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| author | Norwid Behrnd <[email protected]> | 2023-04-17 09:37:27 +0200 |
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| committer | John MacFarlane <[email protected]> | 2023-06-22 10:50:44 -0700 |
| commit | ebcb61fb07e9d89a5a7a21cf7264b6852c3f5a8d (patch) | |
| tree | 5e703d8efbf531f1b225b6bec41f2729bb7d9a79 /INSTALL.md | |
| parent | fcf19186d4e90f4c1f4ca9876466ca787ed905ca (diff) | |
mention alternatives to LaTeX to generate pdf
Pandoc's default engine to generate pdf is LaTeX. In reply
to an issue report,[1] and with the documentation in mind,
INSTALL.md now hints one can equally use other tools for this
task, too.
[1] https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/8769
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index d0b029ed6..a6eed2d0f 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ Using multiple installation methods can result in two separate installations of pandoc; it is recommended to properly uninstall pandoc before switching to an alternative installation method. -By default, Pandoc creates PDFs using LaTeX. -We recommend installing it via [MiKTeX]. +By default, Pandoc creates PDFs using LaTeX. We recommend +installing it via [MiKTeX]. With the option `--pdf-engine`, +you however can specify other programs for this task. ## macOS @@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ as needed. If you receive errors warning of fonts not found: tlmgr install collection-fontsrecommended +With the option `--pdf-engine`, you however can specify other programs +for this task. + ## Linux Check whether the pandoc version in your package manager is @@ -124,9 +128,10 @@ Note that most distros have the Haskell platform in their package repositories. For example, on Debian/Ubuntu, you can install it with `apt-get install haskell-platform`. -For PDF output, you'll need LaTeX. We recommend installing +By default, Pandoc creates PDFs using LaTeX. We recommend installing [TeX Live](https://www.tug.org/texlive/) via your package -manager. (On Debian/Ubuntu, `apt-get install texlive`.) +manager. (On Debian/Ubuntu, `apt-get install texlive`.) With the option +`--pdf-engine`, you however can specify other programs for this task. ## Chrome OS |