Paul A. Patience

> It is the user's responsibility to be careful about the parameter arguments he gives to the function. The problem with that stance is that in interactive languages such as...

> For PyNomad, when a user provides an invalid parameter by default we have the following: Ah, I had not realized that PyNomad wraps the C++ interface. The rest of...

The C convention for indicating error or success via an integer return value is usually negative integers on error, 0 on success. I think the flag indicating the state of...

> I tried to run the example but got this: > > ``` > Error producing PDF. > ! Missing \endcsname inserted. > > \T1\textbraceleft > l.23 ...1}{1}{Indentation}{subsubsection.0.0.1}{}} > ```...

> ``` > $ pandoc --version > pandoc 2.17.1.1 > Compiled with pandoc-types 1.22.2.1, texmath 0.12.4, skylighting 0.12.3.1, > citeproc 0.6.0.1, ipynb 0.2 > ``` I just tried with that...

You must have all the required LaTeX packages installed, because otherwise I think the compilation would fail before the error you encounter. Can you try with the `--pdf-engine=lualatex` option? The...

I've made some progress. The `\label{}` compilation issue should be fixed; hopefully you'll be able to compile the manual to see the output. I think the best way to convert...

> * For me, documenting the entire pax manual produces a zero length pdf file. `pax::@navigating-in-emacs` looks good, but it still has some issues with latex command being visible: I...

I think I know what is causing the problems on your end: you are likely using a newer version of 3bmd which [escapes the braces](https://github.com/3b/3bmd/commit/18a59d35abc21d2dc202b607e89825ef0bfce464). I have been using [3bmd...

They are special characters, but they are not defined by the specification as doing anything, and Pandoc relies on them heavily for much of its Markdown-compatible special syntax. Inline LaTeX...