How to generate PDF from markdown using pure ruby

Question

I\'m currently using Kramdown to generate HTML from Markdown in Ruby. I know that I can generate a latex file using kramdown and convert it to pdf usaing a command line util

Answer 1

Pandoc is a universal document converter which can convert documents in markdown, reStructuredText, textile, HTML, DocBook, or LaTeX to HTML, EPUB, Microsoft Word, TeX, PDF via LaTeX, Lightweight markup formats.

You can find it here. http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/