Python command line application to convert Markdown to PDF.
Project description
mdpdf
Python command line application to convert Markdown to PDF.
Project Features
- Bare-bones: Only supports basic CommonMark
- "One-size-fits-all" style: Left-aligned, PDF-base14 fonts. Reasonably pretty, but if you want more control, see alternatives below.
- Headings are transformed to PDF bookmarks.
- File links are transformed into attachments with PDF links.
- Images links are transformed into embedded images with optional captions and width specifier.
- Minimal requirements
Alternatives
There are several projects that can be considered if you need something with more features. Of note:
Installation
$ pip install mdpdf
Usage
$ mdpdf [OPTIONS] [INPUTS]...
Options:
-o, --output FILE
Destination for file output. [required]-h, --header <template>
Sets the header template.-f, --footer <template>
Footer template.--version
Show the version and exit.--help
Show this message and exit.
Templates:
The <template>
is a quoted, comma-
delimited string, containing the left, centre,
and right, fields for the header/footer. Format is "[left],[middle],[right]"
.
Possible values to put here are:
- Empty string
- Arbitrary text
- Special variables:
{page}
current page number{header}
current top-level body text heading{date}
current date
Example:
$ mdpdf -o article.pdf article.md
$ mdpdf -o article.pdf --footer "{date},{heading},{page} article.md
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