I read Converting Markdown to LaTeX, in LaTeX and a couple of related posts. They are about a year old.
is there now a quasi-standard package that enables generic filter plugins, allowed if \write18 is enabled? I mean
\begin{filter}{pandoc -o tex}
...
\end{filter}
filter should be standard unix filtering from stdin to stdout, and preferably without slow temporary files or preprocessing. given such a filter package, if it defined
\newenvironment{md}{\begin{filter}{pandoc -o tex}}{\end{filter}}
\newenvironment{mdframe}[2]{\begin{frame}[#1]{#2} \begin{md}}{\end{md}}
then the emacs auctex maintainers may support this eventually, too. (actually, this is why I think this could/should be part of the standard filter.sty .)
it does not seem a good idea for amateurs to hack their own versions for something that solves a class of fairly common problems and goes deep into the OS/latex interface. having this designed by the pros and having it standard would be a blessing.
is this in the cards?
