec:designvariables]{design variables} for the optimization problem \cite{vanderplaats}.


Which would be.. tedious at best to go through and change.

Is there any straightforward way to minimize the tediousness of converting a TeX document to SE markdown syntax?

1: My advisor also required a Word document during the process (???) and the amount of times I've tried to convert from TeX is making me sick. Fortunately it's more fun than going backwards!

## closed as off-topic by egreg, Joseph Wright♦Jun 4 '16 at 21:39

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• "This question does not fall within the scope of TeX, LaTeX or related typesetting systems as defined in the help center." – egreg, Joseph Wright
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

• Have you considered Pandoc? – WillAdams Jan 29 '16 at 16:58
• Really not a question at 'our' end – Joseph Wright Jun 4 '16 at 21:39