Re: Unable to convert markdown to latex while it's in latex blocks

[Albert Krewinkel <albert+pandoc-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>]

Please
Bernardo Giordano writes:

> Hello. I'm facing the following issue:
>
> I have a markdown document that occasionally contains latex blocks, e.g.:
>
> # My Title
>
> \epigraph{
> \begin{center}
> Markdown text inside,
> occasionally *italic*
> \end{center}
> }{some epigraph author}
>
> Normal markdown text
> ...
>
> When converting from markdown to latex, italic text keeps the * rather than
> being transformed to \emph{}. Is there a workaround? Thank you

Telling LaTeX and Markdown apart is difficult, see also
https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2453

The best workaround (IMHO) is to mark the LaTeX explicitly,
ensuring that the rest will be interpreted as Markdown:

    # My Title

    `\epigraph{
    \begin{center}`{=latex}
    Markdown text inside,
    occasionally *italic*
    `\end{center}
    }{some epigraph author}`{=latex}

    Normal markdown text


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