pandoc_convert: Run Pandoc to convert a document or a text

In pandoc: Manage and Run Universal Converter 'Pandoc' from 'R'

Run Pandoc to convert a document or a text

Description

Main usage of Pandoc is to convert some text from a format into another. This function will do just that:

• converting from a file or directly from text

• writing to a file or directly to console

Usage

pandoc_convert(
  file = NULL,
  text = NULL,
  from = "markdown",
  to,
  output = NULL,
  standalone = FALSE,
  args = c(),
  version = "default"
)

Arguments

file, text	One or the other should be provided
from	Format to convert from. This must be one of the format supported by Pandoc. Default will be markdown. This correspond to the --from/-f CLI flag
to	Format to convert to. This must be one of the format supported by Pandoc. This correspond to the --to/-t CLI flag.
output	Pass a path to a file to write the result from Pandoc conversion into a file. This corresponds to the --output/-o flag
standalone	Should appropriate header and footer be included ? This corresponds to --standalone/-s CLI flag
args	Any other flag supported by Pandoc CLI. See https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#options
version	Version to use. Default will be the "default" version. Other possible value are A version number e.g "2.14.1" The nightly version called "nightly" The latest installed version with "latest" Pandoc binary shipped with RStudio IDE with "rstudio" Pandoc binary found in PATH with "system"

Value

output is provided, the absolute file path. If not, the output of pandoc binary run.

Examples

pandoc::pandoc_convert(text = "_This will be emphasize_", to = "latex")


pandoc::pandoc_convert(text = "**This will be bold**", to = "html", version = "2.11.4")

pandoc documentation built on Aug. 24, 2023, 5:09 p.m.