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author | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2008-08-10 22:24:43 +0000 |
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committer | fiddlosopher <fiddlosopher@788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b> | 2008-08-10 22:24:43 +0000 |
commit | 79359605d154fd77578aea42adc65b9281ef463d (patch) | |
tree | 4d5565baf89da7f2cfa64816f265303eda52e720 /man | |
parent | 09440d0328a397b3e63e2d09049fbcf5c0881ee1 (diff) | |
download | pandoc-79359605d154fd77578aea42adc65b9281ef463d.tar.gz |
Updated man page sources with pdf output option, minor cosmetic changes.
git-svn-id: https://pandoc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1398 788f1e2b-df1e-0410-8736-df70ead52e1b
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-rw-r--r-- | man/man1/hsmarkdown.1.md | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man1/html2markdown.1.md | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | man/man1/pandoc.1.md | 24 |
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/man/man1/hsmarkdown.1.md b/man/man1/hsmarkdown.1.md index 8aad2474c..a197ef2ca 100644 --- a/man/man1/hsmarkdown.1.md +++ b/man/man1/hsmarkdown.1.md @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ hsmarkdown [*input-file*]... `hsmarkdown` converts markdown-formatted text to HTML. It is designed to be usable as a drop-in replacement for John Gruber's `Markdown.pl`. -If no *input-file* is specified, input is read from STDIN. +If no *input-file* is specified, input is read from *stdin*. Otherwise, the *input-files* are concatenated (with a blank -line between each) and used as input. Output goes to STDOUT by +line between each) and used as input. Output goes to *stdout* by default. For output to a file, use shell redirection: hsmarkdown input.txt > output.html diff --git a/man/man1/html2markdown.1.md b/man/man1/html2markdown.1.md index 905bdd0d0..73e3420dd 100644 --- a/man/man1/html2markdown.1.md +++ b/man/man1/html2markdown.1.md @@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ html2markdown [*pandoc-options*] [\-- *special-options*] [*input-file* or # DESCRIPTION `html2markdown` converts *input-file* or *URL* (or text -from STDIN) from HTML to markdown-formatted plain text. +from *stdin*) from HTML to markdown-formatted plain text. If a URL is specified, `html2markdown` uses an available program (e.g. wget, w3m, lynx or curl) to fetch its contents. Output is sent -to STDOUT unless an output file is specified using the `-o` +to *stdout* unless an output file is specified using the `-o` option. `html2markdown` uses the character encoding specified in the "Content-type" meta tag. If this is not present, or if input comes -from STDIN, UTF-8 is assumed. A character encoding may be specified +from *stdin*, UTF-8 is assumed. A character encoding may be specified explicitly using the `-e` special option. # OPTIONS @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ a complete list. The following options are most relevant: top of markdown output. -o *FILE*, \--output=*FILE* -: Write output to *FILE* instead of STDOUT. +: Write output to *FILE* instead of *stdout*. \--strict : Use strict markdown syntax, with no extensions or variants. @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ regular `pandoc` options by the delimiter \``--`', as in (Note: *encoding* will be passed to `iconv`; a list of available encodings may be obtained using `iconv -l`.) If this option is not specified and input is not from - STDIN, `html2markdown` will try to extract the character encoding + *stdin*, `html2markdown` will try to extract the character encoding from the "Content-type" meta tag. If no character encoding is - specified in this way, or if input is from STDIN, UTF-8 will be + specified in this way, or if input is from *stdin*, UTF-8 will be assumed. -g *command*, \--grabber=*command* diff --git a/man/man1/pandoc.1.md b/man/man1/pandoc.1.md index fd243bf2d..ce2542f32 100644 --- a/man/man1/pandoc.1.md +++ b/man/man1/pandoc.1.md @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ it can write markdown, reStructuredText, HTML, LaTeX, ConTeXt, Texinfo, groff man, MediaWiki markup, RTF, OpenDocument XML, ODT, DocBook XML, and S5 HTML slide shows. -If no *input-file* is specified, input is read from STDIN. +If no *input-file* is specified, input is read from *stdin*. Otherwise, the *input-files* are concatenated (with a blank -line between each) and used as input. Output goes to STDOUT by -default (though output to STDOUT is disabled for the `odt` output +line between each) and used as input. Output goes to *stdout* by +default (though output to *stdout* is disabled for the `odt` output format). For output to a file, use the `-o` option: pandoc -o output.html input.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The input and output formats may be specified using command-line options (see **OPTIONS**, below, for details). If these formats are not specified explicitly, Pandoc will attempt to determine them from the extensions of the input and output filenames. If input comes -from STDIN or from a file with an unknown extension, the input is assumed +from *stdin* or from a file with an unknown extension, the input is assumed to be markdown. If no output filename is specified using the `-o` option, or if a filename is specified but its extension is unknown, the output will default to HTML. Thus, for example, @@ -72,15 +72,18 @@ to Pandoc. Or use `html2markdown`(1), a wrapper around `pandoc`. `mediawiki` (MediaWiki markup), `texinfo` (GNU Texinfo), `docbook` (DocBook XML), `opendocument` (OpenDocument XML), `odt` (OpenOffice text document), `s5` (S5 HTML and javascript slide - show), or `rtf` (rich text format). + show), `pdf` (Portable Document Format), or `rtf` (rich text + format). Note that for `odt` and `pdf` output, output will not be + directed to *stdout*; an output filename must be specified using the + `-o/--output` option. -s, \--standalone : Produce output with an appropriate header and footer (e.g. a standalone HTML, LaTeX, or RTF file, not a fragment). -o *FILE*, \--output=*FILE* -: Write output to *FILE* instead of STDOUT. If *FILE* is - \``-`', output will go to STDOUT. +: Write output to *FILE* instead of *stdout*. If *FILE* is + \``-`', output will go to *stdout*. -p, \--preserve-tabs : Preserve tabs instead of converting them to spaces. @@ -166,9 +169,9 @@ to Pandoc. Or use `html2markdown`(1), a wrapper around `pandoc`. : Specify *STRING* as a prefix to the HTML window title. \--dump-args -: Print information about command-line arguments to STDOUT, then exit. +: Print information about command-line arguments to *stdout*, then exit. The first line of output contains the name of the output file specified - with the `-o` option, or \``-`' (for STDOUT) if no output file was + with the `-o` option, or \``-`' (for *stdout*) if no output file was specified. The remaining lines contain the command-line arguments, one per line, in the order they appear. These do not include regular Pandoc options and their arguments, but do include any options appearing @@ -194,8 +197,7 @@ to Pandoc. Or use `html2markdown`(1), a wrapper around `pandoc`. # SEE ALSO `hsmarkdown`(1), -`html2markdown`(1), -`markdown2pdf`(1). +`html2markdown`(1). The *README* file distributed with Pandoc contains full documentation. The Pandoc source code and all documentation may be downloaded from |