gabrielmoreira md-to-latex
Convert Markdown to LaTeX source via Pandoc.
When to Use
- Academic papers, theses, and journal submissions
- Documents needing fine-grained typesetting control
- Pipelines that further process
.tex(BibTeX, custom preamble, journal classes)
What's Here
md-to-latex.cjs — Node script that wraps Pandoc and emits standalone .tex.
External Dependencies
node(≥ 16)pandoc(≥ 3.0) on PATH- TeX distribution (TeX Live, MiKTeX) only if you compile the output
Usage
node md-to-latex.cjs paper.md
node md-to-latex.cjs paper.md --output paper.tex
node md-to-latex.cjs paper.md --bibliography refs.bib --csl ieee.csl
node md-to-latex.cjs paper.md --template custom-template.tex
Frontmatter Hooks
---
title: Paper Title
author: Your Name
documentclass: article
classoption: 11pt
bibliography: refs.bib
csl: ieee.csl
---
Notes
- Output is standalone — compiles directly with
pdflatex/lualatex - Citations in Pandoc syntax (
[@key]) become\cite{key} - For journal-specific formatting, supply
--template