From 95541294d384d5bf6514b0b676bf93b44ba4d26d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John MacFarlane Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 15:51:07 -0700 Subject: Add FAQ on converting from/to PDF --- doc/faqs.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/faqs.md b/doc/faqs.md index 0b53730f3..2f3368837 100644 --- a/doc/faqs.md +++ b/doc/faqs.md @@ -106,5 +106,23 @@ When using `\AtEndPreamble`, keep any `makeatletter` or `makeatother` outside of the `\AtEndPreamble`, as shown in the example. +## How can I convert PDFs to other formats using pandoc? + +You can't. You can try opening the PDF in Word or Google Docs +and saving in a format from which pandoc can convert directly. + +## Do I really need to install a 1 GB TeX installation to produce a PDF using pandoc? + +No. You can get by with a relatively small TeX installation, +for example, by starting with MacTeX's Basic TeX distribution +and using the `tlmgr` tool to install a few packages required by pandoc +(see https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#creating-a-pdf). + +Or, you can produce PDFs via HTML and `wkhtmltopdf`, +or via groff ms and `pdfroff`. (These don't produce as nice +topography as TeX, particularly when it comes to math, but they +may be fine for many purposes.) + + ::: -- cgit v1.2.3