Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2019-02-15 18:19:45) > Quoting Chris Lamb (2019-02-15 18:10:13) > > % pandoc -o output.pdf input.md > > pdflatex not found. Please select a different --pdf-engine or install pdflatex > > > > I think this could be improved user-interface wise as pdflatex is > > in the "texlive-latex-base" package (and not a hypothetical "pdflatex" > > package). > > > > A patch is attached that turns this into: > > > > % pandoc -o output.pdf input.md > > pdflatex not found. Please select a different --pdf-engine or install pdflatex from the texlive-latex-base package > > Great! > > I'll expand that to the other clues now listed only in long description. Looking closer, this cannot easily be solved so elegantly, because same error message is used for a range of pdf programs in different Debian packages. What I will do instead to to mirror into README.Debian the hints already in long desription about which features need which suggested packages, and apply a modified patch to reference README.Debian. Thanks again for the bugreport, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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