Emacs: Convert selected Markdown text to Org format using Pandoc

region-markdown-to-org.el

;;; region-markdown-to-org.el --- Emacs: Convert selected Markdown text to Org format using Pandoc -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
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;; License: MIT
;; Author: James Cherti

(defun my-markdown-to-org (beg end)
  "Convert selected Markdown text to Org format using Pandoc
BEG and END are the beginning and end of the selection."
  (interactive "r")
  (if (use-region-p)
      (shell-command-on-region beg end "pandoc -f markdown -t org" t t)
    (user-error "This command requires an active region")))