MdToPdf backend for Foliant

This backend generates a single PDF document from your Foliant project. It uses md-to-pdf library under the hood.

md-to-pdf supports styling with CSS, automatic syntax highlighting by highlight.js, and PDF generation with Puppeteer.

MdToPdf backend for Foliant operates the pdf target.

Installation

First install md-to-pdf on your machine:

$ node install -g md-to-pdf

Then install the backend:

$ pip install foliantcontrib.mdtopdf

Usage

$ foliant make pdf --with mdtopdf
Parsing config... Done
Applying preprocessor flatten... Done
Applying preprocessor mdtopdf... Done
Applying preprocessor _unescape... Done
Making pdf with md-to-pdf... Done
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Result: MyProject.pdf

Config

You don't have to put anything in the config to use MdToPdf backend. If it's installed, Foliant will detect it.

You can however customize the backend with options in backend_config.mdtopdf section:

backend_config:
  mdtopdf:
    mdtopdf_path: md-to-pdf
    options:
      stylesheet: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/github-markdown-css/2.10.0/github-markdown.min.css
      body_class: markdown-body
      css: |-
        .page-break { page-break-after: always; }
        .markdown-body { font-size: 11px; }
        .markdown-body pre > code { white-space: pre-wrap; }

mdtopdf_path : is the path to md-to-pdf executable. Default: md-to-pdf

options : is a mapping of options which then will be converted into JSON and fed to the md-to-pdf command. For all possible options consult the md-to-pdf documentation.