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Pandoc preview: a small script that renders a preview of a markdown document through pandoc "live"
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pandoc-preview.sh
file=$1
target=.~$file.pdf
pandoc -i "$file" -o "$target"
okular "$target" &
inotifywait -q -m -e close_write "$file" |
while read -r filename event; do
echo "Building $file to $target..."
pandoc -i "$file" -o "$target"
echo "Done"
echo ""
done
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