How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Dylan Kinnett]

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I'm hoping to be able to use Pandoc <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/> to 
convert my stories from Markdown to PDF files, formatted using sffms 
<http://www.mcdemarco.net/sffms/>. I've tried a few things, but so far, I 
haven't been able to get it to work. I'm fairly comfortable with the 
command line, but LaTeX is new to me. 

How do I tell Pandoc to use sffms when formatting the PDF?

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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Matthew Pickering]

See here for more info:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28100927/convert-markdown-to-pdf-with-pandoc-using-sffms

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Dylan Kinnett <dylan.kinnett-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm hoping to be able to use Pandoc to convert my stories from Markdown to
> PDF files, formatted using sffms. I've tried a few things, but so far, I
> haven't been able to get it to work. I'm fairly comfortable with the command
> line, but LaTeX is new to me.
>
> How do I tell Pandoc to use sffms when formatting the PDF?
>
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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[lukshuntim-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

On Sunday, January 25, 2015 12:51 AM, Dylan Kinnett wrote:
> I'm hoping to be able to use Pandoc
> <http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/> to convert my stories from Markdown
> to PDF files, formatted using sffms <http://www.mcdemarco.net/sffms/>.
> I've tried a few things, but so far, I haven't been able to get it to
> work. I'm fairly comfortable with the command line, but LaTeX is new to me.
>
> How do I tell Pandoc to use sffms when formatting the PDF?

Hi,

See if no. 14 in the [Examples](http://www.pandoc.org/demos.html) can be 
a staring point.

Regards,
ST
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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Dylan Kinnett]

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That example was useful, thank you.

When I use the following, Pandoc is able to create a PDF using the default 
document class:
pandoc --standalone --smart sample.md -o manuscript.pdf

Next, I attempted to add the variable to indicate the document class:
pandoc --standalone --smart --variable documentclass=sffms sample.md -o 
manuscript.pdf

but that resulted in the following error:
! Paragraph ended before \UL@on was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.56 

I saw some suggestions that this error can result from having improper line 
endings in the original file, but I checked that and my file has the 
correct line endings.

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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[lukshuntim-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

On Monday, January 26, 2015 09:06 AM, Dylan Kinnett wrote:
> That example was useful, thank you.
>
> When I use the following, Pandoc is able to create a PDF using the
> default document class:
> |
> pandoc --standalone --smart sample.md -o manuscript.pdf
> |
>
> Next, I attempted to add the variable to indicate the document class:
> |
> pandoc --standalone --smart --variable documentclass=sffms sample.md -o
> manuscript.pdf
> |
>
> but that resulted in the following error:
> |
> ! Paragraph ended before \UL@on was complete.
> <to be read again>
>                     \par
> l.56
> |
>
> I saw some suggestions that this error can result from having improper
> line endings in the original file, but I checked that and my file has
> the correct line endings.

This seems to be a latex error. Maybe it's easier to see what happens if 
you take a 2-step approach - markdown to latex and then latex to pdf. 
You then have the latex source to look at.

And maybe you need a custom template as well. It's mentioned in the README.

Regards,
ST
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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Dylan Kinnett]

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I'm having some luck with a custom template, although still some trouble
with the ATX style headers. I'll try the two-step process you suggested.
Does the --atx-headers option work for converting from markdown or is that
only for converting to markdown?
On Mon Jan 26 2015 at 9:40:32 AM <lukshuntim-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Monday, January 26, 2015 09:06 AM, Dylan Kinnett wrote:
> > That example was useful, thank you.
> >
> > When I use the following, Pandoc is able to create a PDF using the
> > default document class:
> > |
> > pandoc --standalone --smart sample.md -o manuscript.pdf
> > |
> >
> > Next, I attempted to add the variable to indicate the document class:
> > |
> > pandoc --standalone --smart --variable documentclass=sffms sample.md -o
> > manuscript.pdf
> > |
> >
> > but that resulted in the following error:
> > |
> > ! Paragraph ended before \UL@on was complete.
> > <to be read again>
> >                     \par
> > l.56
> > |
> >
> > I saw some suggestions that this error can result from having improper
> > line endings in the original file, but I checked that and my file has
> > the correct line endings.
>
> This seems to be a latex error. Maybe it's easier to see what happens if
> you take a 2-step approach - markdown to latex and then latex to pdf.
> You then have the latex source to look at.
>
> And maybe you need a custom template as well. It's mentioned in the README.
>
> Regards,
> ST
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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[lukshuntim-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w]

On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 02:54 AM, Dylan Kinnett wrote:
> I'm having some luck with a custom template, although still some trouble
> with the ATX style headers. I'll try the two-step process you suggested.
> Does the --atx-headers option work for converting from markdown or is
> that only for converting to markdown?

I believe it's for the latter.

BTW, stx-style headers have been working well for me. I'm using the 
standard template or slight variations of it. YMMV, of course. :-)

Regards,
ST
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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Dylan Kinnett]

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I am also using the default template.latex file 
<https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-templates/blob/master/default.latex>. 
My source file is a very generic example of a typical markdown file 
<https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dylan-k/3d5225d175d53457917c/raw/3191a1f1e2854797d761482d0d34a476590987c6/sample.md>
.

But yes, my mileage does seem to vary, because I get an error whenever I 
try to use the document class.

This is the command that gives me an error:

pandoc --standalone --smart --atx-headers --variable documentclass=sffms --
from=markdown+yaml_metadata_block sample.md -o manuscript.pdf

This is what the error says:

! File ended while scanning use of \UL@on.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
<*> ...r_6595rnn9lm0000gp/T/tex2pdf.1962/input.tex
                                                  
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

Is anyone else able to reproduce these results or point to a possible cause?

Meanwhile, I'm working toward a workable two-step approach as suggested 
above.

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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Jan Ulrich Hasecke]

Am 28.01.2015 um 02:44 schrieb Dylan Kinnett:
> I am also using the default template.latex file

> This is what the error says:
> 
> |
> !Fileended whilescanning useof \UL@on.
> <inserted text>
>                 \par
> <*>...r_6595rnn9lm0000gp/T/tex2pdf.1962/input.tex
>                                                  
> ! ==>Fatalerror occurred,nooutput PDF file produced!
> |
> 
> Is anyone else able to reproduce these results or point to a possible cause?

I get an error messages with sffms too. The macro seems to be broken. I
can only generate the sample from the sffms website.

\documentclass[submission]{sffms}
    \title{The Hobbit}
    \author{J. R. R. Tolkien}
    \begin{document}
    Your story goes here.
    \end{document}


I can insert a \chapter but when I insert a first \section I get this
error.

Runaway argument?
{{\@hangfrom {\hskip \z@ \relax \@svsec }\interlinepenalty \@M
Hallo\@@par \ETC
.
! File ended while scanning use of \UL@on.
<inserted text>
                \par
<*> manuscript.tex

You should contact the author of sffms.

For submissions you can try the package stdpage which creates a similar
submission style document.
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/stdpage

HTH
juh


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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Joost Kremers]

On Wed, Jan 28 2015, Jan Ulrich Hasecke <juh+pandoc-cl+VPiYnx/1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I get an error messages with sffms too. The macro seems to be broken. I
> can only generate the sample from the sffms website.
[...]
> I can insert a \chapter but when I insert a first \section I get this
> error.
>
> Runaway argument?
> {{\@hangfrom {\hskip \z@ \relax \@svsec }\interlinepenalty \@M
> Hallo\@@par \ETC
> .
> ! File ended while scanning use of \UL@on.
> <inserted text>
>                 \par
> <*> manuscript.tex

Judging from the sffms doc, the sffms document class doesn't define a
\section command. The standard LaTeX \section command is apparently not
compatible.


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Re: How to Use a LaTeX Document Class?

[Dylan Kinnett]

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Might there be a way to borrow the setup for sectioning from another
document class?

On Wed Jan 28 2015 at 3:06:01 AM Joost Kremers <joostkremers-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 28 2015, Jan Ulrich Hasecke <juh+pandoc-cl+VPiYnx/1AfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I get an error messages with sffms too. The macro seems to be broken. I
> > can only generate the sample from the sffms website.
> [...]
> > I can insert a \chapter but when I insert a first \section I get this
> > error.
> >
> > Runaway argument?
> > {{\@hangfrom {\hskip \z@ \relax \@svsec }\interlinepenalty \@M
> > Hallo\@@par \ETC
> > .
> > ! File ended while scanning use of \UL@on.
> > <inserted text>
> >                 \par
> > <*> manuscript.tex
>
> Judging from the sffms doc, the sffms document class doesn't define a
> \section command. The standard LaTeX \section command is apparently not
> compatible.
>
>
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