Markdown + Pandoc

• The documents are written in markdown.
• Find a markdown cheatsheet here.

Convert document into html

pandoc -s -f markdown -t html inputfile.md -o outputfile.html

Convert a document into pdf

To convert a document into pdf, latex is necessary. The following packages need to be installed

• texlive
• texlive-latex
• texlive-xetex
• texlive-collection-latex
• texlive-collection-latexrecommended
• texlive-xetex-def
• texlive-collection-xetex

then it's as easy as

pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex inputfile.md -o outputfile.md

Add equations

• $...$ for inline equations
• $$...$$ for centred equations

Set title

At the beginning of the document:

title: This is the title …

Set font

In the header:

mainfont: Arial …

Create a table of contents in the output

Table of contents can be created adding the option --toc. The command has to also include the -s option.