Sorry, I probably wasn't clear: I followed the instruction from Pandoc and switched to xelatex. Now I'm stuck trying to configure the language options. On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 7:41:32 AM UTC+1, BP wrote: > > You need the --latex-engine=xelatex option. > > > tis 6 juni 2017 kl. 07:53 skrev Lyndon Drake >: > >> Hi all, >> >> Many apologies as I'm sure this is all obvious once one knows, but I'm a >> bit stuck. I've got some Pandoc Markdown files which I'm trying to convert >> to PDF using Pandoc. They include various non-ascii characters, all in >> unicode. If I run: >> >> /usr/local/bin/pandoc -f >> markdown+pipe_tables+grid_tables+yaml_metadata_block --filter >> pandoc-citeproc --filter pandoc-csv2table -s -o formatted/Draft3.pdf >> text/metadata.yaml text/1-Introduction.md >> >> I get the following: >> >> ! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ṣ (U+1E63) >> >> (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. >> >> >> See the inputenc package documentation for explanation. >> >> Type H for immediate help. >> >> ... >> >> >> >> l.125 Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht, 1990), 39--62.} >> >> >> Try running pandoc with --latex-engine=xelatex. >> >> pandoc: Error producing PDF >> >> >> So the next step was to switch to xelatex based on the helpful suggestion >> from pandoc. As long as I don't try to use any babel or polyglossia >> environments, or biblatex, this works fine. But as I want to use both, I'm >> a bit stuck. First thing is that it looks like the default template tries >> to use babel rather than polyglossia if xetex is the engine. Is there a >> reason for this? (I want to use the biblatex-sbl style for my bibliography, >> and they recommend polyglossia.) >> >> I want to use English (UK) as my main language, with Hebrew and Syriac as >> other languages (I've also got some ancient Greek, but the main font I've >> chosen works fine and the output looks good for that without using a >> separate language environment). >> >> As a starting point, what language options do I set in my YAML metadata >> to enable those other two language environments, and how do I specify the >> fonts for them? >> >> Here's my YAML metadata file so far: >> >> --- >> author: Lyndon Drake >> documentclass: memoir >> toc: true >> papersize: a4 >> fontsize: 12pt >> top-level-division: chapter >> number-sections: true >> mainfont: Skolar PE Light >> mainfontoptions: Numbers=OldStyle >> bibliography: /Users/lyndon/Documents/Media/Bibliography/0lib.bib >> csl: >> /Users/lyndon/Documents/Media/Bibliography/society-of-biblical-literature-fullnote-bibliography.csl >> notes-after-punctuation: true >> --- >> >> Many thanks in advance for any help on this, >> Lyndon >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "pandoc-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to pandoc-discus...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org . >> To post to this group, send email to pandoc-...-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/89122680-f883-4853-a97f-a81861395b78%40googlegroups.com >> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/99f9330e-3a82-4a0d-8bb4-4ec2513723fe%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.