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Hi there,

When I set up the XML Web Author, I can only find the basic edit and review functions. Can I transform markdown files into pdf files in the Web Oxygen? Or is there any API or sample code to add this functionality?

Thanks.

Hello,

Oxygen XML Web Author currently supports only XML formats such as DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML. It currently does not have support for publishing (to PDF) and for Markdown.

I can give you pointers to some ways in which you can convert Markdown to PDF using an intermediate XML-based format:
1. You can use Markdown files in a DITA project. There is a DITA-OT plugin that converts those files to DITA when publishing [1]. You also need to use the Oxygen Chemistry PDF engine [2], [3] and use it asto obtain a PDF output.
2. Convert Markdown to XHTML using either Pandoc [4] or Oxygen XML Editor [5], then use again Oxygen Chemistry PDF engine to obtain the output.

Best,
Cristian

[1] https://github.com/jelovirt/org.lwdita
[2] https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... index.html
[3] https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... _dita.html
[4] https://pandoc.org/
[5] https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... xport-html

Hello,

I am updating this forum post to let you know that Oxygen XML Web Author version 21.0 is now released [1] and it has support for editing Markdown files. You can find more details in our documentation: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... types.html.

Best,
Cristian

[1] https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html