From 909c50a4d04b0f0b65b90474986241e68fb29270 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tiyn <tiyn@posteo.eu>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:04:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nvim: stars display correctly after pandoc compile

---
 .config/nvim/lua/plugins/knap.lua     |  2 +-
 .config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex

diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/knap.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/knap.lua
index 7c32913..6b24803 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/knap.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/knap.lua
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ return {
         textopdfforwardjump = "zathura --synctex-forward=%line%:%column%:%srcfile% %outputfile%",
         -- markdown
         mdoutputext = "pdf",
-        mdtopdf = "pandoc %docroot% -H ~/.config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex --toc --toc-depth=5 -V colorlinks=true -V linkcolor=blue -V urlcolor=red -V toccolor=gray -o %outputfile%",
+        mdtopdf = "pandoc %docroot% --pdf-engine=xelatex -H ~/.config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex --toc --toc-depth=5 -V colorlinks=true -V linkcolor=blue -V urlcolor=red -V toccolor=gray -o %outputfile%",
         mdtopdfviewerlaunch = "zathura ./%outputfile%",
         mdtohtml = "pandoc --standalone %docroot% -o %outputfile%",
         mdtohtmlviewerlaunch = "firefox --kiosk --new-window %outputfile%",
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex b/.config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63e5b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/resources/header.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+% \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+% \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2605}{\ensuremath{\star}}
+%
+\usepackage{fontspec}
+\usepackage{newunicodechar}
+
+\newfontfamily\symbolafont{Symbola}
+
+% U+2605 BLACK STAR
+\newunicodechar{★}{{\symbolafont ★}}
+
+% U+2606 WHITE STAR
+\newunicodechar{☆}{{\symbolafont ☆}}