markdown2pdf

markdown2pdf is a versatile command-line tool and library designed to convert Markdown content into pre-styled PDF documents. It supports reading Markdown from a file or directly from a string, offering flexibility for both users and developers.

This project includes both a binary and a library:

• Binary (cli): A command-line interface that uses the core library to provide an easy way to convert Markdown to PDF.
• Library (lib): Can be integrated into your Rust projects for parsing Markdown or generating PDF documents programmatically.

Note: This project is currently under active development, with ongoing improvements and new features being added.

Installation

Currently, there isn't a simplified official method to install the command-line tool across platforms. To use it, you can clone the repository and build the project yourself using Cargo:

git clone https://github.com/theiskaa/markdown2pdf.git
cd markdown2pdf
cargo build --release

Configuration

The markdown2pdf tool supports customization through a TOML configuration file. You can configure various styling options for the generated PDFs by creating a markdown2pdfrc.toml file in your home directory. To get started with configuration:

1. Create the config file:

   touch ~/markdown2pdfrc.toml
   

2. Copy the example configuration:

   • View the example config at markdown2pdfrc.example.toml
   • Copy the contents to your ~/markdown2pdfrc.toml file
   • Modify the values according to your preferences

The configuration file allows you to customize the appearance of your generated PDFs by defining styling options for different Markdown elements.

Usage

To use the markdown2pdf tool, you can either specify a Markdown file path, provide Markdown content directly, or set the output PDF path.

Options

• -p, --path: Specify the path to the Markdown file to convert.
• -s, --string: Provide Markdown content directly as a string.
• -o, --output: Specify the output file path for the generated PDF.

Examples

1. Convert a Markdown file to a PDF:

   markdown2pdf -p "docs/resume.md" -o "resume.pdf"
   

   This will convert the resume.md file located in the docs folder to a PDF file named resume.pdf.

2. Convert Markdown content provided as a string:

   markdown2pdf -s "# My Markdown Title\n\nThis is content." -o "output.pdf"
   

   This will convert the provided Markdown string to a PDF file named output.pdf.

3. Convert a Markdown file to a PDF with default output:

   markdown2pdf -p "file.md"
   

   This will convert the file.md to a PDF and save it as output.pdf.

Notes

• If both -p and -s options are provided, the --path option will take precedence.
• If no output file is specified using the -o option, the default output file will be named output.pdf.