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From: John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: HTML to PDF with print media
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 17:18:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7A4894E8-7D4D-4652-AD66-665FCC3D7F29@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8fbe5ece-caa7-428c-a940-01c49ef8709dn-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>



> On Aug 25, 2023, at 4:11 PM, 'Vivianne' via pandoc-discuss <pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> I'm trying to convert HTML to PDF in the exact same manor that pressing ctrl+p in a browser would. The CSS has @media print stuff that gives the browser instructions on how to render the page. When I go 
> 
> pandoc zine.html zine.pdf
> 
> pandoc ignores the @media print and spits out a very tall column over several pages. 
> 
> How do I get the same behavior as a browser? 

Use a browser.

Pandoc is about converting structural elements, not formatting details (see the manual).



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-08-26  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-25 23:11 'Vivianne' via pandoc-discuss
     [not found] ` <8fbe5ece-caa7-428c-a940-01c49ef8709dn-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org>
2023-08-26  0:18   ` John MacFarlane [this message]
2023-08-27  8:54   ` BPJ

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