marktex

Parses a restricted set of Markdown marking into Latex, plus some special extensions designed to be useful when writing a math lesson in Latex.

Usage

The command below will convert your Markdown R - like syntax file to a pdf called "my_document", while cleaning LaTeX temporary files in the process (-c)

marktex -o my_document.pdf -c final_version.Rmd

Syntax

Almost all Markdown is supported, with the exception of Hyperlinks right now (I just don't need them right now). There is some limitations for lists : sub-lits are not yet implemented, and lists must be isolated by newlines from regular text.

Also, there is some special shortcut syntax, which I plan to organize better, so you can personalize it easily with some kind of conf file. Anyway, here it is :

>(Linearity of summations)
Let $(u_n)$ and $(v_n)$ be two series, and $\lambda$ and $\mu$ be two reals, then
$$ \sum^{+\infty}_{n=0}(\lambda u_n + \mu v_n) = \lambda \sum^{+\infty}_{n=0} u_n + \mu \sum^{+\infty}_{n=0} v_n $$

[]

As you can see, >(Title) at the begining of a line means "begin a proposition with Title as its name". Then the content follow, and you must close your proposition with []

The syntax is exactly the same for theorems, etc. except that :

- Definitions uses `:(Title)`
- Theorems uses `~(Title)`
- Lemmas uses `>- ` WITHOUT a title
- Proofs uses `¤`, without a title too. There must also be a whitespace after the `¤`.

A new chapter can be started using :

3) Pythagoras
=============

This will restart theorem/definition/proposition counters, and create a nice, big chapter title.

Also, you can use þ as a shortcut in math mode to say : \displaystyle. You can delimitate a LaTeX only zone (almost no parsing) with ł [you text here] ł

Also, even when out of math mode, you can use 1^{st} to put some text in superscript. Of course, for a single char, 3^d will also work for instance.

Finally, you can add comments (which can be removed from the PDF simply by passing the --no-comments option) by delimiting text with @@ text @@.

Proofs can also be disabled by a command-line option.