I would like to export a text document which uses the exam class to markdown. To do so, I am currently using a workaround which was suggested in this answer, which relies on pseudo-definitions which in turn overwrite the definitions of the exam class such that pandoc can produce a clean markdown file.
Although, the workaround works for the suggested multiple-choice questions, I cannot adopt the solution to work for text with “fillin gaps” such as the document below:
\documentclass[answers]{exam}
\usepackage{minted}
\let\oldpart\part
\renewcommand{\part}[1][]{\oldpart[#1]{}}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question Exercise 1
\begin{parts}
\part[1] This fills in the \fillin[blanks][3cm]
\end{parts}
\end{questions}
\end{document}
If I use the following pseudo-definitions in a separate file:
% ignore \part
\renewcommand{\part}[0][1]{}
% Treat checkboxes like an itemized list
\newenvironment{checkboxes}{\begin{itemize}}{\end{itemize}}
\renewcommand{\CorrectChoice}{\item ☒ }
\renewcommand{\choice}{\item ☐ }
\renewcommand\fillin[2][{}]{\textbf{#1}}
I get the following broken markdown output
This fills in the **blanks**3cm\]
Moreover is there a way for pandoc to ignore \begin{parts} and \end{parts} so that there are no ::: in the final Markdown file?
The \fillin problem can be solved with
\newcommand{\fillin}[1][1]{\textbf{#1}\noop}
whereas the parts div can be removed with
\newenvironment{parts}{}{}