md2pdf: A Python Markdown to PDF Converter

Convert Markdown to PDF using markdown2 and wkhtmltopdf.

Install

Archlinux

Use the provided AUR package

Other Linux Systems

Install the wkhtmltopdf package first

• Debian/Ubuntu

  sudo apt install wkhtmltopdf
  

• Others

  sudo pip install wkhtmltopdf
  

And then install md2pdf to your Python environment:

pip install .

or:

python setup.py install

Usage

You can run md2pdf using

• the entry-script md2pdf
• calling the module python -m md2pdf

md2pdf <markdown-file.md>

md2pdf <markdown-file.md> -o <pdf-file.pdf>

Please run md2pdf --help to find more usage.

Options:
  --keep-html / --delete-html  Keep or delete intermediate html file
  -o, --output PATH            Specify output file. Default: <md_file>.pdf
  -c, --css PATH               Path to CSS file
  -w, --wkarg TEXT             Additional wkhtml2pdf arguments specified as
                               --wkargs="--margin-top=0". This option can be
                               specified multiple times.
  --version                    Show the version and exit.
  --help                       Show this message and exit.

License

MIT licensed as found in the LICENSE file.