I developed my Markdown editor, KeenWrite[0], to replace the shell scripts described in the Typesetting Markdown series[1]. KeenWrite takes in YAML document metadata (for variables), (R) Markdown documents, and generates XHTML. The XHTML is passed to ConTeXt[2] for PDF typesetting.
A feature matrix[3] compares various text formats and ecosystems for generating PDF files.
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I developed my Markdown editor, KeenWrite[0], to replace the shell scripts described in the Typesetting Markdown series[1]. KeenWrite takes in YAML document metadata (for variables), (R) Markdown documents, and generates XHTML. The XHTML is passed to ConTeXt[2] for PDF typesetting.
A feature matrix[3] compares various text formats and ecosystems for generating PDF files.
[0]: https://keenwrite.com/
[1]: https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2019/05/22/typesetting-markdow...
[2]: https://wiki.contextgarden.net
[3]: https://keenwrite.com/blog/2025/09/08/feature-matrix/
This looks cool, I'll check it out!