# Objective

• To be able to set up a working pandoc together with .md documents written in Atom or VSCode.

# Method

• Install Pandoc-here

• Install Pandoc-cross-ref

• Install Markdown Preview Enhanced to either VSCode or Atom editors.

• I use as editor Atom 😃

  • In the configuration file set:

    • Pandoc options: path : where you have installed the executable file in your PC
    • Pandoc options: Commandline arguments : *-s, --mathjax,--filter=pandoc-crossref.exe,--filter=pandoc-citeproc.exe *
    • Pandoc options: Markdown flavor:

    markdown-raw_tex+tex_math_single_backslash+raw_tex+tex_math_dollars
     +citations+emoji
    

  • Now, we have to configure the pdf file we want to produce. This is done using a yaml fromt matter on top of your markdown document. This is one example :

    title: "How to set up atom/VSCode + pandoc "

    output: pdf_document

    documentclass: article

    classoption: onecolumn

    pdf_document:

    latex_engine: pdflatex

    numberSections: true

    fontsize: 12pt

    geometry: margin=0.5in

    cref: true

    crossref: true

    colorlinks: true

• The yaml front matter is basically a set of instructions on top of the markdown document enclosed by this symbol: - - -

• That's it! Once you have your markdown document previewed using the Markdown Preview Enhanced, right click and select Pandoc and you will have your beatifully customized pdf document.