+
+>>>>> Have you tried running it with "verbose" turned on, and noting the output? That could give some clues.
+>>>>> And no, the PDFs are not placed in the source dir, only in the destination dir.
+>>>>> -- [[KathrynAndersen]]
+
+**Edit (17.02.2012)**: I have put an extended version of the question on webmasters.stackexchange: [[http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/24905/run-external-application-on-markdown-source-in-ikiwiki]] , perhaps someone of the ikiwiki programmers is intersted in having this feature too...