Questions tagged [pandoc]
25 questions
19
votes
3 answers
In org mode, how do I reference a figure?
I have a figure declared like this:
#+CAPTION: Google NGrams Viewer Search
#+NAME: fig:ngrams
[[file:ngrams.png]]
And I'd like to reference it, so that I can write, e.g. Please refer to Figure [[some magic thing here]] and have it output Please…

Jonathan
- 567
- 5
- 20
8
votes
2 answers
Export a docx file to org using pandoc but without the property drawers
If I export a docx file to org using Pandoc as follows
pandoc -s test.docx -o test.org
I get a nice org file with markup. However, I also get unwanted properties with each heading in the file, generated from the headings. For example:
* Heading…

Edman
- 1,167
- 7
- 13
5
votes
2 answers
How to convert the emacs manual to org format?
I like to read the Emacs manual on a hard copy but I would like to have a copy in org format to kill parts that I have understood and so to only keep what's important to remember (titles, functions and keybindings mostly).
I have tried with pandoc…

Renaud Dans
- 53
- 2
4
votes
0 answers
org-mode HTML export - difference in behavior with org-html and org-pandoc
I have an example org-mode file with the following contents:
- only text\\
only text\\
only text
- image... (works with org-html but not pandoc-html because of no brackets around "file:" statement)
#+ATTR_HTML: :width 15%
…

hatmatrix
- 1,046
- 9
- 18
4
votes
2 answers
in org-mode, a function to delete all properties drawers?
I use Pandoc to convert from HTML and Markdown to org-mode. The conversion leaves lots of extraneous org-mode PROPERTIES drawers. How can I direct org-mode to delete all PROPERTIES drawers?
ADDITION: I'm using this shell script to run the…

incandescentman
- 4,111
- 16
- 53
4
votes
3 answers
html to orgmode via pandoc- get rid of all #+BEGIN_HTML blocks
i tried converting html webpages to org mode file using a simple pandoc command:
pandoc -o output.org R\ Seminar:\ Introduction\ to\ ggplot2.htm
this works quite well but im left with tons of html blocks that look like this
#+BEGIN_HTML

zeltak
- 1,685
- 11
- 25
3
votes
3 answers
How do I live preview markdown, rendering math, checkboxes, etc.?
I’m using Spacemacs with markdown-mode and I’ve configured it according to Jason Blevins’ guide.
Other things I’ve tried
Pandoc works pretty well except when I set the —lua-filter=task-list.lua flag and I don’t have chackboxes to render (but it…

masterBuilderBenny
- 131
- 4
3
votes
1 answer
Convert math in org file to markdown file correctly
I'm trying to convert/export a org file to Markdown. Most Markdown supports math with $x^2$ or $$x^2$$. I tried ox-gfm and pandoc, but they don't seem to handle it correctly:
org file:
\[x^2\]
$$x^2$$
$x^2$
\(x^2\)
$x^2$
exported markdown…

Jasper
- 131
- 2
2
votes
1 answer
org-mode export with ox-pandoc: setting CSS for HTML5 output
The latest versions of emacs and ox-pandoc already provide a great output but I need to customize the HTML5 output by setting a CSS stylesheet that matches my company's templates.
How can I do that?
I tried adding:
#+PANDOC_OPTIONS: css:…

Alberto
- 133
- 5
2
votes
0 answers
pandoc: getCurrentDirectory:getWorkingDirectory: permission denied (Operation not permitted)
I'm trying to render the output of a markdown file using C-c C-c p. On doing so, a webpage opens on my browser displaying pandoc: getCurrentDirectory:getWorkingDirectory: permission denied (Operation not permitted)
How do I preview the file and…

Saurabh
- 211
- 1
- 10
2
votes
1 answer
Unable to export markdown files with devanagari characters
Running emacs 25.2.2. And markdown installed from Melpa.
If I export a file with devanagari characters, it produces a file sans devanagari characters!
I did a bit of research and found out that markdown test.md -o test.html issued from a command…

deshmukh
- 1,852
- 13
- 29
2
votes
2 answers
Org export via org-ref-->pandoc, bibliography using relative path
Can org-ref export through ox-pandoc using a relative path to the bibliography file?
Export via org --> pandoc --> HTML succeeds when the org document contains an absolute path to the bib file. However using a path to the bib file relative to the…

Snelephant
- 814
- 1
- 7
- 17
2
votes
0 answers
ox-pandoc table and image export formatting. ATTR_LATEX and ATTR_HTML not behaving as expected
I have been using ox-pandoc to export my org-mode files (generally to pdf using pandoc and xelatex) but I am having a lot of trouble formatting images and tables. #+ATTR_LATEX commands for images is generally ignored, but I found a workaround for…

Nick
- 33
- 3
1
vote
1 answer
Specify arbitrary attributes for code blocks and keep them when converting with pandoc
Markdown and its different flavours have a number of interesting extensions, notably the [hl_lines attribute][0], which allows to highlight specific lines in a fenced code block, as illustrated here and here. This feature has actually been…

harabat
- 31
- 5
1
vote
1 answer
How do I get flyspell to ignore pandoc citations in markdown
Flyspell regularly shows pandoc citations as a spelling error in markdown documents. For example @chu2017 will come up as a spelling error for 'chu'.
How can I get Flyspell ignore the citations and only check other words in the document?

Atanas Janackovski
- 134
- 7