[Framers] Converting Markdown (.md) files to FM

[Rick Quatro]

One approach would be to convert the Markdown to XML which could then be imported into structured FrameMaker. You could use XSLT or ExtendScript to do this. oXygen actually has a built in way to convert Markdown to DITA.

https://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/Markdown.html

If you want to explore your options further, I would be glad to have a web meeting with you. If you are interested, please contact me offlist. Thanks.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-729-6746
www.frameexpert.com/store/



-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Orly Zimmerman
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 9:51 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: [Framers] Converting Markdown (.md) files to FM

HI All,
My client gave me Markdown and PDF files.
Does anyone know a way to convert markdown files into FM and retain their formatting? I know I can import the MD files directly into FM using the Text converter - but that leaves them unformatted - the PDF looks really nice.
He wants the files in FrameMaker so that we can create a book easily and also continue to maintain the cross-refs to online registers, apart from the FM specialties of conditional text, etc.I can make simple scripts to convert, item by item, but a conversion tool would probably be best. 

Thanks,OrlyZ
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