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Re: PDF on debian



On 2023-03-09 19:24:20 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> If everything else fails, read the instructions [1].
> 
> --pdf-engine=PROGRAM
> 
>     Use the specified engine when producing PDF output. Valid values
>     are pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex, latexmk, tectonic, wkhtmltopdf,
>     weasyprint, pagedjs-cli, prince, context, and pdfroff.

It shouldn't be up to the user to find the good option.
The default should work.

> For best results, as mentioned in this thread, use lualatex. Caveat:
> I just found that in the internet. Use with care :)

This is not better:

zira:~> pandoc --pdf-engine=lualatex UTF-8-demo.txt -o out.pdf
Error producing PDF.
! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.
l.230 ┐┼╔╘░►☺♀ fi

And xelatex outputs lots of warnings and generates garbage.

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