pypandoc and restructured text

[Wolfgang Maier]

On 20.02.2015 15:59, alb wrote:
>
> My installation is the following:
> pandoc 1.5.1.1
> python 2.6.6
> debian squeeze
>
> Any idea why? Should I upgrade somehow beyond what the debian repository
> delivers?
>

I have pandoc 1.12.2.1 and it recognizes the figure directive just fine 
(tested with html output so I cannot say anything about LaTeX).

I've found an old forum post from 2011:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pandoc-discuss/OmGYDycaMjs

confirming that the figure directive was not supported at that time.
So, yes, I think upgrading pandoc could help.

Best,
Wolfgang