What would you think about replacing \pandocSpace with a regular space character? IT would make the output a lot more readable. Similarly, SoftBreak could be a regular newline character.
In
drehak/pandoc-to-markdown#20 and
#21, we have replaced
\pandocSpace and
\pandocSoftBreak with ␣ and
⤶, respectively. Running the code from the original post will now produce the following output:
$ cat example.tex
\pandocDocumentBegin
Under his pillow P’raps found\pandocLineBreak
\pandocStrikeout{A cake that weighed a half a pound.}\pandocLineBreak
A plenty of space to roll around
\pandocDocumentEnd
This is definitely easier on the eye than the original.