pandoc not converting latex style citations correctly

Question

I want to use latex-style citations \\cite{key} in my markdown so that I can create tex and pdf documents nicely using pandoc. However, when I cite something, it sh

Answer 1

The --biblatex option is not for writing biblatex directly in markdown. What it does is convert native pandoc markdown citations, like

[@Gepasil1993, p. 5] 

to biblatex citations in LaTeX output.

If you use pandoc markdown citations instead of the LaTeX ones, you'll find that the citations work. Use this command:

pandoc test.md --biblio test.bib --csl chicago-author-date.csl -o test.pdf 

with this input:

I want to reference this: [@Gepasi1993] 

Pandoc's citation format is documented in the Pandoc User's Guide.

If you really want to use raw biblatex citations in your markdown input, you can, but then you need to take care of the bibliography stuff yourself. You'd do it this way:

pandoc test.md --parse-raw -t latex -s > test.tex 
pdflatex test 
biber test 
pdflatex test 
pdfltatex test