markdown-to-pdf

#!/usr/bin/python

from subprocess import call
from re import sub
from string import replace
import sys
import argparse

pandoc_opts = [
    '-t', 'latex',
    '-V', 'fontsize=10pt', 
    '-V', 'colorlinks',
    '--template', 'eisvogel.tex',
    '--listings'
]

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=\
        "Make a call to pandoc to create a nice pdf file from markdown")
    parser.add_argument("input_file", 
            help="A markdown file to convert to pdf")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    
    # process input
    output_file = replace(args.input_file, '.md', '.pdf') 
    call_string = ['pandoc'] \
        + pandoc_opts \
        + ['-s', args.input_file ] \
        + ['-o', output_file ]
    print 'calling pandoc:\n\t', call_string
    try:
        retcode = call(call_string, stderr=sys.stderr, stdout=sys.stdout)
        if retcode == 0:
            print >>sys.stderr, "Pandoc is happy - output at ", output_file
        elif retcode < 0:
            print >>sys.stderr, "Pandoc was terminated by signal", -retcode
        else:
            print >>sys.stderr, "Pandoc returned", retcode
    except OSError as e:
        print >>sys.stderr, "Execution failed:", e