Use pandoc to convert a markdown file to MS Word file on Linux system:
sudo apt-get install pandoc
pandoc input.md -o output.docx
To convert it to pdf file, you have to install texlive first:
sudo apt-get install texlive // this is a big package, 281MB to download
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex lmodern etoolbox
pandoc MyResume.md -o Resume.pdf --latex-engine=xelatex -V mainfont='WenQuanYi Micro Hei'
Get all installed fonts with fc-list on Linux Mint.
Note1: If there no Unicode characters (such as Chinese characters) in the markdown file, use 'DejaVu Sans Mono' instead of WenQuanYi, much better than the latter.
Note2: pandoc myresume.md -s -o test1.pdf met
"Error producing PDF from TeX source. ! Package inputenc Error..."
on Linux Mint 17, i3wm.
Note3: The page margin of the default pdf file is too large. Don't know how to set margin yet.
Note4: The wkhtmltopdf can't convert hyperlinks in html to pdf files properly. So this is not a valid options.
To convert a resume file (markdown) to html:
$ pandoc myresume.md -f markdown -t html -s -o resume.html
or simply "pandoc myresume.md -s -o resume.html", the "-s" option is necessary, or Chinese characters will be massed up.
The personal information section (name, address, email, mobiles, etc) is left-aligned, while they should be centered. However there isn't "centering" format in markdown, so I have to add this format manually in created html files:
$ vi resume.html
// add "<DIV ALIGN=CENTER>" before the centering section
// add "</DIV>" after the centering section