generate nicely formatted pdfs from markdown

mpdf.go

// Setup:
//   Install pandoc, wkhtmltopdf, and clone https://github.com/otsaloma/markdown-css
//   into ~/.local. Build this and put it somewhere in your path.
// Usage:
//   $ mpdf README.md
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
		log.Fatal("Please provide markdown file.")
	}
	infile := os.Args[1]
	n := strings.Split(infile, ".")[0]
	html := fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/%s.html", n)
	pdf := fmt.Sprintf("%s.pdf", n)
	pandoc := fmt.Sprintf("pandoc %s --output %s --css ~/.local/markdown-css/github.css --highlight-style=haddock --self-contained",
		infile, html)
	wkpdf := fmt.Sprintf("wkhtmltopdf %s %s", html, pdf)

	_, err := exec.Command("sh", "-c", pandoc).Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	_, err = exec.Command("sh", "-c", wkpdf).Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}