.TH PANDOC 1 "November 1, 2006" Linux "User Manuals"
.SH NAME
markdown2pdf \- converts markdown-formatted text to PDF, using pdflatex 
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBmarkdown2pdf\fR [ \fB-o|--output\fR \fIoutput-file\fR ] 
[ \fIinput-file\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmarkdown2pdf\fR converts \fIinput-file\fR (or text from STDIN) from
markdown-formatted plain text to PDF, using \fBpdflatex\fR.  If no output
filename is specified, the name of the output file is derived from the
input file; thus, for example, if the input file is \fIhello.txt\fR,
the output file will be \fIhello.pdf\fR.  If the input is read from STDIN
and no output filename is specified, the output file will be named 
\fIstdin.pdf\fR.
.PP
\fBmarkdown2pdf\fR is a wrapper for \fBpandoc\fR.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-o FILENAME, \-\-output=FILENAME
Specify name of output (PDF) file.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show usage message.
.TP
.B \-\-
Any options appearing after ` \-\- ' on the command line will be passed
directly to \fBpandoc\fR.  See \fBpandoc\fR(1) for a list of options
that may be used.  Options specified in this way will override
PANDOC_OPTS (see below).  Example:
.IP
markdown2pdf input.txt -- --custom-header=letterhead.tex
.SH ENVIRONMENT
Any command-line options contained in the PANDOC_OPTS environment variable
will be passed directly to \fBpandoc\fR.  See \fBpandoc\fR(1)
for a list of options that may be used.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBpandoc\fR(1),
\fBmarkdown2html\fR(1),
\fBhtml2markdown\fR(1),
\fBmarkdown2latex\fR(1),
\fBlatex2markdown\fR(1),
\fBpdflatex\fR(1)
.SH AUTHOR
John MacFarlane