Markdown to rtf or pdf?

[John Gruber]

Jonathan Ploudre <jploudre at fastmail.fm> wrote on 07/26/04 at 6:12pm:

> I'm wondering if anybody is using Markdown for other contexts -- like
> using if for word processing. 
> 
> If I understand the technical improvements of XHTML right, it seems like
> it ought to be easy to transform it into other formats like rtf or pdf
> files. Ideally I'd like some sort of applescript that I could use for
> printing that would automagically convert my Markdown into a beautiful
> RTF  or PDF file for sharing.

I'd find this interesting too. But it's easier said than done. I
don't know of anyone who's put together RTF or PDF converters like
this.

-J.G.