Convert PDF file into a Markdown version

[kgashok]

This will allow for students to edit the file themselves and update their repo information against their respective titles.

Goal: The file needs to converted from PDF to markdown. https://github.com/kgisl/project-ideas/blob/master/ias/Student%20list%20-%20Project%202016-17.pdf

First convert from PDF to Word doc (docx or doc). and then use pandoc to convert to Markdown. Please read https://gist.github.com/vzvenyach/7278543

Convert PDF to TXT to Markdown

Alternatively, I have generated a txt version of the PDF (https://github.com/kgisl/project-ideas/blob/master/ias/studentProjects.txt). This can be processed using a Python script (or any other program) to generate a markdown version. Who will be the first one to complete this?

Organizing information in tables in Markdown

https://help.github.com/articles/organizing-information-with-tables/

[kgashok]

Here's a sample format of the markdown file that is required - https://github.com/kgisl/project-ideas/blob/master/ias/generatedMarkdown.md (with dummy placeholders for students to edit-in their repo names as when they create it).

Here's the raw text version cut-and-pasted from the link above:

| SNo | Student Name |  Repo | Project Title | Domain |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Anitha M | https://github.com/gitUserid/repoName | Giveaway - An App for Organ Donation | Mobile App |  
| 2 | Suresh Kannan | https://github.com/gitUserid/repoName | Healthcare Management App | Mobile App | 
| 3 | Tamilarasi P | https://github.com/gitUserid/repoName | Expense Manager | Mobile App | 

[kgashok]

Here's a tool for PDF -> Markdown (results may vary).

https://github.com/johnlinp/pdf-to-markdown