zint-barcode-generator/docs/README

For generation of "docs/manual.pdf" and "docs/manual.txt" from "manual.pmd" using a recent version of pandoc

On Ubuntu/Debian (tested on Ubuntu 22.04)

    wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.19.2/pandoc-2.19.2-1-amd64.deb
    sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.19.2-1-amd64.deb
    sudo apt install python3-pip
    pip install pandoc-tablenos --user
    export PATH=~/.local/bin:"$PATH"
    sudo apt install librsvg2-bin
    sudo apt install texlive-xetex
    sudo apt install texlive-lang-cjk
    sudo apt install fonts-wqy-microhei
    make

On Fedora (tested on Fedora Linux 36 (Workstation Edition))

    wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.19.2/pandoc-2.19.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
    tar xf pandoc-2.19.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
    sudo mv -i pandoc-2.19.2/bin/pandoc /usr/local/bin
    sudo dnf install python3-pip
    pip install pandoc-tablenos --user
    export PATH=~/.local/bin:"$PATH"
    sudo dnf install librsvg2-tools.x86_64
    sudo dnf install texlive-xetex
    sudo dnf install texlive-ctex.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-framed.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-fvextra.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-mdwtools.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-sectsty.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-xecjk.noarch
    sudo dnf install texlive-tex-gyre.noarch
    sudo dnf install wqy-microhei-fonts.noarch
    make

On Windows

Install https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.18/pandoc-2.18-windows-x86_64.msi

From command prompt run as administrator

    choco install make
    choco install rsvg-convert
    choco install python
    choco install miktex

    pip install pandoc-tablenos --user

From normal command prompt run from zint "docs" directory

    set "PATH=<location-of-pandoc-tablenos>:%PATH%"
    # e.g. set "PATH=%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\Scripts:%PATH%"

TODO
??? Various font errors Helvetica, TeX Gyre Pagella which miktex can't handle (ok may be non-activated Windows issue) ???
??? pandoc-tablenos filter craps out ???