| Name | MD | |
| Full name | MD, Markdown Documentation File | PDF - Portable Document Format |
| File extension | .md | |
| MIME type | application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf | |
| Developed by | John Gruber | Adobe Systems |
| Type of format | Developer | Document format |
| Description | MD files are basically text files. The text inside is written in one of many different dialects of the Markdown development language. They are used to author documentation also in a plain text format, so they can be turned into the HTML format. Furthermore, MD files are used to version control source code because it makes it easy to compare the code to revisions that have been written in human-readable text. | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. |
| Technical details | The data inside the MD file is saved in plain text. However, this text can contain inline symbols that indicate how certain parts of the text should be formatted; such as bold, italic, table formatting, and more. The developer of the MD file format, John Gruber, also developed a program using the Perl programming language which allows the easy conversion of MD files in Markdown to HTML. Next to MD, Markdown files can also be saved using the MARKDOWN file extension. | The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents. A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. |
| File conversion | MD conversion | PDF conversion |
| Associated programs | Apple TextEdit (Mac), Daring Fireball Markdown (Windows, Mac & Linux), GitHUb (Web), GNU Emacs (Linux), gVim (Windows), MacroMates TextMate (Mac & Linux), MacVim (Mac), Microsoft Notepad (Windows), Microsoft WordPad (Windows), Vim (Linux), any other text editor | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript. |
| Wiki | https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format |
###Installing R Markdown on a compter running MS Windows
This guide assumes you have already installed R and the RStudio IDE. RStudio is not required but recommended, because it makes it easier to work with R Markdown. If you do not have RStudio IDE installed, you will also have to install Pandoc. If you have RStudio installed there is no need to install Pandoc separately because its bundled with RStudio. Next you can install the rmarkdown package in RStudio using the following code:
First, you need to add a document for conversion: drag & drop your file or click inside the white area for choosing a file. Also, you may upload MD to PDF from a ZIP archive or a URL. Then click the 'Convert' button. When MD to PDF conversion is completed, you can download your result file. Markdown to PDF. Convert markdown-formatted documents to pdf files without ever leaving Atom. Just focus the window containing your markdown file and use the convert command (Packages Markdown PDF Convert). The output PDF will be styled similar to the markdown on github.com, as well as any user styles you have added. Just focus the window containing your markdown file and use the convert command (Packages Markdown PDF Convert). The output PDF will be styled similar to the markdown on github.com, as well as any user styles you have added. It will appear in the same directory as the Markdown you are converting, with the same name and a.pdf extension. Converting Markdown to PDF files is a great way to bring your Markdown files like documents or if you want a different output method other than HTML. In this case, listed below are tools you can use to convert your Markdown files to PDF.
You will also need to install a bunch of additional R packages on which rmarkdown depends.
If you want to generate PDF output, you will need to install LaTeX. For R Markdown users who have not installed LaTeX before, we recommend that you install TinyTeX. You can install TinyTex from within RStudio using the following code:
TinyTeX is a lightweight, portable, cross-platform, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution. The R companion package tinytex can help you automatically install missing LaTeX packages when compiling LaTeX or R Markdown documents to PDF. An alternative option would be to install MiKTeX instead. You can download the latest distribution of MiKTeX. Installing MiKTeX is pretty straight forward, but it can sometimes be a pain to get it to play nicely with RStudio. If at all possible we recommend that you use TinyTex.
With the rmarkdown package, RStudio/Pandoc, and LaTeX, you should be able to compile most R Markdown documents.
###Installing R Markdown on a compter running Mac OSX
This guide assumes you have already installed R and the RStudio IDE. RStudio is not required but recommended, because it makes it easier to work with R Markdown. If you do not have RStudio IDE installed, you will also have to install Pandoc. If you have RStudio installed there is no need to install Pandoc separately because its bundled with RStudio. Next you can install the rmarkdown package in RStudio using the following code:
You will also need to install a bunch of additional R packages on which rmarkdown depends.
If you want to generate PDF output, you will need to install LaTeX. For R Markdown users who have not installed LaTeX before, we recommend that you install TinyTeX. You can install TinyTex from within RStudio using the following code:
TinyTeX is a lightweight, portable, cross-platform, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution. The R companion package tinytex can help you automatically install missing LaTeX packages when compiling LaTeX or R Markdown documents to PDF.
If for some reason TinyTeX does not work on your Mac computer then you can try to install MacTeX instead. You can download the latest version of MacTeX. Click on the MacTeX.pkg link to download. Please be aware that the file is quite large, approximately 3 GB, so it may take some time (also make sure you have enough available space on your computer hard disk). When your download is complete, run the downloaded installer. The installation procedure is quite straightforward. You are given a few options, for example you can choose not to install some components. I recommend you stick with the default settings, so having accepted the license agreement, you can basically just keep clicking ‘Continue’ on each screen. On the final screen of the wizard, click Install. It may ask for an administrator password. Enter the password, click ‘Install Software’ and go make a cup of coffee while the installation completes. When the program is done installing, click ‘Close’ to complete the installation.
With the rmarkdown package, RStudio/Pandoc, and LaTeX, you should be able to compile most R Markdown documents.
###Installing R Markdown on a University teaching computer
The University computers already have R and RStudio installed with the required R packages (rmarkdown, knitr etc). However, if you want to generate PDF output, you will need to install LaTeX. For R Markdown users who have not installed LaTeX before, we recommend that you install TinyTeX. You can install TinyTex from within R:
Markdown To Pdf Mac Download
TinyTeX is a lightweight, portable, cross-platform, and easy-to-maintain LaTeX distribution. The R companion package tinytex can help you automatically install missing LaTeX packages when compiling LaTeX or R Markdown documents to PDF.
Markdown To Pdf Mac
With the rmarkdown package, RStudio/Pandoc, and LaTeX, you should be able to compile most R Markdown documents.