Using Pandoc to generate HTML and PDFs from Markdown

on a Mac running macOS 14.6.1

To install the needed components you can use Homebrew

Two Components are needed:

1. Pandoc
2. MacTeX

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Install instructions:

Use Homebrew to install pandoc:

brew install pandoc

Then use Homebrew to install the PDFLaTex program.

brew install --cask mactex-no-gui

You should now have all the needed components but it won't work until you restart your terminal.

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Use instructions markdown to html:

The idea is to be able to create an html file using css for styling

pandoc file.md -o file.html -s --css=style.css

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Use instructions markdown to PDF:

Option 1

In this case, you can use either css for styling, but it requires an intermediary step markdown to html and then print as PDF.

pandoc file.md -o file.html -s --css=style.css

Option 2

Or you can do the styling with LaTex in which case you can go directly from markdown to PDF:

pandoc file.md -o file.pdf  --template=latexstyle.tex

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Inspiration :

https://gist.github.com/ilessing/7ff705de0f594510e463146762cef779#file-pandoc-markdown-to-pdf-md