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| author | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2015-10-20 08:15:12 -0700 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu> | 2015-10-20 08:16:17 -0700 |
| commit | 8193ebcd99a1f11e2ab74600ee403f6b100dac32 (patch) | |
| tree | 0fa9c14bb4db027fdd241d72de9c648989169002 /README | |
| parent | 82d2719e68a32c132055d4c0f7a755cefef63e14 (diff) | |
| download | pandoc-8193ebcd99a1f11e2ab74600ee403f6b100dac32.tar.gz | |
Allow use of ConTeXt to generate PDFs.
pandoc my.md -t context -o my.pdf
will now create a PDF using ConTeXt rather than LaTeX.
Closes #2463.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ markup], [Haddock markup], [OPML], [Emacs Org mode], [DocBook], [FictionBook2], [Textile], [groff man] pages, [Emacs Org mode], [AsciiDoc], [InDesign ICML], and [Slidy], [Slideous], [DZSlides], [reveal.js] or [S5] HTML slide shows. It can also produce [PDF] output -on systems where LaTeX is installed. +on systems where LaTeX or ConTeXt is installed. Pandoc's enhanced version of markdown includes syntax for [footnotes], [tables], flexible [ordered lists], [definition lists], [fenced code blocks], @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Creating a PDF -------------- To produce a PDF, specify an output file with a `.pdf` extension. -Pandoc will use LaTeX to convert it to PDF: +By default, pandoc will use LaTeX to convert it to PDF: pandoc test.txt -o test.pdf @@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ be used for [smart punctuation] if added to the template. The optionally be used for [citation rendering]. These are included with all recent versions of [TeX Live]. -PDF output can be controlled using [variables for LaTeX]. +Alternatively, you can ask pandoc to use ConTeXt to create the PDF. +To do this, specify an output file with a `.pdf` extension, +as before, but add `-t context` to the command line. + +PDF output can be controlled using [variables for LaTeX] +or [variables for ConTeXt]. [`amsfonts`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/amsfonts [`amsmath`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath @@ -992,9 +997,9 @@ customize the `default.opendocument` template. For `pdf` output, customize the `default.latex` template. Templates contain *variables*, which allow for the inclusion of -arbitrary information at any point in the file. Variables may be set -within the document using [YAML metadata blocks][Extension: `yaml_metadata_block`]. -They may also be set at the +arbitrary information at any point in the file. Variables may be set +within the document using [YAML metadata blocks][Extension: +`yaml_metadata_block`]. They may also be set at the command line using the `-V/--variable` option: variables set in this way override metadata fields with the same name. @@ -1201,6 +1206,12 @@ LaTeX variables are used when [creating a PDF]. [`mathpazo`]: https://ctan.org/pkg/mathpazo [LaTeX font encodings]: https://ctan.org/pkg/encguide +Variables for ConTeXt +--------------------- + +`papersize` +: paper size (defaults to `letter`) + Variables for man pages ----------------------- |