.TH MARKDOWN2PDF 1 "January 29, 2011" "Pandoc User Manuals"
.SH NAME
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markdown2pdf - converts markdown-formatted text to PDF, using pdflatex
.SH SYNOPSIS
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markdown2pdf [\f[I]options\f[]] [\f[I]input-file\f[]]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\f[C]markdown2pdf\f[] converts \f[I]input-file\f[] (or text from
standard input) from markdown-formatted plain text to PDF, using
\f[C]pandoc\f[] and \f[C]pdflatex\f[].
If no output filename is specified (using the \f[C]-o\f[] option), the
name of the output file is derived from the input file; thus, for
example, if the input file is \f[I]hello.txt\f[], the output file will
be \f[I]hello.pdf\f[].
If the input is read from STDIN and no output filename is specified, the
output file will be named \f[I]stdin.pdf\f[].
If multiple input files are specified, they will be concatenated before
conversion, and the name of the output file will be derived from the
first input file.
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Input is assumed to be in the UTF-8 character encoding.
If your local character encoding is not UTF-8, you should pipe input
through \f[C]iconv\f[]:
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.nf
\f[C]
iconv\ -t\ utf-8\ input.txt\ |\ markdown2pdf
\f[]
.fi
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\f[C]markdown2pdf\f[] assumes that the \f[C]unicode\f[], \f[C]array\f[],
\f[C]fancyvrb\f[], \f[C]graphicx\f[], and \f[C]ulem\f[] packages are in
latex\[aq]s search path.
If these packages are not included in your latex setup, they can be
obtained from \f[C]http://ctan.org\f[].
.SH OPTIONS
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.B -o \f[I]FILE\f[], --output=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Write output to \f[I]FILE\f[].
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.RE
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.B --strict
Use strict markdown syntax, with no extensions or variants.
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.RE
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.B --xetex
Use xelatex instead of pdflatex to create the PDF.
.RS
.RE
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.B -N, --number-sections
Number section headings in LaTeX output.
(Default is not to number them.)
.RS
.RE
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.B --listings
Use listings package for LaTeX code blocks
.RS
.RE
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.B --template=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Use \f[I]FILE\f[] as a custom template for the generated document.
Implies \f[C]-s\f[].
See the section TEMPLATES in \f[C]pandoc\f[](1) for information about
template syntax.
Use \f[C]pandoc\ -D\ latex\f[] to print the default LaTeX template.
.RS
.RE
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.B -V KEY=VAL, --variable=\f[I]KEY:VAL\f[]
Set the template variable KEY to the value VAL when rendering the
document in standalone mode.
Use this to set the font size when using the default LaTeX template:
\f[C]-V\ fontsize=12pt\f[].
.RS
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.B -H \f[I]FILE\f[], --include-in-header=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Include (LaTeX) contents of \f[I]FILE\f[] at the end of the header.
Implies \f[C]-s\f[].
.RS
.RE
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.B -B \f[I]FILE\f[], --include-before-body=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Include (LaTeX) contents of \f[I]FILE\f[] at the beginning of the
document body.
.RS
.RE
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.B -A \f[I]FILE\f[], --include-after-body=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Include (LaTeX) contents of \f[I]FILE\f[] at the end of the document
body.
.RS
.RE
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.B --bibliography=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Specify bibliography database to be used in resolving citations.
The database type will be determined from the extension of
\f[I]FILE\f[], which may be \f[C].xml\f[] (MODS format), \f[C].bib\f[]
(BibTeX format), or \f[C].json\f[] (citeproc JSON).
.RS
.RE
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.B --csl=\f[I]FILE\f[]
Specify CSL style to be used in formatting citations and the
bibliography.
If \f[I]FILE\f[] is not found, pandoc will look for it in
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.nf
\f[C]
$HOME/.csl
\f[]
.fi
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in unix and
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\f[C]
C:\\Documents\ And\ Settings\\USERNAME\\Application\ Data\\csl
\f[]
.fi
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in Windows.
If the \f[C]--csl\f[] option is not specified, pandoc will use a default
style: either \f[C]default.csl\f[] in the user data directory (see
\f[C]--data-dir\f[]), or, if that is not present, the Chicago
author-date style.
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.B --data-dir\f[I]=DIRECTORY\f[]
Specify the user data directory to search for pandoc data files.
If this option is not specified, the default user data directory will be
used:
.RS
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.nf
\f[C]
$HOME/.pandoc
\f[]
.fi
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in unix and
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.nf
\f[C]
C:\\Documents\ And\ Settings\\USERNAME\\Application\ Data\\pandoc
\f[]
.fi
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in Windows.
A \f[C]reference.odt\f[], \f[C]epub.css\f[], \f[C]templates\f[]
directory, or \f[C]s5\f[] directory placed in this directory will
override pandoc\[aq]s normal defaults.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\f[C]pandoc\f[](1), \f[C]pdflatex\f[](1)
.SH AUTHORS
John MacFarlane, Paulo Tanimoto, and Recai Oktas.