Version: 

>> pandoc -v
pandoc 1.13.2 Compiled with texmath 0.8.0.1, highlighting-kate 0.5.11.1. 
Syntax highlighting is supported for the following languages: abc, 
actionscript, ada, agda, apache, asn1, asp, awk, bash, bibtex, boo, c, 
changelog, clojure, cmake, coffee, coldfusion, commonlisp, cpp, cs, css, 
curry, d, diff, djangotemplate, dockerfile, dot, doxygen, doxygenlua, dtd, 
eiffel, email, erlang, fasm, fortran, fsharp, gcc, glsl, gnuassembler, go, 
haskell, haxe, html, ini, isocpp, java, javadoc, javascript, json, jsp, 
julia, latex, lex, lilypond, literatecurry, literatehaskell, lua, m4, 
makefile, mandoc, markdown, mathematica, matlab, maxima, mediawiki, 
metafont, mips, modelines, modula2, modula3, monobasic, nasm, noweb, 
objectivec, objectivecpp, ocaml, octave, opencl, pascal, perl, php, pike, 
postscript, prolog, pure, python, r, relaxng, relaxngcompact, rest, rhtml, 
roff, ruby, rust, scala, scheme, sci, sed, sgml, sql, sqlmysql, 
sqlpostgresql, tcl, tcsh, texinfo, verilog, vhdl, xml, xorg, xslt, xul, 
yacc, yaml, zsh Default user data directory: /home//mike/.pandoc Copyright 
(C) 2006-2014 John MacFarlane Web: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc This is 
free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is no warranty, 
not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. 

>> uname -a
Linux seuss 3.17.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 14 23:13:48 CET 2014 
x86_64 GNU/Linux 

As for running 
>> pandoc -s --listings header.tex main.tex -o output.tex
I get the same problem (with or without the -s flag) that my macros are not 
processed.

I also commented out the lines:
\documentclass{article}
and
\input{header} 
in the respective files when supplying the files on the commandline to be 
concatenated. The same problem occurs: my macros are not expanded. With the 
-s flag, I will see my macro definitions in the output file, but any 
reference to them in the body is obliterated.

Thank you for your time---any ideas you have are appreciated.


On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 2:33:21 PM UTC-5, John MacFarlane wrote:
>
> What pandoc version are you using? 
>
> `\input` should be supported, but you'd need `header.tex` to be in the 
> working directory. 
>
> You can also try simply putting `header.tex` on the command line: 
>
>     pandoc header.tex main.tex 
>
> This produces the same output as if you had the contents of 
> `header.tex` at the beginning of `main.tex`. 
>
>
> +++ Mike Hynes [Jan 09 15 10:27 ]: 
> >Hello, 
> > 
> >I am trying to use pandoc to convert my latex files into other doc types, 
> >mainly html and doc. 
> > 
> >My latex documents generally have the following format: 
> > 
> >\input{header} 
> >\begin{document} 
> >   body text as usual 
> >\end{document} 
> > 
> >The file header.tex is either contained in the same directory, or in 
> >~/texmf/tex/latex/headers/. In my headers, I have frequently-used macros 
> >such as: 
> > 
> >\newcommand{\FIG}[3]{ 
> >\begin{figure}[h!] 
> >\centering 
> >\includegraphics[width=#2\columnwidth,angle=0]{#1} 
> >\caption{#3} 
> >\label{fig:#1} 
> >\end{figure} 
> >} 
> > 
> >That is, I use almost *no* latex commands in my writing, and make 
> frequent 
> >use of macros to simplify inclusion tables, figures, algorithms, 
> >mathematical formulae, etc. 
> > 
> >I would like to run pandoc on such documents, but am having trouble. My 
> >macros are not getting parsed, and when I run pandoc with 
> >--template=$USER/texmf/tex/latex/report.tex (or with an -H flag), I often 
> >just have the file echoed back to with, without any conversion of the 
> >specified input files. 
> > 
> >Can someone please direct me to the most efficient way of processing my 
> tex 
> >files, given their macro-heavy format? I can't seem to find the correct 
> >flags in the documentation for what I'm trying to do. 
> > 
> >Thanks 
> > 
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