5 - Markdown

Overview

  • Basic formatting and usage intro
  • Big idea: Markup is independent of rendered output
  • pandoc used as universal converter to/from
  • RMarkdown convenience wrapper around pandoc calls
    • e.g. to Javascript/HTML for (dynamic / web) presentations
    • e.g. to pdf for printable writeups, presentations, books, …
  • Embedding of code (simpler Literate Programming)

Core Material

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