pandoc

Pandoc

Use pandoc to convert a variety of formats to ConTeXt.

\usemodule[filter]

\defineexternalfilter
  [pandoc]
  [
    filter={pandoc --no-wrap
                   -f \externalfilterparameter{format} -t context 
                   -o \externalfilteroutputfile},
    format=markdown,
    directory=output,
  ]

Key features

• The temporary files are stored in output directory. Hence, that directory must exist.

• The environment

     \startpandoc
      ...
     \stoppandoc
  

  parses its content as markdown.

• The command

     \processpandocfile{...}
  

  parses the file specified by its arguments as a markdown file.

• To change the input format from markdown to, say rst, use

    \setupexternalfilter[pandoc][format=rst]
  

• To change the input format locally, use:

    \startpandoc[format=rst]
    ....
    \stoppandoc
  

  or

    \processpandocfile[format=rst]{...}