If you are new to pandoc, then you might want to have a look at my short post on how to set it up for most efficient use.

This is a Makefile to

• compile a markdown file by pandoc to common file formats, and
• view the document,

as well as convenience commands such as,

• cleaning up, that is, removing the compiled output,
• refreshing after compilation the HTML file shown in the browser, such as Firefox, by entr, and
• precompiling the preamble in a LaTeX file for faster compilation.

A template for a pandoc file, main.pandoc, is included to show what options of possible interest can be customized.

For example, to compile

• to a LaTeX file, make latex
• to a pdf file, make latex pdf
• to a docx file, make docx

Simply make will compile to what is set in the line starting with all:. By default, make equals make latex pdf.

For better parsing of LaTeX errors, LaTeXRun is used to compile from LaTeX to pdf.

For example, to view the compiled

• pdf file, make run_pdf,
• docx file, make run_docx

Simply make run will show what is set in the line starting with run. By default, make run equals make run_pdf.