📅 2023-12-29 — Session: Markdown to PDF Conversion and Troubleshooting
🕒 00:00–03:00
🏷️ Labels: Markdown, Pdf Conversion, Pandoc, Wkhtmltopdf, CSS
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to enhance the process of converting Markdown documents to PDF using Pandoc and wkhtmltopdf, focusing on style application and error resolution.
Key Activities
- Markdown Book Components: Created templates for book cover and copyright page using Markdown.
- Legislative Contextualization: Developed content for a book preface analyzing legislative changes in Argentina.
- File Management in Python: Implemented a file existence check in Python to prevent overwriting Markdown files.
- PDF Conversion Techniques: Explored methods for inserting page breaks in Markdown using LaTeX commands.
- Pandoc and CSS Integration: Provided CSS examples for styling Markdown documents and addressed Pandoc’s CSS handling issues.
- Troubleshooting PDF Generation: Resolved encoding and CSS application issues during Markdown to PDF conversion, specifically with Pandoc and wkhtmltopdf.
Achievements
- Developed comprehensive guides and templates for Markdown to PDF conversion.
- Identified and resolved common errors in PDF generation, improving workflow efficiency.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of CSS styles in diverse Markdown documents to ensure consistent PDF output.
- Exploration of additional tools or plugins to enhance PDF styling capabilities.