Re: Skipping commands in LaTeX document

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

Greg S <elorian.mestec-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Redefining \IPA and \makecell in latex fixes the problem as far as pandoc 
> is concerned. But I am using these commands to generate the latex output 
> that I want, so I don't want the redefinitions permanently within the latex 
> source file. Is there a way to configure pandoc to only insert these when 
> pandoc is processing the .tex file, so I have correct tables and no 
> strikethrough when xelatex is processing the file?

You could automate this in a variety of ways. For example,
you could add \include{extras} in your latex file, and
then have extras_for_pandoc.tex containing the special definitions,
and extras_for_latex.tex not containing them (maybe empty).
Before running latex on the file, symlink extras.tex to
extras_for_latex.tex.  Before running pandoc, symlink it
to extras_for_pandoc.tex.  Put this all in a Makefile so
you don't have to think about it.

Or you could use a conditional in your latex file that is
sensitive to something you can set on the command line.