proof of concept of pdf generation by chaining a pdflatex call onto the end of the latex converter

converters/pdf.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 b''
+from .latex import ConverterLaTeX
+import subprocess
+
+class ConverterLaTeXToPDF(ConverterLaTeX):
+    def render(self):
+        super(ConverterLaTeXToPDF, self).render()
+        subprocess.check_call(['pdflatex', self.outbase + '.tex'])

nbconvert.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 b' from converters.latex import ConverterLaTeX'
 from converters.python import ConverterPy
 from converters.reveal import ConverterReveal
 from converters.base import Converter
+from converters.pdf import ConverterLaTeXToPDF
 
 
 # When adding a new format, make sure to add it to the `converters`
@@ -44,6 +45,7 b' converters = {'
     'html': ConverterHTML,
     'blogger-html': ConverterBloggerHTML,
     'latex': ConverterLaTeX,
+    'pdf' : ConverterLaTeXToPDF,
     'py': ConverterPy,
     'reveal': ConverterReveal,
     }