I need to generate PDF output from AsciiDoc sources. I have tried various tools to obtain a proper PDF, but am having trouble getting one.
I have two requirements that, combined, seem to be hard to satisfy so far:
1. Inline and block math
2. Empty table rows
Here is my input in the desired input markup (I prefer latexmath over stem in the source; makes the source more intuitively readable, IMO):
= My Title
:stem: latexmath
This is inline math: latexmath:[y = \frac{1}{x}].
This is a math block:
[latexmath]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
\[y = \frac{1}{x}\]
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This is a table with empty rows:
[options="header,autowidth"]
|==============================
| First Column | Second Column
| |
| |
| |
|==============================
Using plain asciidoctor on this source file generates HTML output as expected.
asciidoctor-fopub
Both inline math and math blocks are not rendered properly: the block is completely gone, and the inline latex math code is not rendered, but included as is (latex code in the PDF).
If I replace latexmath with stem in the content, and leave the :stem: attribute empty, both inline math and the math block show the latex math code as is.
asciidoctor-pdf
Everything I've tried results in the same math behavior: inline math shows the latex code in the output as is, and the math block is completely gone.
Moreover, the
is also shown as is (6 characters in the second column of each row in the table), so I'm not sure how to have asciidoctor-pdf render empty rows in a table.
wkhtmltopdf
Since the HTML output is fine, this appears to be an appealing option. I still got one annoyance with this tool though: I get a label at the end of the content saying "Typesetting math: 100%" !!
Browser Print Function
Although this option appears to generate flawless output, it is the least desirable: it's manual, and requires changing the default browser print settings to get a clean output.
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In general, I like fopub's output the best, so I'd be most interested in getting that tool to do what I want. Some of things I like about its out are: it does not use a separate title page and a separate table-of-contents page, and It also appears the only option that includes page numbers (at least by default).
wkhtmltopdf and using the browser's print function are the least desirable options, as they lose the PDF index/TOC.
PS. I prefer the older name of the :math: attribute over the newer :stem: attribute; more obvious, says what it does more clearly, and makes sense to a wider audience, being a word, not an acronym.
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