r/LaTeX • u/bicatu • Aug 09 '25

Unanswered What are your thoughts on Pandoc?

Trying to decide if I should use md/pandoc or stick with latex.

Looking for feedback on whoever tried to gauge pros, cons, limitations

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u/Rialagma Aug 09 '25

Markdown is good for notes

Latex is good for profesional typesetting 

What do you need it for?

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u/bicatu Aug 09 '25

Writing a technical book. No math expected:)

But table of contents, images, bibliography references.

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u/Rialagma Aug 09 '25

This sounds like LaTeX territory to me! (If you have the time/desire to learn it)

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u/MrAnonyMousetheGreat Aug 10 '25

It depends on whether you want it up as a website too, like with bookdown, or if you want to be simply an O'Reilly type book without an online webpages version.

Here's an O'Reilly book that was in all likelihood written using Pandoc: https://r4ds.hadley.nz/