Pandoc failing to convert valid xelatex file

[kashcit]

When running pandoc --from latex --pdf-engine=xelatex --to html5 skanda.tex -o skanda.tex.html upon this file https://github.com/hindutva/tex-files/blob/master/skanda/skanda.tex (on which xelatex skanda.tex works perfectly, assuming that the siddhanta font is installed), I get the following error:

pandoc --from latex --pdf-engine=xelatex --to html5 skanda.tex -o skanda.tex.html

Error at "source" (line 102, column 1):
unexpected \end
\end{document}
^

[jgm]

It seems to be choking on this:

{\normalsize{\skt ॐ कं क्षं कं कार्त्तिकेयाय फट् ॥\\
ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीम् ऐं सौं शरवनभवाय नमः ॥\\
ॐ वचद्भुवे नमः ॥\\
ॐ भुवे नमः स्वाहा ॥\\
ॐ षं षण्मुखाय नमः ॥\\
ॐ श्रीम् ए इ उ न श्रीं रीं कुमाराय नमः ॥
}\\

It looks like the { before \normalize isn't matched by a close }, and if you delete it this should work.

[kashcit]

Thank you! It was indeed so.

However I found a separate problem:
Images such as :

\graphicspath{ {images/} }
...
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{kaumara_magic_square}

is converted to

<img src="kaumara_magic_square" alt="The magic square Kaumāra-yantra" style="width:50.0%" />

rather than

<img src="images/kaumara_magic_square.jpg" alt="The magic square Kaumāra-yantra" style="width:50.0%" />

.

[jgm]

This second problem isn't really a bug either. In LaTeX you can leave off the image extension. Pandoc isn't just going to guess what it should be. However, you can use the --default-image-extension option if you want these to all default to, say, jpg. Vishvas Vasuki विश्वासः <notifications@github.com> writes:

…

Thank you! It was indeed so. However I found a separate problem: Images such as : ``` \graphicspath{ {images/} } ... \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{kaumara_magic_square} ``` is converted to ``` <img src="kaumara_magic_square" alt="The magic square Kaumāra-yantra" style="width:50.0%" /> ``` rather than ``` <img src="images/kaumara_magic_square.jpg" alt="The magic square Kaumāra-yantra" style="width:50.0%" /> ``` . -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #4698 (comment)

[kashcit]

Thanks for the tip - that solves the image extension problem!

However, it doesn't address pandoc ignoring: \graphicspath{ {images/} }, which was also illustrated in #4698 (comment) ..

[jgm]

You don't mention your pandoc version. In recent pandoc, \graphicspath is indeed supported. However, it won't rewrite the path unless you also use --extract-media. (Path rewriting doesn't make sense in general since \graphicspath can contain multiple directories, but it makes sense with --extract-media.)

So,

pandoc -f latex --default-image-extension .jpg --extract-media=mymedia

However, there's still a small issue. I noticed that pandoc chokes on the spaces inside the argument of \graphicspath. Removing them will make it work:

\graphicspath{{images/}}

I can fix this.