Get Pandoc through Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>, perhaps learn to use the Mac’s terminal.
> On Feb 7, 2020, at 4:38 PM, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello, > Many thanks for the suggestions on this. However I am now more confused! > > When I worked on software manuals I used a mark up language with notation > like…. > :h1.Heading text to denote a heading level 1 > :h2.Heading test to denote a heading level 2 and so on > :p.to start a new paragraph > :ol. to start an ordered list which is terminated by :eol. > :ul and :eul to denote the start and end of a bulleted list > :li.to denote a list item > and various more complicated mark up tags but the above would do most of what > I need. > > I was hoping that there is a similar mark up notation on the Mac. Something > like txt2tags looks like it might do the job as a mark up notation. > > Having created my source document using a standard text editor and a suitable > mark up notation I then want a way to convert it to PDF or DOCX to pass onto > others. > > I looked at pandoc which seemed to do the above and despite the warnings > about Apple not being able to check it out for malicious software I installed > pandoc. I was hoping to then find some basic help on how to use pandoc but > did not see this. Instead I saw a menu with items like Terminal and Shell and > became very confused. > > I also looked at LateC in the Mac App store which was equally confusing as to > what I actually needed to install if I wanted to go the markdown and LateX > route. However that seems more powerful and expensive than I need. > > I would appreciate a bit more advice on what to do. > Many thanks … Paul Hopewell > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1390AF70-F3AC-4A4E-9412-597C3D2E05F6%40hopewell.org.uk. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/72EE6215-810C-4C18-B961-8729837125EF%40me.com.
