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Markdown to PDF	Documentation Markdown PDF Vision

Turn a markdown file into a pdf:

lowdown -stms "$FILE".md | pdfroff -itk -mspdf > "$FILE".pdf

Example: put this Makefile in a directory, rename it Makefile, then do:

make example
make

To give the document a title, put that title in the metadata:

sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md
sed -i "1 ititle: $TITLE" "$FILE".md
sed -i "1 i---" "$FILE".md
lowdown -L "$FILE".md
lowdown -X title "$FILE".md
lowdown -stms "$FILE".md | pdfroff -itk -mspdf > "$FILE".pdf