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Convert a Markdown file to PDF with GitHub-style formatting using the md2pdf tool.

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Markdown to PDF

Convert Markdown files to PDF with GitHub-style formatting using the md2pdf tool.

Command Options

  • $ARGUMENTS: File paths or glob patterns to convert (e.g., docs/guide.md, docs/*.md)
  • -o FILE: Custom output path (only valid with a single input file)

Your task

  1. Determine input files:

    • If $ARGUMENTS are provided, use them as the file paths
    • If no arguments are provided, ask the user which files to convert

  2. Run the conversion: Execute md2pdf with the specified files

  3. Report results: Confirm which PDFs were generated

Tool Details

The md2pdf tool uses pandoc + weasyprint with GitHub-style CSS. The CSS and script live in dotfiles (~/dotfiles/bin/.local/bin/). The MD2PDF_CSS environment variable can override the default CSS path.

Example Usage

# Convert a single file
/md2pdf docs/guide.md

# Convert multiple files with a glob
/md2pdf docs/qa-handoffs/qa-guide-*.md

# Convert with a custom output name
/md2pdf -o custom-name.pdf docs/guide.md