Markdown 2.7.0: Towards lightweight markup in TeX

NOVOTNÝ, Vít. Markdown 2.7.0: Towards lightweight markup in TeX. TUGboat. Portland, OR 97208-2311, U.S.A: TUG, 2019, roč. 40, No 1, p. 25-27. ISSN 0896-3207.

Basic information

• Original name: Markdown 2.7.0: Towards lightweight markup in TeX
• Authors: NOVOTNÝ, Vít.
• Edition: TUGboat, Portland, OR 97208-2311, U.S.A, TUG, 2019, 0896-3207.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: Package documentation User manual Article
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• Keywords (in Czech): Markdown; Lua; LuaTeX; LaTeX; ConTeXt; TeX
• Keywords in English: Markdown; Lua; LuaTeX; LaTeX; ConTeXt; TeX
• Tags: LaTeX, TeX, typesetting
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

Markdown is a lightweight markup language thatmakes it easy to write structurally simple documents. Existing tools for rendering markdown documents to PDF treat TeX as a black box. In contrast, the Markdown package provides support for styling and typesetting markdown documents in TeX, extending a TeXie's toolbox rather than forcing her to replace TeX with a more limited tool. Since its release in 2016, the package has received several important updates improving the functionality and user experience. In this article, I will reintroduce the package, and describe its new functionality and documentation.

Links

• MUNI/A/1145/2018, interní kód MU: Name: Aplikovaný výzkum na FI: softwarové architektury kritických infrastruktur, bezpečnost počítačových systémů, techniky pro zpracování a vizualizaci velkých dat a rozšířená realita.

Investor: Masaryk University, Critical Infrastructure Software Architectures, Computer Systems Security, Data Processing and Visualization Techniques, and Augmented Reality, Category A