Support "columns" fenced div in LaTeX

[gmd7]

I expected the latex writer to turn the file test.md

:::::::::::::: {.columns}
::: {.column width="50%"}
left
:::
::: {.column width="50%"}
right
:::
::::::::::::::

into

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
left
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
right
\end{minipage}
\end{document}

instead of

\begin{document}
\maketitle

left

right

\end{document}

pandoc 2.7.3
pandoc -s test.md --metadata title="test" -o test.tex

[mb21]

That would work if you used -t beamer.

For the more general case: #2106

[jgm]

As documented, the special treatment for column divs is only for slide shows.
You could use a filter to get this result in regular LaTeX.

We could turn this issue into a request to support the columns div in regular LaTeX. I think that would make sense.

[gmd7]

Thanks