Pandoc Markdown Parser Addin for Markdown Monster

This addin provides the following for Markdown Monster:

• A Pandoc Markdown Parser for rendering Markdown to Html in the Editor
• A UI for creating and running Custom Command Line Configurations against Pandoc

Pandoc Installation

This addin does not ship with Pandoc as PanDoc is very large and has redistribution restrictions. It's up to you to install Pandoc on your Windows machine.

The easiest way to Pandoc and MikTex (used for PDF/Doc conversions) is via Chocolatey.

choco install pandoc
choco install MikTex  

Installing and Configuring the Addin

The addin installs from the Markdown Monster Addin Manager. Click Tools -> Addin Manager and pick the Pandoc Markdown Parser from the list of addins to install.

After installation make sure to:

• Restart Markdown Monster to make the PanDoc Parser available
• Make sure PanDoc.exe is on the User or System Path

If you installed PanDoc via Chocolatey, the PanDoc is automatically available on the path. If you manually installed make sure to add the path to your User or System path and restart Markdown Monster to pick it up.

The Markdown Parser

The Pandoc Markdown parser is an addin markdown parser that is made available to Markdown Monster and can be selected in Markdown Monster as the parser for rendering HTML output.

The parser is registered in Markdown Monster and when available can be selected on the Renderer drop down on the bottom of the main window:

No Document Synching

Currently, due to the lack of pragma lines support in Pandoc, the editor and Markdown document cannot be linked automatically as you navigate one or the other document. If document syncing is important to you continue to use the MarkDig parser, and then switch to Pandoc parsing when you generate your final output.

Pandoc Configurations Form and Runner

This addin supports configuring a number of different command line scenarios for running Pandoc and producing various kinds of output from the current document. This will pick up the currently active markdown document and uses it to run pandoc to produce various kinds of output.

You can set up separate configurations with differing output and command line options for running Pandoc.

Alternately you can explicitly install these two tools separately. Both tools register themselves in the System path, so make sure you restart Markdown Monster after installing them.