tex2rmd

An R package for converting LaTex files into RMarkdown files.

From there, one can edit the markdown document and compile to PDF or Word or whatever.

Features

• Strips all the header information (between \documentclass and \begin{document})
• Removes all comments, but preserves all legitimate % signs (i.e., perserves \%)
• Converts all \texttt, \textit, and \textbf to the markdown equivalent.
• Converts \section, \subsection, and \subsubsection to the markdown equivalent
• If a .aux and .bbl file are present in the same directory, tex2rmd works out all the citations and inserts them. They are not live references anymore, they are text. Re-run Latex (to get new .aux and .bbl files) and re-run tex2rmd if references change.
• Tables: Tables in \tabular environments are converted to markdown equivalents. Some functionality is lost here. For example, multiline headers are not allowed (by markdown). Column spanning is not allowed (by markdown).
• Figures: Figures in \includegraphics commands are included as ![img](img.ext) tags in markdown. If there is a caption, the caption goes along. Multiple \includegraphics commands in the same figure environment are all included, one per row of markdown. This approach looses much of the nice formating of Latex, but it reduces the reformatting work needed in Word. Anything in the optional argument of the \includegraphics command goes along. For example, size will be preserved in Word if the Latex command is \includegraphics[width=3in,height=5in]{image.jpg}.
• Cross references All cross-references to Tables and Figures reported in the .aux file are worked out and substituted. (i.e. \ref and \label mapping is worked out)

How to use

1. Compile your latex file, perserve .aux and .bbl if present
2. Fire up R and run tex2rmd(myLatex.tex)
3. Edit the generated myLatex.Rmd
4. Compile the markdown document to whatever you like.