# Markdown Academic

This is a bash script which helps convert markdown files into properly formatted Word files for academics. It is a work in progress.

## Workflow
The script lets you write your document in Markdown, and then convert it to a valid .docx using almost any citation style. 

You will need to download [citation-styles](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles), and specify the one you want to use in the command line switches.

For the converter to know what works you are citing, you will need a .bib library file with the citations. I recommend using Zotero and [BetterBiBTeX](https://retorque.re/zotero-better-bibtex/) to keep track of your books and articles and what not. The extension should autoupdating your citations with unique keys that way.

Finally, you will need a reference file, so markdownacademic will know what your document should look like - what the margins and fonts are, etc. You can often download a reference .docx file from the journal you're writing for. A sample file `reference.docx` is included.

* TODO Why should I do this?
  * Uses little memory, write comfortably on a computer from 1984
  * Don't need Word to write a proper file that can be submitted to a journal
  * Document is a regular text file, will never suffer planned obsolescence
  * Track your changes and collaborate using Git
  * Quickly change the formatting of your output document
  * Quickly change citation style into any style you want

* TODO Vim tips and tricks

## Installation
Put the script in your executable directory (`~/.local/share/bin` on most Linux distributions.


### Dependencies
```
bash
pandoc
```

## Usage

You can print usage by running ``markdownacademic --usage``
```
Usage: markdownacademic -bctih

-b,            --bibliography=<filename>         Set your BibTex file here
-c,            --citationstyle=<filename>        Set CSL style 
-t,            --template=<filename>             Set template file (.docx) 
-i,            --input=<filename>                Select markdown file as input
-h,            --help                            Display this help message

Unless specified, output file has the same name as the input file.
```