md2pdf

#! /bin/bash


if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo "Convert markdown to pdf"
  echo "Usage: $0 <markdown.md> [fontsize (default 14)]"
  echo
  echo "fontsize can be 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt"
  exit
fi


FILE=$1
FONTSIZE="14pt"

if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
  FONTSIZE=`basename $2 pt`pt
  echo $FONTSIZE
fi


#
# font sizes over 12pt are not supported by the standard latex article document class
# Instead, put the following line in pandoc.yaml
#
# documentclass: extarticle
#
# Possible sizes then are 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 11pt, 12pt, 14pt, 17pt, 20pt
# According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23811002/from-markdown-to-pdf-how-to-change-the-font-size-with-pandoc
#
#
# English: lang=en
# Dutch: lang=nl
#
# alternative: geometry:margin=1cm 

/usr/bin/pandoc --tab-stop=8 --metadata-file=${HOME}/scripts/pandoc.yaml -V lang=nl -V fontsize=${FONTSIZE} -V geometry:"left=2cm,top=1cm,bottom=1cm" -o `basename $FILE .md`.pdf $FILE