Lantern

Lantern is a Pandoc template and toolkit for making OER textbooks in multiple formats from markdown. All of the processing and hosting is handled automatically using GitHub Actions. Just edit your files and commit your changes to update your project.

• Read the documentation to get started.
• Post a question in the discussion forum
• Report a bug or feature request in the issue tracker

Starting Manuscript Files

Lantern provides conversion scripts for a subset of file formats that Pandoc is able to convert. Lantern will convert these file formats to Markdown:

File Extensions	Format	Related Applications
.docx	Open Office XML	Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice
.odt	Open Document Text	Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice
.tex	LaTeX	Plain text editor (e.g. VS Code, Overleaf)

Final Publication Files

Lantern provides templates for producing multiple publication formats from Markdown. Lantern can produce these publication formats from a single source:

File Extensions	Format	Related Applications
.docx	Office Open XML	Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice
.tex	LaTeX	Plain text editor (e.g. VS Code)
.html	HTML5	web browsers
.epub	EPUB3	Calibre, Adobe Digital Editions, web browsers
.pdf	PDF	Adobe Acrobat Reader, web Browsers

Examples

• Minimal Working Example
• Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering