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Use eisvogel custom template with Pandoc

On macOS prior to Catalina, the preinstalled tlmgr command is used to install $T E X$ packages from CTAN. To install tlmgr on macOS Catalina using Homebrew, run

brew cask install mactex

To list currently installed packages

tlmgr list --only-installed

To update tlmgr itself - you won’t be able to install packages unless you do

sudo tlmgr update --self

To install packages required by the eisvogel $L A T E X$ template for Pandoc

sudo tlmgr install csquotes mdframed needspace sourcesanspro ly1 mweights sourcecodepro titling pagecolor

The command needs to be run with sudo because the path where $T E X$ and associated packages are installed is at /usr/local/texlive/2016basic/texmf-dist/tex and does not have write permission for my user.

To use the eisvogel template, clone its repo

git clone https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/pandoc-latex-template.git

To render PDF, in the folder cloned above, run

pandoc file.md -f gfm -o file.pdf --template ./eisvogel.tex --variable titlepage=true

Remove the --variable titlepage=true option if you don’t want a title page.