MMD2PDF

Convert MultiMarkdown-formatted text files to pretty PDF files, easily!

Supports basic LaTeX equations!

E.g., \( {a}^{2} + {b}^{2} = {c}^{2} \)

Supports syntax highlighting!

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void) {
    printf("Hello, world!\n");
    return 0;
}

Requirements

• MultiMarkdown: http://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/download/
• wkhtmltopdf: https://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/
• MathJax (optional - available as a git submodule - used for LaTeX equation support): http://www.mathjax.org/
• Highlight.js (optional - available as a git submodule - used for source code syntax highlighting): http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/

Usage

1. Install:

    git clone git@github.com/markgollnick/mmd2pdf.git ~/.mmd2pdf # Download
    cd ~/.mmd2pdf                                                # Enter
    git submodule update --init                                  # Get Deps
    export PATH=$HOME/.mmd2pdf                                   # Done!
   

2. Use:

    mmd2pdf lab_report.md
   

3. There is no step 3! (Except turning in that lab report.)

Details

• HTML tags are supported in the output.

• To insert page breaks in the resulting PDF, use:

    <div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>
  

• Options:

    --math         Enable rendering using MathJax and Highlight.js
    --keep-html    Retains the intermediate HTML document used to
                   render the PDF.
    --no-pdf       Do not generate PDF, only HTML. For previewing.
  

License

Boost Software License, Version 1.0: http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt

Acknowledgments

I'd like to thank Legobas for creating the original MMD2PDF with AutoITScript, (which has a lot more features and customization options than this simple shell script will ever provide,) which can be found here: https://code.google.com/p/mmd2pdf/