From 7515e6eaa0fb10f6579f50718d0479067d4d0972 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre <andre@8bitbuddhism.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 21:42:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Bin: Initial work on migrating novel compilation to a generic
 script

---
 bin/compile-markdown-files.sh | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bin/compile-markdown-files.sh

diff --git a/bin/compile-markdown-files.sh b/bin/compile-markdown-files.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de179b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/compile-markdown-files.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Script to compile Markdown files within a directory into various output formats.
+# Based on https://github.com/8bitbuddhist/markdown-novel-template
+
+draftName="draft"
+directory="."
+
+function usage() {
+	echo "Compile a directory of Markdown (.md) files into DOCX, ePub, and PDF files."
+	echo ""
+	echo "Options:"
+	echo " --help                       Show this help screen."
+	echo " -n, --name [name]            The name of this draft."
+	echo " -d, --directory [path]       Where to store the output files."
+	echo ""
+	exit 0
+}
+
+# Argument processing logic shamelessly stolen from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/192249/how-do-i-parse-command-line-arguments-in-bash
+POSITIONAL_ARGS=()
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+	--draft-name|--name|-n)
+		name="$2"
+		shift
+		shift
+		;;
+	--directory|--dir|-d)
+		directory="$2"
+		shift
+		shift
+		;;
+	--help)
+		usage
+		;;
+	*)
+		POSITIONAL_ARGS+=("$1") # save positional arg
+		shift
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+remainingArgs=${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}
+set -- "${POSITIONAL_ARGS[@]}" # restore positional parameters
+
+# If this is a git repo, name the draft after the current branch
+if [ -d ".git" ]; then
+	draft=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+fi
+
+# Check if this directory already exists
+if [ -d "drafts/${draft}" ]; then
+	echo "This folder already exists. Type YES to overwrite"
+	read confirm && [[ $confirm == [YES] ]] || exit 1
+fi
+
+draftFile="drafts/${draft}/${draft}"
+
+echo "Compiling draft \"${draft}\"..."
+
+# Create the draft directory if it doesn't already exist
+mkdir -p drafts/${draft}
+
+# Initialize merged file
+echo > $draftFile.md
+
+# Grab content files and add a page break to the end of each one.
+# Obsidian specifically creates "folder notes," which are named for the directory, so we make sure to exclude it.
+find $directory/*.md ! -name $directory.md -print0 | sort -z | while read -d $'\0' file
+do
+	# Add newline to Markdown doc
+	echo >> $draftFile.md
+	# Clean up incoming Markdown and append it to final doc
+	sed '/%% Begin Waypoint %%/,/%% End Waypoint %%/d' $file >> $draftFile.md
+	echo "\\newpage" >> $draftFile.md
+done
+
+# Generate the output files:
+#		Markdown -> DOCX
+#		Markdown -> EPUB
+#		Markdown -> PDF (A4 size)
+#		Markdown -> PDF (B6/Standard book size)
+pandoc -t docx $draftFile.md -o $draftFile.docx --metadata-file metadata.yml
+pandoc -t epub $draftFile.md -o $draftFile.epub --metadata-file metadata.yml
+pandoc $draftFile.md -o ${draftFile}-a4.pdf --metadata-file metadata.yml -V geometry:"a4paper" -V fontsize:"12pt"
+pandoc $draftFile.md -o ${draftFile}-b6.pdf --metadata-file metadata.yml -V geometry:"b6paper" -V fontsize:"10pt"
+
+echo "Done! Your new draft is in ${PWD}/drafts/${draft}/"