Paul M Foster writes:
On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 10:46:09PM +0200, Linux-Fan wrote:
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> pdflatex is provided by package texlive-latex-base. > > Some hints about which packages might be needed can be seen in pandoc's > "Suggests": > > ~$ aptitude show pandoc [snip] Thanks. When I used "-t latex" and tried outputting to PDF after installing some of these dependencies, I did get a PDF. Unfortunately, it looks about as horrible as most LaTeX docs. I'll keep tweaking it.
Yes, I do not like the default style either :)There are multiple options to change the appearance without digging too deeply into the generated LaTeX code. E.g. I use a wrapper script for the following command:
pandoc \
-t latex \
-f
markdown+compact_definition_lists+tex_math_single_backslash+link_attributes \
-V papersize=a4 \
-V classoption=DIV10 \
-V fontsize=12pt \
-V documentclass=scrartcl \
-V fontfamily=kpfonts \
-V babel-otherlangs=greek \
-V babel-newcommands=\\usepackage{teubner} \
-V toc-depth=1 \
-V x-masysma-logo=/usr/share/mdvl-d5man2/tplpdf/logo_v2 \
-V x-masysma-icon=/usr/share/mdvl-d5man2/tplpdf/masysmaicon \
--default-image-extension=pdf \
--template=/usr/share/mdvl-d5man2/tplpdf/masysma_d5man.tex \
--resource-path="$(dirname "$1")" \
-o "$(basename "$1").pdf" \
"$1"
Some of the `-V` options improve (IMHO) the output style. The choice of font
already makes a huge difference (but is also a matter of tast!).
Additionally, I use an own “template” file to do some advanced things like
add logos/icons etc. If you are interested in an example, see
https://github.com/m7a/bo-d5man2/tree/master/d5manexportpdf HTH Linux-Fan öö [...]
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