Pandoc path can not find

[yl99]

Hi,
l am trying to use pandoc to export file between different formats. l installed pandoc plugin directly from the obsidian community plugins. But it showed the below image:

According the guide in pandoc ,l type Get-Command pandoc in powershell, but it seems pandoc is not recognised.

Maybe one bug with pandoc, l uninstalled the pandoc in obsidian, and downloaded it directly from github, still in vain.

l use windows11. Does someone has the experience to fix it?

[ariehen]

You have to install Pandoc as well:

https://pandoc.org/installing.html

Could that be it?

[yl99]

Thanks! lt works. The obsidian seems can recognise the pandoc path.
but l still can not export the md to other format.
l put the pandoc binary file into obsidian-pandoc plugin directory, like below：

l fill the Pandoc path as below:

but the command pandoc is still not found. Whether l need extra setting?

[Feralflora]

You seem to be conflating Pandoc and the Pandoc plugin. You don’t need the latter when using Enhancing export. Also, you don’t have to specify the Pandoc path.

[yl99]

l also use Enhancing export. Yet, After l config the page, the Export progress keeps,without output.

The progress bar keeps as below.

l don’t know where is wrong with. lt’s a little frustrated. Maybe l should learn the knowledge about pandoc carefully.

[Feralflora]

@yl99

l put the pandoc binary file into obsidian-pandoc plugin directory, like below

That’s not how you install Pandoc. Didn’t you use the MSI installer you can get from @ariehen 's link?

Also, I recommend sticking to Enhancing export to avoid the bugs associated with the Pandoc plugin, which hasn’t received an update in years.

[yl99]

Yesterday l just used the zip from @ariehen 's link, now l use the MSI installer .l can find the path from powershell. Thanks!
But when l use the Enhancing export, it also fails. The progress bar keeps.
specifically, only when l fill the Extra agrument it fails to export. Does the export setting below has something wrong? Although l can export without the agrument, but the bibliography loses.

pandoc "D:/markdown.md/zotero/test.md" --citeproc --csl "D:/markdown.md/.pandoc/chicago-author-date-16th-edition.csl" --bibliography "D:/markdown.md/.pandoc/chicago.bib" -o "D:/markdown.md/zotero/test1.doc"

[Feralflora]

1. Is markdown.md a valid folder name?
2. Try that command from the console to see if it works that way or not
3. Check the console for errors when Enhancing export becomes stuck

[yl99]

Thanks for constant help!

1. markdown.md is valid. l change the folder name to ‘note’. The result is the same.
2. the command is below
   
3. the error in console is below
   
   l don’t know what’s the resource path. Pandoc is installed by default on system C
   . My vault is D:/note.

[Feralflora]

Are you sure the file paths are correct for the CSL file? Also, you have a mix of slash types. Try using backslashes rather than forward slashes. If that doesn’t work, try using a = between the arguments and their associated paths.

[yl99]

Use the same command l can convert format in cmd now, although obsidian still can not export using pandoc. So now, l just use command line, lt’s simple. Thanks.

[Feralflora]

That’s great! What was the issue, exactly?

[yl99]

l think the failure of pdf with references is that l don’t install pdflatex. But docx.file l don’t know exactly. Maybe l will find with time goes.