No Simple CLI Tool Converts Markdown to Well-Styled PDFs
Developers and technical writers lack a lightweight command-line tool that converts Markdown to clean compact PDFs without heavy dependencies or design work. Existing solutions either produce oversized output or require non-trivial configuration for basic formatting.
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