Create index of names in markdown?

[abunavas]

Hi,
Any way to create index of names in markdown (and export to pdf with pandoc)
I don’t know if this is markdown or pandoc question, sorry…

[ernest-phillips]

Hi @abunavas 👋

Could you explain in a bit more detail what is meant by “index of names” ?
What does this look like and what are you trying to accomplish with it?

Depending on your code editor, you may be able to install an extension to convert your markdown files to a PDF.
Here is one such example from the VIsual Studio Code marketplace:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzane.markdown-pdf

[abunavas]

Hi, thank you for answer. By index of names, I mean list of personal names mentioned in text, with numbers of pages they appear. I am using Sublime Text, and can covert .md to PDF with pandoc, but I need to have index at the end.

Like in this picture

[ernest-phillips]

Thank you for that additional context.

There is no concept of columns in a markdown file. The closest workaround I can think of is creating a table. It’s not very fun to implement, but these are the limitations of the Markdown language.

eg:

| A                     | <span style="font-weight:normal">Eyre, Jane, 88</span> |
| :-------------------- | :---------------  |
| Airey, Dawn, XIII-XIV p.248 <br> Angelou, Maya, 71 <br> Armstrong, Neil, 71|**F**   |
|                               |  Fiennes, Ralph, 72 <br> Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 120-121, 197            |

That would yield something like this:

[abunavas]

Thank you @ernest-phillips

This is workaround. I suppose I shell ask in pandoc / LaTex forums, as well. Anyway, your answer is very useful.