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@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ command-line options. The input format can be specified using the `-w/--write` or `-t/--to` options. Thus, to convert `hello.txt` from markdown to LaTeX, you could type: - pandoc -f markdown -t latex hello.txt + pandoc -f markdown -t latex hello.txt To convert `hello.html` from html to markdown: - pandoc -f html -t markdown hello.html + pandoc -f html -t markdown hello.html Supported output formats include `markdown`, `latex`, `context` (ConTeXt), `html`, `rtf` (rich text format), `rst` @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ If you don't specify a reader or writer explicitly, `pandoc` will try to determine the input and output format from the extensions of the input and output filenames. Thus, for example, - pandoc -o hello.tex hello.txt + pandoc -o hello.tex hello.txt will convert `hello.txt` from markdown to LaTeX. If no output file is specified (so that output goes to stdout), or if the output file's @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If your local character encoding is not UTF-8 and you use accented or foreign characters, you should pipe the input and output through [`iconv`]. For example, - iconv -t utf-8 source.txt | pandoc | iconv -f utf-8 > output.html + iconv -t utf-8 source.txt | pandoc | iconv -f utf-8 > output.html will convert `source.txt` from the local encoding to UTF-8, then convert it to HTML, then convert back to the local encoding, @@ -585,13 +585,13 @@ Nested Lists Pandoc behaves differently from standard markdown on some "edge cases" involving lists. Consider this source: - 1. First - 2. Second: - - Fee - - Fie - - Foe + 1. First + 2. Second: + - Fee + - Fie + - Foe - 3. Third + 3. Third Pandoc transforms this into a "compact list" (with no `<p>` tags around "First", "Second", or "Third"), while markdown puts `<p>` tags around @@ -705,10 +705,10 @@ Reference links Pandoc allows implicit reference links with just a single set of brackets. So, the following links are equivalent: - 1. Here's my [link] - 2. Here's my [link][] + 1. Here's my [link] + 2. Here's my [link][] - [link]: linky.com + [link]: linky.com (Note: Pandoc works this way even if `--strict` is specified, because `Markdown.pl` 1.0.2b7 allows single-bracket links.) @@ -718,20 +718,20 @@ Footnotes Pandoc's markdown allows footnotes, using the following syntax: - Here is a footnote reference,[^1] and another.[^longnote] + Here is a footnote reference,[^1] and another.[^longnote] - [^1]: Here is the footnote. + [^1]: Here is the footnote. - [^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks. + [^longnote]: Here's one with multiple blocks. Subsequent paragraphs are indented to show that they belong to the previous footnote. { some.code } - The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first + The whole paragraph can be indented, or just the first line. In this way, multi-paragraph footnotes work like - multi-paragraph list items. + multi-paragraph list items. This paragraph won't be part of the note, because it isn't indented. @@ -984,21 +984,21 @@ While standard markdown leaves HTML blocks exactly as they are, Pandoc treats text between HTML tags as markdown. Thus, for example, Pandoc will turn - <table> - <tr> - <td>*one*</td> - <td>[a link](http://google.com)</td> - </tr> - </table> + <table> + <tr> + <td>*one*</td> + <td>[a link](http://google.com)</td> + </tr> + </table> into - <table> - <tr> - <td><em>one</em></td> - <td><a href="http://google.com">a link</a></td> - </tr> - </table> + <table> + <tr> + <td><em>one</em></td> + <td><a href="http://google.com">a link</a></td> + </tr> + </table> whereas `Markdown.pl` will preserve it as is. @@ -1138,16 +1138,16 @@ Inline TeX commands will be preserved and passed unchanged to the LaTeX and ConTeXt writers. Thus, for example, you can use LaTeX to include BibTeX citations: - This result was proved in \cite{jones.1967}. + This result was proved in \cite{jones.1967}. Note that in LaTeX environments, like - \begin{tabular}{|l|l|}\hline - Age & Frequency \\ \hline - 18--25 & 15 \\ - 26--35 & 33 \\ - 36--45 & 22 \\ \hline - \end{tabular} + \begin{tabular}{|l|l|}\hline + Age & Frequency \\ \hline + 18--25 & 15 \\ + 26--35 & 33 \\ + 36--45 & 22 \\ \hline + \end{tabular} the material between the begin and end tags will be interpreted as raw LaTeX, not as markdown. @@ -1166,23 +1166,23 @@ S5 is not smart enough to produce multiple pages.) Here's the markdown source for a simple slide show, `eating.txt`: - % Eating Habits - % John Doe - % March 22, 2005 + % Eating Habits + % John Doe + % March 22, 2005 - # In the morning + # In the morning - - Eat eggs - - Drink coffee + - Eat eggs + - Drink coffee - # In the evening + # In the evening - - Eat spaghetti - - Drink wine + - Eat spaghetti + - Drink wine To produce the slide show, simply type - pandoc -w s5 -s eating.txt > eating.html + pandoc -w s5 -s eating.txt > eating.html and open up `eating.html` in a browser. @@ -1193,8 +1193,8 @@ particular list to depart from the default (that is, to display incrementally without the `-i` option and all at once with the `-i` option), put it in a block quote: - > - Eat spaghetti - > - Drink wine + > - Eat spaghetti + > - Drink wine In this way incremental and nonincremental lists can be mixed in a single document. |