3. what it is (2)
PANDOC is a
Haskell: is a computer programming language.
library: in computer science, a library is a collection of implementations of behavior,
written in terms of a language, that has a well-defined interface by which the behavior is
invoked. In addition, the behavior is provided for reuse by multiple independent programs.
for converting from one markup format to another: A (document) markup
language is a modern system for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically
distinguishable from the text.
and a command-line tool that uses this library: is a means of interacting with
a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form
of successive lines of text (command lines).
4. who
John MacFarlane
Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy
University of California, Berkeley
314 Moses Hall #2390
Berkeley, CA 94720-2390
Telephone: (510) 394-3321
Fax: (510) 642-4164
E-mail: jgm@berkeley.edu
Office: 231 Moses Hall
Office Hours: Tu 9-11
5. formats
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HTML formats: XHTML, HTML5, and HTML slide shows
using Slidy, reveal.js, Slideous, S5 or DZSlides.
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Word processor formats: Microsoft Word docx,
OpenOffice/LibreOffice ODT, OpenDocumentXML
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Ebooks: EPUB version 2 or 3, FictionBook2
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Documentation formats: DocBook, GNU TexInfo, Groff
man pages, Haddock markup
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Outline formats: OPML
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TeX formats: LaTeX, ConTeXt, LaTeX Beamer slides
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PDF via LaTeX
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Lightweight markup formats: Mardown, reStructuredText,
AsciiDoc, MediaWiki markup, Emacs Org-Mode, Textile
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Custom formats: custon writers can be written in lua
10. alternatives
Multimarkdown (MMD)
Output formats:
- HTML/XHTML
- LaTeX (which can be processed into a PDF)
- OpenDocument Text document
- OPML
- RTF
- Microsoft Word
- Multiple other word-processor formats
