Re: LaTeX Headers/Macros in pandoc conversion

[Mike Hynes <91mbbh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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I should also mention that even just concatenating my header and body files 
into the classic latex slurry produces the same effect: no \FIG macros.

I've also defined a simple, no-parameter testing macro:
\newcommand{\varName}{TESTMACRO!}

This does not get converted correctly using pandoc; the macro is removed 
entirely if it is contained simply in text, as in \varName\ in the current 
sentence. If I write $\varName$, my macros appears as: the following in the 
output file: \(\varName\).

This seems like a strange bug to me---is no \newcommand supported? Or have 
I not supplied the correct flags to pandoc?

On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 3:12:58 PM UTC-5, Mike Hynes wrote:
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>
> 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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