Linux Latex Markdown In this post, I am gonna show you how to write Mathematic symbols in markdown. Since I am writing blog post that hosted by Github with Editor Atom, and use plugin markdown-preview-plus and mathjax-wrapper, and use mathjax Javascript display the math symbols on the web page. Determine whether you’re running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows. Before installing anything, you should. Working title: You got Markdown in my LaTeX! I hate writing documents in Microsoft Word and Apple Pages. I spend way too much time fiddling with formatting, page layout, and typesetting before everything looks the way I want it. And writing math equations, even with Word's GUI equation editor, is.

Intro

1. To start, we will borrow the LaTeX template R Markdown is currently using (h/t SO).The relevant remote repo is here, and you can copy the local version you’re using into your working directory with this line.
2. Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax designed so that it can be converted to HTML and many other formats using a tool by the same name. Markdown is often used to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor.

Markdown is an easy-to-use plain text formatting syntax. More importantly, markdown documents are easy to read. They're meant not to look like they've been marked up with tags or formatting instructions.

I write my class notes in markdown (.md file extension). I'm able to format text, add code blocks, insert links, and more. In some cases, I need to add mathematical expressions. Rather than write the entire document in LaTeX, which is great for typesetting math, but not so great for readability, I only use it as needed within my .md files. While markdown doesn't natively support LaTeX, pandoc, 'a universal document converter,' does. pandoc makes converting to other file formats easy, too.

In this post, I'll go through some markdown examples. And show how to convert .md files with embedded LaTeX to PDFs.

Markdown

There are several implementations of markdown. For our purposes, we'll focus on GitHub Flavored Markdown. The syntax is fairly straight forward.

Document headings denote sections and subsections. In markdown, headings start with a hash symbol (#). If you're familiar with heading tags in HTML, you'll see the parallel. Single hash symbols correspond to a first level headings, two correspond to second level headings, and so on.

To emphasize (italicize) words—one or many—use single asterisks at the beginning and end. For example, *yes* becomes yes. For important text (bold), use double asterisks.

You can create unordered lists by using either * or - characters before each element and putting each element on its own line. Ordered lists follow the same format, but use numbers followed by periods.

Backticks (`) are used for code. Inline code uses single backticks. For a code block, use triple backticks at the beginning and end of your code. For example,

becomes

Onenote to evernote. With markdown, you can even create tables using dashes and pipes. For more information on that, see this.

To insert links, use both square brackets and parentheses—square brackets around the text to be linked and parentheses around the URL. For example, [text](url).

LaTex

LaTeX is a typesetting system that is used in the publication of technical and scientific documents. There are two modes for inserting mathematical expressions using LaTeX—inline and display. This is similar to the two ways to use markdown for code.

For inline mode, you can either use $..$ or (..). As an example, (E = mc^2) yields (E = mc^2). Alternatively, begin{math} and end{math} can be used.

To insert display-mode expressions, use double dollar signs or square brackets—e.g., [..].

For installation on OS X, I recommend installing the smaller, BasicTeX distribution. Find the .pkg file here.

Pandoc

pandoc supports converting files in 14 different formats, including markdown, HTML, and LaTeX, to several others. For OS X, you can download and install the .pkg file here.

Latex Vs Markdown

Converting

Once you have your markdown file with embedded LaTeX, converting is simple. At the command line, navigate to the directory that contains your input file—that is, the .md file you want converted. Then, run the following.

Latex In Github Markdown

Vlc media player. Mathematical expressions with high-quality typography achieved!

Final Thoughts

Latex Markdown

With pandoc, you can add additional functionality to your markdown files. Directly insert mathematical expressions using LaTeX's syntax into your document. Then, use pandoc to render the formatted text and output a PDF.

Markdown Latex Vs Code

Special thanks to Matthew Lewis for his excellent post on the subject.