pandoc

I would like to have code and an image side-by-side in a Beamer slide. In LaTeX I would do this with columns. I would like to use markdown within the column structure. \begin{columns} \column{.5\textwidth} ~~~~~~~~Python >>> some python code ~~~~~~~ \column{.5\textwidth}  \end{columns} Unfortunately Pandoc doesn't process the markdown within the \begin{columns} and \end{columns} statements. Is there a way around this? Is there a way to use markdown within inlined LaTeX? Is there a pure markdown solution? The problem is that pandoc ignores markdown if it finds a \begin

I've got an Rmarkdown template that works well, and I've parameterized it so I can generate variants of the same report from different data sources. However, I'd like to change the title of the report in each case. How do I do that? Here's the YAML header I have so far: --- title: "My Title" author: "Me, Inc." date: "August 4, 2015" output: pdf_document params: title: default --- I've tried using params=list(title="ASDF") in the call to rmarkdown::render , and although my code can see that variable, it doesn't change the title. I've also tried using r params$title in the YAML, but that gives a

I have created an RMarkdown file in RStudio and managed to knit it with knitr into an HTML and .md file. Next, I used pandoc to convert the .md file into a PDF file (I get an error if I try and convert from the .html file). However, the PDF that is produced have massive margins (like this http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/demo/example13.pdf ). How can I get pandoc to produce something with smaller margins? I have looked through the pandoc user guide, but haven't found anything useful. Recent versions of rmarkdown and pandoc In more recent versions of rmarkdown , the settings of margins can be

I writing a Word document with R markdown in R Studio. I can get many things, but at the moment I am not figuring out how can I get a page break. I have found solutions but only for rendered latex / pdf document that it is not my case. There is an easier way by using a fifth-level header block ( ##### ) and a docx template defined in YAML. After creating headingfive.docx in Microsoft Word, you select Modify Style of the Heading 5 , and then select Page break before in the Line and Page Breaks tab and save the headingfive.docx file. --- title: 'Making page break using fifth-level header block'