[O] what settings would make original export to pdf as good as pandoc conversion?

[Samuel Wales]

mostly ooc because pandoc looks good.

but when i export a subtree [using recent maint] to pdf i get
paragraphs that are indented and bunched up, and a table of contents
is missing, and dunno what else.  maybe a quote is not set off or
something like that.

just wondering if anybody has settings or filters or whatnot to make
the latter look like the former.  [i don't need details on latex
paragraph settings or ideas -- i won't be able to implement them.
just wondering if there is a turnkey set of org settings you can do.]