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Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed

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On 11/26/24 14:52, Roland Mueller wrote:
> 
> 
> ke 20.11.2024 klo 3.12 Ryan Nowakowski (tubaman@fattuba.com 
> <mailto:tubaman@fattuba.com>) kirjoitti:
> 
>     On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 02:07:25PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
>      > Seems to me we should not have to print a 90 page document to get
>     the one
>      > page/paragraph of interest. What do folks use now?
> 
>     Hey Gene, I'm assuming that your .md file is in markdown format. If so,
>     you have a few choices.  There's nothing about markdown that forces
>     formatting by page.  So for example, you could render markdown as HTML
>     using pandoc, then use something like xmlstarlet to select just the
>     parts of the HTML you want.  Then, you can load that in your browser and
>     print.
> 
>     If you really want to format markdown in pages, you can use pandoc to
>     render markdown as PDF, then use a PDF reader to print the pages you
>     want.
> 
>     Hope this helps,
> 
>     Ryan
> 
Yes it will help, a lot. I had never heard of pandoc before. Thank you.
> 
> okular can also display documents in markdown format and some other 
> formats in addition to PDF.

That I have, again useful info.  Thank you.

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-10-27 19:10 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> - 2024-10-27 19:30 +0100
    Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-10-27 20:10 +0100
    Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-10-28 08:10 +0100
      Clarity in information, please :) [WAS Re: need .md reader that can  print ONLY tha page being viewed] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2024-10-28 08:30 +0100
        Re: Clarity in information, please :) [WAS Re: need .md reader that  canprint ONLY tha page being viewed] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-10-28 13:20 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-27 19:30 +0100
    Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-10-28 08:10 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2024-10-27 20:20 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-10-27 20:30 +0100
    Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-28 04:50 +0100
      Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-29 04:50 +0100
        Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-10-29 17:40 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-10-28 05:20 +0100
  Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Ryan Nowakowski <tubaman@fattuba.com> - 2024-11-20 01:40 +0100
    Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed Roland Mueller <roland.em0001@googlemail.com> - 2024-11-26 21:00 +0100
      Re: need .md reader that can print ONLY tha page being viewed gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-11-26 21:20 +0100

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