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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ another, and a command-line tool that uses this library. It can read [markdown] and (subsets of) [reStructuredText], [HTML], and [LaTeX]; and it can write plain text, [markdown], [reStructuredText], [HTML], [LaTeX], [ConTeXt], [RTF], [DocBook XML], [OpenDocument XML], [ODT], [GNU Texinfo], -[MediaWiki markup], [groff man] pages, and [S5] HTML slide shows. +[MediaWiki markup], [EPUB], [groff man] pages, and [S5] HTML slide shows. Pandoc's enhanced version of markdown includes syntax for footnotes, tables, flexible ordered lists, definition lists, delimited code blocks, superscript, subscript, strikeout, title blocks, automatic tables of @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ or output format requires only adding a reader or writer. [groff man]: http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man7/groff_man.7.html [Haskell]: http://www.haskell.org/ [GNU Texinfo]: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ +[EPUB]: http://www.idpf.org/ © 2006-2010 John MacFarlane (jgm at berkeley dot edu). Released under the [GPL], version 2 or greater. This software carries no warranty of @@ -56,8 +57,8 @@ If you want to write to a file, use the `-o` option: pandoc -o hello.html hello.txt -[^1]: The exception is for `odt`. Since this is a binary output format, - an output file must be specified explicitly. +[^1]: The exceptions are for `odt` and `epub`. Since these are + a binary output formats, an output file must be specified explicitly. Note that you can specify multiple input files on the command line. `pandoc` will concatenate them all (with blank lines between them) @@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ Supported output formats include `markdown`, `latex`, `context` (ConTeXt), `html`, `rtf` (rich text format), `rst` (reStructuredText), `docbook` (DocBook XML), `opendocument` (OpenDocument XML), `odt` (OpenOffice text document), `texinfo`, (GNU -Texinfo), `mediawiki` (MediaWiki markup), `man` (groff man), and `s5` +Texinfo), `mediawiki` (MediaWiki markup), `epub` (EPUB ebook), +`man` (groff man), and `s5` (which produces an HTML file that acts like powerpoint). Supported input formats include `markdown`, `html`, `latex`, and `rst`. @@ -202,8 +204,8 @@ For further documentation, see the `pandoc(1)` man page. `-o` or `--output` *filename* : sends output to *filename*. If this option is not specified, or if its argument is `-`, output will be sent to stdout. - (Exception: if the output format is `odt`, output to stdout - is disabled.) + (Exception: if the output format is `odt` or `epub`, output to + stdout is disabled.) `-p` or `--preserve-tabs` : causes tabs in the source text to be preserved, rather than converted @@ -297,6 +299,26 @@ For further documentation, see the `pandoc(1)` man page. `--data-dir`, below). If it is not found there, sensible defaults will be used. +`--epub-stylesheet` *filename* +: uses the specified CSS file to style the EPUB. If no stylesheet + is specified, pandoc will look for a file `epub.css` in the + user data directory (see `--data-dir`, below). If it is not + found there, sensible defaults will be used. + +`--epub-metadata` *filename* +: looks in the specified XML file for metadata for the EPUB. + The file should contain a series of [Dublin Core elements], + for example: + + <dc:rights>Creative Commons</dc:rights> + <dc:language>es-AR</dc:language> + + By default, pandoc will include the following metadata elements: + `<dc:title>` (from the document title), `<dc:creator>` (from the + document authors), `<dc:language>` (from the locale), and + `<dc:identifier id="BookId">` (a randomly generated UUID). Any of + these may be overridden by elements in the metadata file. + `-D` or `--print-default-template` *format* : prints the default template for an output *format*. (See `-t` for a list of possible *format*s.) @@ -445,6 +467,7 @@ For further documentation, see the `pandoc(1)` man page. [jsMath]: http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsmath/ [gladTeX]: http://www.math.uio.no/~martingu/gladtex/index.html [mimeTeX]: http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html +[Dublin Core elements]: http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/ Templates ========= diff --git a/man/man1/pandoc.1.md b/man/man1/pandoc.1.md index 9bc3caef3..e00068447 100644 --- a/man/man1/pandoc.1.md +++ b/man/man1/pandoc.1.md @@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Pandoc converts files from one markup format to another. It can read markdown and (subsets of) reStructuredText, HTML, and LaTeX, and it can write plain text, markdown, reStructuredText, HTML, LaTeX, ConTeXt, Texinfo, groff man, MediaWiki markup, RTF, OpenDocument XML, -ODT, DocBook XML, and S5 HTML slide shows. +ODT, DocBook XML, EPUB, and S5 HTML slide shows. If no *input-file* is specified, input is read from *stdin*. Otherwise, the *input-files* are concatenated (with a blank line between each) and used as input. Output goes to *stdout* by -default (though output to *stdout* is disabled for the `odt` output -format). For output to a file, use the `-o` option: +default (though output to *stdout* is disabled for the `odt` and +`epub` output formats). For output to a file, use the `-o` option: pandoc -o output.html input.txt @@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ should pipe input and output through `iconv`: `html` (HTML), `latex` (LaTeX), `context` (ConTeXt), `man` (groff man), `mediawiki` (MediaWiki markup), `texinfo` (GNU Texinfo), `docbook` (DocBook XML), `opendocument` (OpenDocument XML), - `odt` (OpenOffice text document), `s5` (S5 HTML and javascript slide - show), or `rtf` (rich text format). Note that `odt` output will not - be directed to *stdout*; an output filename must be specified using - the `-o/--output` option. If `+lhs` is appended to `markdown`, - `rst`, `latex`, or `html`, the output will be rendered as literate - Haskell source. + `odt` (OpenOffice text document), `epub` (EPUB book), + `s5` (S5 HTML and javascript slide show), or `rtf` (rich text + format). Note that `odt` and `epub` output will not be directed to + *stdout*; an output filename must be specified using the `-o/--output` + option. If `+lhs` is appended to `markdown`, `rst`, `latex`, or `html`, + the output will be rendered as literate Haskell source. -s, \--standalone : Produce output with an appropriate header and footer (e.g. a @@ -221,6 +221,26 @@ should pipe input and output through `iconv`: `--data-dir`). If this is not found either, sensible defaults will be used. +\--epub-stylesheet=*filename* +: Use the specified CSS file to style the EPUB. If no stylesheet + is specified, pandoc will look for a file `epub.css` in the + user data directory (see `--data-dir`, below). If it is not + found there, sensible defaults will be used. + +\--epub-metadata=*filename* +: Look in the specified XML file for metadata for the EPUB. + The file should contain a series of Dublin Core elements + (http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/), for example: + + <dc:rights>Creative Commons</dc:rights> + <dc:language>es-AR</dc:language> + + By default, pandoc will include the following metadata elements: + `<dc:title>` (from the document title), `<dc:creator>` (from the + document authors), `<dc:language>` (from the locale), and + `<dc:identifier id="BookId">` (a randomly generated UUID). Any of + these may be overridden by elements in the metadata file. + -D *FORMAT*, \--print-default-template=*FORMAT* : Print the default template for an output *FORMAT*. (See `-t` for a list of possible *FORMAT*s.) |