talk-scripts

Miscellaneous Notes

Here is one way to convert markdown to pdf using Atom. It's a hacky work-around, but I haven't found a better way.

1. Open the md file in Atom.

2. In the Packages menu, select Markdown Preview Plus. You should see the nicely rendered preview of your document in another buffer.

3. Right click on the preview and select Save as html.

4. When the html file shows up in the Atom buffer, delete the following from the html source code: From line 18, column 14 (beginning with .markdown-preview---but do not delete the <style> tag), all the way to line 219, column 2.

   (This step is not absolutely necessary. However, you will get better results without all the .markdown-preview lines because those lines result in a gray background which isn't good for pdf conversion.)

5. Open up the html file you just created in your web browser by typing the following in the url field:

       file:///Users... (full path to html file) .../talk-scripts/script-linking-types.html
   

6. If you're happy with the look of the webpage, then use your browser's File menu to select Print, and then choose Save as PDF file (instead of sending the page to a printer).

I know this seems like a lot of steps, but I don't know a better way, and once you get used to doing this, it's all pretty fast and painless.