pandoc lists in environments

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I want to put a list in the lemma environment. I am using pandoc to convert from markdown to LaTeX, so I thought it would be neat to use markdown lists. I tried:

begin{lemma}
The following are equivalent:

- the moon is made out of cheese
- the axiom of choice

end{lemma}

But this does not result in an itemize. By removing the begin command, it does result in an itemize (you can see that here). Of course, one of the fixes is to use the LaTeX itemize environment, but I prefer the compact markdown syntax. Are there any workarounds / options / filters?

Werner · Answer

You should create a header file (say header.tex) that contains the following

letotherbeginbegin
letotherendend

Then include a header file (either using -H or --include-in-header, or via --include-before-body=header.tex). This should allow you to use

otherbegin{lemma}
The following are equivalent

- the moon is made out of cheese
- the axiom of choice

otherend{lemma}

This should convert via Pandoc to

otherbegin{lemma} The following are equivalent

begin{itemize}
tightlist
item
  the moon is made out of cheese
item
  the axiom of choice
end{itemize}

otherend{lemma}

crsh · Answer

Another option is to use raw LaTeX blocks.
`begin{lemma}`{=latex}
The following are equivalent:

- the moon is made out of cheese
- the axiom of choice
`end{lemma}`{=latex}

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