I think TeX, LaTeX, and Pandoc are fantastic tools! However, I sometimes need a markdown-to-PDF converter with fewer dependencies. Pfft is that tool.
Pfft:
- Doesn't need a Web browser --- it doesn't use HTML
- Doesn't need a build system --- it comes with an autoconf-generated build script
- Doesn't need a separate rendering library --- it uses pangocairo, which is standard on GNOME systems.
(Package names may differ --- these are for Ubuntu)
$ sudo apt install -y libpango1.0-dev libgee-0.8-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev
$ tar xvf pfft-VERSION.tar.gz
$ cd pfft-VERSION
$ ./configure && make -j4 && sudo make install
For the HTML documentation, run make html
, then open
doc/valadoc/pfft/index.htm
.
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
The version history is in CHANGELOG.md.
- https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/vala-skeleton-autotools
- https://github.com/D3Engineering/d3-jetson-bsp
Most of pfft is BSD-3-clause (see file LICENSE
). The files in src/logging
are LGPL 2.1+ (see file LGPL-2.1
).