Convert LaTeX to MediaWiki syntax

Question

I need to convert LaTeX into MediaWiki syntax. The formulas should stay the same, but I need to transform, for example \chapter{something} into = something =.

Although this can be obtained with a bit of sed, things get a little dirty with the itemize environment, so I was wondering if a better solution can be produced.

Anything that can be useful for this task?

Answer 1

Pandoc should be able to do it:

$ pandoc -f latex -t mediawiki << END
> \documentclass{paper}
> \begin{document}
> \section{Heading}
> 
> Hello
> 
> \subsection{Sub-heading}
> 
> \textbf{World}!
> \end{document}
> END
== Heading ==

Hello

=== Sub-heading ===

'''World'''!

Answer 2

Yes Pandoc would be the easiest to do that.

pandoc -f latex -t mediawiki --metadata link-citations --bibliography=bibl.bib --csl=cslstyle.csl test.tex -o test.wiki

--metadata link-citations creates hyperlinks with your in-text citations and the bibliography. You can delete this part if not needed.

bibl.bib is the file of the bibliography you used

cslstyle.csl is the style of citation you want. There are lots of choices that can be downloaded from editor.citationstyles.org

test.tex is the file you want to convert from

test.wiki is the output file you want

all the files should be in the same folder otherwise locations should be specified

Answer 3

I found this: plasTeX. With a bit of hacking probably I can produce a renderer for the mediawiki syntax

Answer 4

pandoc can get your file converted between several different mark-up languages pretty easily, including mediawiki