I am using a pandoc template to convert a markdown file to pdf via xelatex. I'd like to use the lettrine package to make the first letter of a paragraph big, but pandoc inserts the main markdown text using the $body$ variable. Is there a way to tell pandoc to render every first letter as a lettrine?
[Tex/LaTex] Is it possible to use the “lettrine” package with pandoc
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Maybe you need this answer.
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{arev}
\begin{document}
$\heartsuit$
\end{document}
Pandoc cannot use a template provided as a *.csl file to style its DOCX output.
If you want to get Pandoc using a specific set of styles, you need to create (or grab) another DOCX file containing these styles. Note, that the style names do need to conform to the standard names in the first place. (In the past I've succeeded to let it use non-standard style names in cases where one of the standard styles is set up to enforce another style, f.e. in "next paragraph"..).
The commandline option to add is --reference-docx=...
Also, be sure to use the very latest version of Pandoc. Its support for DOCX is very new, and evolving still very rapidly.
The command for Pandoc would be:
pandoc sig-alternate.tex \
--from=latex \
--to=docx \
--biblatex \
--bibliography sigproc.bib \
--output=sig-alternate.docx \
--reference-docx=my-reference.docx
One other hint: if the direct conversion is not satisfying you (there may be spots where the thing doesn't look right), you should proceed like this:
- Convert the LaTeX to Markdown first (also with the help of Pandoc).
- Edit the resulting Markdown (consult
man pandoc_markdownandman pandocto see what special options and extensions Pandoc supports). - Convert the improved Markdown sources to DOCX (don't forget to use
--reference-docx=...)
Best Answer
You can use the pandoc-lettrine filter. In your markdown document, simply mark the first character of a paragraph with square brackets, and include
\usepackage{lettrine}in your metadata block. For example:Now invoke pandoc with a call to the filter:
Output is available in TeX, pdf, and html formats.