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== Pandoc ==
== Pandoc ==


[http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/demos.html Pandoc] is an open source tool that can convert between different markup styles and languages. You can use it online but that is limited to small documents only. There is also a CLI version. On Linux systems the CLI version might be available from the repository. E.g. on Ubuntu:
[http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/demos.html Pandoc] is an open source tool that can convert between different markup styles and languages.


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There is a [http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/try/ web version of Pandoc] but that seems limited to small documents only. There's also a CLI version, and if you are running a Linux desktop machine chances are you can install it from the repository. E.g. on Ubuntu 14.04:
 
<pre>
sudo apt-get install pandoc
sudo apt-get install pandoc
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</pre>


For instance, converting between MediaWiki and Markdown would work like this:
The following example translates from MediaWiki format to Markdown format:


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pandoc -f mediawiki -t markdown -s myfile.mw -o myfile.md
pandoc -f mediawiki -t markdown -s myfile.mw -o myfile.md
</code>
</pre>
 
== See also ==
[[Bioinformatics_protocols_ABG_Chairgroup | Bioinformatics tips, tricks, workflows at ABGC]]
 
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markup_language Wikipedia entry on markup languages]

Latest revision as of 14:47, 15 June 2023

There are various programs that can convert to and from MediaWiki format, as used in this Wiki, and other formats. This page lists some of them and provides explanation of how to use them.

Pandoc

Pandoc is an open source tool that can convert between different markup styles and languages.

There is a web version of Pandoc but that seems limited to small documents only. There's also a CLI version, and if you are running a Linux desktop machine chances are you can install it from the repository. E.g. on Ubuntu 14.04: 

sudo apt-get install pandoc

The following example translates from MediaWiki format to Markdown format: 

pandoc -f mediawiki -t markdown -s myfile.mw -o myfile.md

See also

Bioinformatics tips, tricks, workflows at ABGC

External links

Wikipedia entry on markup languages

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