Using pandoc-shortcaption

Makefile

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ help:
 
 pdf:
 	pandoc "$(INPUTDIR)"/*.md \
+	--filter pandoc-shortcaption \
 	-o "$(OUTPUTDIR)/thesis.pdf" \
 	-H "$(STYLEDIR)/preamble.tex" \
 	--template="$(STYLEDIR)/template.tex" \
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ tex:
 	-V papersize=a4paper \
 	-V documentclass:report \
 	-N \
-	--csl="$(STYLEDIR)/ref_format.csl" \
-	--latex-engine=xelatex
+	--filter pandoc-shortcaption
+	--csl="$(STYLEDIR)/ref_format.csl"
 
 docx:
 	pandoc "$(INPUTDIR)"/*.md \

source/06_list_of_figures.md

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+<!--
 # List of figures {.unnumbered}
 
-<!--
 For me, this was the only drawback of writing in Markdown: it is not possible to add a short caption to figures and tables. This means that the \listoftables and \listoffigures commands will generate lists using the full titles, which is probably isn't what you want. For now, the solution is to create the lists manually, when everything else is finished.
 -->
 
-Figure 4.1  This is an example figure . . .              \hfill{pp}  
-Figure x.x  Short title of the figure . . .              \hfill{pp}  
+\listoffigures
+<!--Figure 4.1  This is an example figure . . .              \hfill{pp}  
+Figure x.x  Short title of the figure . . .              \hfill{pp}  -->
 
 \pagenumbering{roman}
 \setcounter{page}{3}

source/12_chapter_4.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ For details on setting attributes like width and height, see:
 http://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-link_attributes
 --> 
 
-![RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques-Yves Cousteau. It was equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. \label{ref_a_figure}](source/figures/example_figure.pdf){ width=100% }
+![RV Calypso is a former British Royal Navy minesweeper converted into a research vessel for the oceanographic researcher Jacques-Yves Cousteau. It was equipped with a mobile laboratory for underwater field research. \label{ref_a_figure}](source/figures/example_figure.pdf "RV Calypso research vessel"){ width=100% }
 
 ## Conclusion