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It’s great to convert it to PDF, HTML and LaTeX or other formats. People even use it to write books and stuff. I have no idea what’s different to other formats, but if you’re here you probably have some MultiMarkdown files and want to convert them. Or you really need those MultiMarkdown files but have other source files, both ways work here. You must choose an XSLT file to convert the MultiMarkdown-generated XHTML into LaTeX; you do this by setting the LaTeX XSLT metadata. If you do not choose one, the default is memoir.xslt. Most of my XSLT files are based around the memoir package - it's the one I'm familiar with, it's very flexible, and has high quality output, and lots of.
For the last 6 months I've been using Markdown where I can. Sinceembarking on the path towards a more Agile approach to writing, it hasbeen necessary to use Markdown more and more. This has led me towardsusing Pandoc Markdown rather than MultMarkdown as my dialect ofchoice and I hope to explain why.
So what's so good about Markdown?
If you haven't used Markdown already, you might be wondering what thefuss is about. Basically it is a way of writing markup in aneasy-to-read, easy-to-write fashion. It decouples the act of writingfrom formatting/layout so the same source text can be used to producemultiple formats.
Barriers to Markdown adoption
So what are the barriers to Markdown adoption? Personally I have foundonly two.
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While I use Markdown, the rest of the company uses Microsoft Word - Allof our corporate templates are in MS Word format - Neither Markdown orMultiMarkdown reliably export to MS Word format (yes MMD does ODF, butit doesn't handle images well)
The next issue is that Markdown to PDF conversion uses LaTeX.Unfortunately I neither have the time nor inclination to learn LaTeX.While it can be a powerful typesetting language it would require aHerculean effort to convert the corporate templates over for easy PDFgeneration.
I do however know some CSS, and to get over this PDF export hurdle I'mstarting to experiment with using CSS print stylesheets, printing fromthe browser direct to PDF and making the finishing touches in AcrobatPro.
MultiMarkdown vs. Pandoc
So docx export is a major requirement for my Markdown needs. As it turnsout, there is a Markdown dialect called Pandoc thatactually has stable docx export as well as a wealth of other features.
Perhaps one of the most attractive features of Pandoc is the expansivelist of export formats. EPUB is the one that I am most looking forwardto trying out.
There is a full comparison of MultiMarkdown vs Pandoc here.
The only thing that Pandoc doesn't do is MultiMarkdown style tables.MultiMarkdown tables allow cells to be merged/grouped which is atechnique I've used in the past. It seems Pandoc can convert betweenMultiMarkdown and it's own Markdown although I've yet to see if it worksfor tables.
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I tested the Microsoft Word docx output and it works like a champ. Adblock microsoft edge chromium. Icould copy/paste the text in to our corporate template and 90% of thestyles were automagically updates (tables styles were little trickier).Perhaps the coolest thing about the dock export is that I can use anexisting Word doc as a template, and Pandoc automatically applies thestyles!
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Conclusion
Using Pandoc gives me the flexibility I need to export to Microsoft Worddocx format. This allows me to work 100% in Markdown and publish in theformat I'm expected to use. It also opens new possibilities likepublishing to EPUB and I don't need to compromise on any of the featuresthat I've become used to in MultiMarkdown.
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