We use the conv.sh script to perform the overall conversion. There are a few steps in the conversion process, and we will list them here.

1. .tex to .tex conversion

• read in the customized macros and \newCommands, so returned .tex can all be standalone
• turn colons in various places into hyphens
  • turn \label{whatever:label} to \label{whatever-label}, in fact there might be multiple colons in the label, so we need to turn all of them to hyphens
  • turn \ref{whatever:label} to \ref{whatever-label}, similar for the multiple colons
  • turn \cite{whatever:label} to @{whatever-label}, and similar for the multiple colons
• get rid of [x inch] or [x cm]
• adding or removing line breaks
• margin note declarative

2. Equation clean up
3. Figure clean up
4. Table clean up
5. Bibliography clean up
6. Cross-referencing clean up
7. Footnote clean up
8. Margin note clean up
9. Customized macros clean up

2. Cleaned up .tex to .qmd

• pandoc conversion
• [] some customized filters