Pandoc: universal markup converter, README overview

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  "checked_at": "2026-11-07T10:25:31.876Z",
  "usefulness": "- Convert documents between the many input and output formats the README lists, such as Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, Word docx and EPUB.\n- Modify documents in transit with custom filters or Lua filters acting on the intermediate representation.\n- Try conversions in the online demos before installing.",
  "source_type": "repository",
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  "source_owner": "John MacFarlane and the pandoc contributors (declared repository namespace)",
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    "The README gives no version, operating system or dependency list; it points to a separate install guide.\n\n- Conversions are not perfect: formatting details and complex tables may be lost, and conversions from formats more expressive than Pandoc's Markdown can be lossy.\n- The README is an overview; command options are in the User's Guide, which was not read.\n- Not every format pair is equally well supported; the README says only that conversions from Pandoc's Markdown aspire to be perfect.\n\nThe README says Pandoc is released under the GPL, version 2 or greater, and carries no warranty. The copyright file was not read here. Documents you convert carry their own rights.\n\nWritten from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.\nBased on README text only; the user guide, the install guide, the copyright file and the code were not read. No install or run was made.",
    "Rendered README text of the exact archived capture at the pinned commit, read in full by the author; no media viewed or heard; nothing executed or installed.",
    "Source-documented steps; execution not performed. Internal affiliated review is not independent validation."
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