latex
Render mathematical expressions in Markdown
I love the look of LaTeX but hate the experience of writing in LaTeX, at least compared to Markdown. Luckily, Pandoc can convert Markdown files to PDFs using a LaTeX engine as the renderer, and includes a custom Markdown specification that can fill almost all my LaTeX needs. First, let’s talk about where Pandoc Markdown falls short: No custom LaTeX style guides (although citation style files are supported) No Section Numbering There is, thanks to naruhodo on Hacker News for the correction Referencing labels doesn’t work well (Supposedly the pandoc-crossref filter fixes this but I couldn’t get it to work) Don’t even bother with complex page layouts or precise figure placements This might be a deal breaker for some, but for others who are writing lots of documents (such as students), this may not be. Now for the benefits:
Not only Jupyter, Google Colab, R Markdown, and much more.