How to generate PDF from markdown using pure ruby

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I'm currently using Kramdown to generate HTML from Markdown in Ruby. I know that I can generate a latex file using kramdown and convert it to pdf usaing a command line utility. But I want a pure ruby solution.

Is there a way to convert markdown to pdf using only ruby without using command-line utilities?

Same question, any language: http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/3588/convert-markdown-to-pdf-without-latex — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Apr 25 '14 at 18:17

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '11 at 19:32

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You can use https://github.com/walle/gimli

I made it just for this purpose. Though, I use textile. But gimli supports all formats supported by GitHub-Markup.

answered May 01 '11 at 19:32

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I don't have access to a Windows machine. So I haven't been able to test. What is the problem with running it on Windows? – Fredrik Wallgren Aug 03 '12 at 14:21
Not possible to install all the required components via gems. And then one should configure and debug. – Artem Oboturov Aug 03 '12 at 16:32
@FredrikWallgren does it use another backend, or does it have its own? – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Apr 25 '14 at 18:21
@CiroSantilli It uses https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf to generate the PDF from the HTML generated from the markup. – Fredrik Wallgren Apr 28 '14 at 15:54

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '10 at 14:46

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Prawn: The Pure Ruby PDF Generation Library
http://www.rubyinside.com/prawn-ruby-pdf-library-987.html

answered Dec 07 '10 at 14:46

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:48

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The wkhtmltopdf gem is also available: http://rubygems.org/gems/wkhtmltopdf

answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:48

ThomasW

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 04:18

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Pandoc is a universal document converter which can convert documents in markdown, reStructuredText, textile, HTML, DocBook, or LaTeX to HTML, EPUB, Microsoft Word, TeX, PDF via LaTeX, Lightweight markup formats.

You can find it here. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/

answered Jun 08 '12 at 04:18

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I'm not completely sure if PanDoc is a Ruby solution - also, it cannot directly convert into PDF without a supporting TeX software installed. – Aditya M P Jul 07 '12 at 23:52
Pandoc is Haskell *and* you need latex. – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Feb 26 '14 at 17:52

How to generate PDF from markdown using pure ruby

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