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I am reading the following blog on setting up Emacs to use pandoc in such away that C-c C-p will open the document in my browser.

It says:

Restart Emacs, and open a markdown file (for example test.md). Then select Options->Customize Emacs->Specific Option, enter markdown-command.

enter pandoc -f markdown -t html -s --mathjax --highlight-style=pygments in the "Markdown Command" field and select "Apply and save".

Then when you are editing your markdown file in Emacs, try C-c C-c p, the generated html will show up in your default browser.

What would be the Elisp entry in .emacs?

I am using Emacs 24.5.

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  • Not sure what you mean by "lsip entry", but maybe you are looking for this: (setq markdown-command "pandoc -f markdown -t html -s --mathjax --highlight-style pygments")? Commented May 6, 2015 at 14:21
  • This value should be saved in your custom-file you should see it there, and like @itsjeyd said, just use a setq, or even setq-default in your init. Commented May 6, 2015 at 18:43
  • @itsjeyd lisp is the programming language emacs uses and lsip is a typo. Commented May 6, 2015 at 21:36
  • Unfortunately the referred site has been removed. This is the page from archive.org: web.archive.org/web/20140215043007/http://jgmaox.wordpress.com/… Commented May 8, 2015 at 15:58

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Here's the Elisp code for setting markdown-command in your init-file:

(setq markdown-command 
      "pandoc -f markdown -t html -s --mathjax --highlight-style=pygments")

You should check whether markdown-command is a buffer-local variable. Do C-h v markdown-command RET and look for a line that says:

Automatically becomes buffer-local when set.

If markdown-command is in fact buffer-local, you'll need to replace setq with setq-default in the code above.

To set up a custom key binding for the command that is bound to C-c C-c p, add the following code to your init-file:

(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-p") #'command)

If you don't know what C-c C-c p is bound to, do C-h k C-c C-c p from a markdown-mode buffer to find out.

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  • I have been out of town so I will give this a try either today or tomorrow. Commented May 9, 2015 at 16:44
  • The define-key line produces: ne-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-p") (function command)) eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/home/dustin/.emacs" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 915 load-with-code-conversion("/home/dustin/.emacs" "/home/dustin/.emacs" t t) load("~/.emacs" t t) more stuff that is too long to fit Commented May 10, 2015 at 3:12
  • The define key part is superfluous I found and not needed. Also, an equal sign needs to be -style=pygments. Commented May 10, 2015 at 4:07
  • @dustin Added the missing =. No idea how it got lost! ;) Commented May 10, 2015 at 9:39

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