#!/bin/python
"""
A script for generating A5 size pdf zines
with a text-file input, under development,
GPL3 Licence, Mara Karagianni May 2021
"""
import glob
import re
import sys
import subprocess
from fpdf import FPDF
# ref https://pyfpdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
# Variables
header_font = 'helvetica'
header_font_size = 14
text_font_size = 12
top_margin = 20
left_margin = 20
right_margin = 20
left_max_margin = 160
max_height = 190
left_x = 20
top_y = 30
cell_width = 110
cell_header_height = 16
cell_height = 6
# Image variables
img_x = 20
img_y = 80
img_len = 120
class Zine(FPDF):
def add_new_signature(self, top_margin, left_margin, right_margin):
# create new page/signature
self.add_page()
self.set_margins(left_margin, top_margin, right_margin)
self.set_xy(left_margin, top_margin)
print('NEW SIGNATURE')
def move_to_page_right(self, top_margin, left_max_margin, right_margin):
print('*****')
print("BOTTOM OF LEFT PAGE, height is {}".format(self.get_y()))
print('*****')
self.set_margins(top_margin, left_max_margin, right_margin)
self.set_xy(left_max_margin, top_margin)
def position_img(self, img_filename, img_x, img_y, **kwargs):
img_size = subprocess.run(
["identify", "-format",
"%[fx:w/72] by %[fx:h/72] inches",
"./%s" % img_filename],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
img_height_inches = img_size.stdout.split(' ')[2]
img_width_inches = img_size.stdout.split(' ')[0]
img_height_mm = float(img_height_inches) * float(24.5)
img_width_mm = float(img_width_inches) * float(24.5)
if kwargs:
max_height = kwargs["max_height"]
left_margin = kwargs["left_margin"]
top_margin = kwargs["top_margin"]
if self.get_y() + img_height_mm >= max_height:
self.add_page()
self.set_xy(left_margin, top_margin)
img_y = top_margin
previous_y = self.get_y()
# center image
img_x = (150 - img_width_mm) / 2
self.image(img_filename, img_x, img_y, img_width_mm)
# move y at the bottom of the image
# TODO check if get_y() would do the same job
self.set_xy(self.get_x(), previous_y+img_height_mm)
def shuffle_chapters(self, pdfinput):
subprocess.run(
["pdfseparate", "./%s" % pdfinput, "./%02d_chapter.pdf"],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
pages = glob.glob("./*_chapter.pdf")
pages.sort()
print("CHAPTERS {}".format(pages))
shuffled_list = []
count = 0
while count < (len(pages))/2:
shuffled_list.append(pages[-(count+1)])
shuffled_list.append(pages[count])
count += 1
# reverse
if count != len(pages)/2:
shuffled_list.append(pages[count])
shuffled_list.append(pages[-(count+1)])
count += 1
return shuffled_list
def create_pages(self, filename, max_height, left_margin,
left_max_margin, top_margin, right_margin,
cell_width, cell_height, cell_header_height,
header_font, text_font):
chapter = 0
lines = open(filename).readlines()
print(filename)
# first page
print("FIRST PAGE")
self.set_margins(left_margin, top_margin,
right_margin)
self.set_xy(left_margin, top_margin)
self.add_page()
for line in lines:
if ">>" in line:
self.set_font(text_font, '', size=16)
self.cell(cell_width, cell_height, line,
0, ln=1, align='L')
self.set_font(text_font, '', size=text_font_size)
# check if we have an image
elif line.startswith(""):
img_filename = line.split("
")[1]
kwargs = {
"max_height": max_height,
"left_margin": left_margin,
"top_margin": top_margin
}
self.position_img(
img_filename, self.get_x(), self.get_y(), **kwargs)
# check if we have a title
elif line.startswith("