Pandoc with Chinese

Linux system

The following is about using Chinese with pandoc on Linux platform, including the problem with PDF output, which requires XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX and custom fonts.

• 首先编译遇到内存溢出问题, 是ghc7.4.1以前有bug,用7.4.1能编过.

• 然后遇到说network依赖的ghc版本不对的问题,pasace 用3 network用2. 这个执行haskell-updater, unmask安装不成功的package就可以.

• 然后遇到latex问题,报错,装了texlive-fontsrecommands也不好使.中文乱码. 为了使之后的编译通过，建议把 ctex 包也安装了。

• 然后原来需要xelatex, 且指定中文字体名:

pandoc  srs.md -o srs.pdf --latex-engine=xelatex -V CJKmainfont=WenQuanYi\ Micro\ Hei\ Mono

Windows system

On Windows systems, make sure first that LaTeX engine is installed (either TeX Live or MiKTeX is fine). Then you can use two different ways to generate pdf.

First way

Add the following setting to your markdown file,

---
CJKmainfont: KaiTi
---

Then use pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex test.md -o test1.pdf to generate the pdf file. Make sure that the value (i.e., KaiTi) after CJKmainfont is a valid font on your system. Check here to see how to find the available Chinese font on your system.

second way

You can use ctexart class and do not need to manually designate a font (the package will do it for you). Add the following setting to your markdown file,

---
documentclass:
    - ctexart
---

The pdf-generating command is the same as first way.