C:\>pandoc --pdf-engine xelatex  -o aliceDynamic.pdf test.tex

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice01a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice02a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice03a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice04a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice05a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice06a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice07a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice08a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice10a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice09a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice11a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice12a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice13a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice14a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice15a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice20a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice21a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice22a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice23a.gif': replacing image with description

[WARNING] Could not fetch resource 'images/alice24a.gif': replacing image with description

xelatex: security risk: running with elevated privileges

xelatex: security risk: running with elevated privileges

Error producing PDF.

! Missing number, treated as zero.

<to be read again>

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On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 5:22:25 PM UTC-7, Joost wrote:

On Tue, Jun 09 2020, Aaron Lopez wrote:
> Something must not be configured correctly, it just sits
> there....

No, you still need to add the file name of your input file to the
command line. Otherwise Pandoc reads from standard input.

    pandoc --pdf-engine xelatex  -f epub -o text.tex <yourfile.md>


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Joost Kremers
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