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markdown-latex-pandoc

A combination of Markdown, Latex with Biblatex, Pandoc and a Makefile to put everything easily in a PDF.

TLDR: Put your content in content.md, your references in refs.bib, and run make pdf

Setup

There is a Makefile in the root of this folder. To execute this you need to have make installed, and you need to be on a UNIX system.

PDF

make pdf

There is a preconfigured workflow for a PDF. Just run make pdf to enable all supported features. The PDF will be outputted to data/content.pdf.

PDF no bibliography

make pdf-no-bib

Same as PDF, just without supporting bibliography.

Pandoc

make pandoc

This will just create a .tex file.

Pandoc without bibliography

make pandoc-no-bib

Same as Pandoc, just without supporting bibliography.

Tex

make tex

This will run Latex on the .tex file.

Clear

make clear

Remove all build files in the build folder.

Options

These are options for the YAML frontmatter. All are optional.

To use these you have to put it in the first lines of your .md file.

Example:

---
title: "HELLO!"
author: "Fl1tzi"
---

title

Specify the title of your document. This will also create a cover.

Example:

title: "My awesome work"

author

Specify the author of the document. Only useful in combination with title.

Example:

author: "Max Mustermann"

toc

Create a table-of-contents.

Example:

toc: true

toc-title

Use a custom title in your TOC.

Example:

toc-title: Gliederung

bibliography

With this option you specify where the bibliography file is located. The format has to be for Biblatex.

Example:

bibliography: refs.bib

bibliography-title

Use a custom bibliography title.

Example:

bibliography-title: Literaturverzeichnis

include-before

Allows you to apply custom settings in Latex before the actual document.

Example:

include-before: |
    \linespread{1.2}

include-after

Allows you to apply custom settings in Latex after the document