[OS X TeX] Using TeXShop as a markdown editor

[Richard Koch]

Axel,

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Dick Koch

On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Axel Kielhorn wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I have been experimenting with pandoc recently.
> 
> pandoc takes an input file (usually markdown) and writes an output file (latex, epub, ...)
> There is a shortcut to create pdf from markdown via latex called markdown2pdf.
> 
> I wrote an engine file to call markdown2pdf and open the resulting pdf in TeXShop:
> 
> #!/bin/tcsh
> 
> set path= ($path /usr/texbin /usr/local/bin $HOME/.cabal/bin)
> markdown2pdf "$1"
> 
> The only problem is that TeXShop does not accept .md as something it can run an engine on.
> 
> Of course I can use the .tex extension, but this will not work when I use the long way:
> md -> tex -> pdf.
> 
> From the engine folder I see that this is possible with asymptote and lilypond.
> Is there a way to support markdown as well?
> 
> Regards
> Axel
> 
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