From ca490f9fc9b34d2b48b4f94e3997cb74eaf39f21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldir Pimenta Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 11:24:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] pandoc: improve desc, add 2 examples (#1072) The list of supported formats needs to be done this way until https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2685 is resolved. Also expand the --to option, to avoid ambiguity (per PR review) --- pages/common/pandoc.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pages/common/pandoc.md b/pages/common/pandoc.md index 00c2cb680..173f68d01 100644 --- a/pages/common/pandoc.md +++ b/pages/common/pandoc.md @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ # pandoc -> General markup converter. +> Convert documents between various formats. - Convert file to pdf (the output format is automatically determined from the output file's extension): `pandoc {{input.md}} -o {{output.pdf}}` + +- Convert a file to a specific output format (useful for when the extension alone is ambiguous): + +`pandoc {{input.docx}} --to {{markdown_github}} -o {{output.md}}` + +- List all supported input and output formats: + +`pandoc --help | head`