53 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
53 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
#!/bin/python
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"""
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A script for generating A5 size pdf zines
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with a text-file input, under development,
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GPL3 Licence, Mara Karagianni May 2021
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"""
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import os
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import random
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import subprocess
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import sys
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from zine_maker import Zine
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def shuffle_zine(finput, foutput):
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zine = Zine(orientation="P", unit="mm", format="A5")
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chapter_list = zine.shuffle_chapters(finput)
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with open('chapters.txt', 'w') as chapt:
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for i in chapter_list:
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chapt.write(i)
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chapt.write("\n")
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proc = subprocess.Popen(
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["pdfunite"] + chapter_list + [foutput],
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# ["pdftk"] + ["$(cat chapters.txt)", "cat", "output"] + [foutput],
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stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
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stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
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stderr=subprocess.PIPE
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)
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out, err = proc.communicate()
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if err:
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print("Something went wrong!", err.decode('utf-8'), sep="\n")
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else:
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print("PDF saved as {}".format(foutput))
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os.system("mv ./*_chapter.pdf ./.tmp")
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os.system("rm ./.tmp/*_chapter.pdf")
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os.system("rm ./doc_data.txt")
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os.system("rm ./chapters.txt")
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if __name__ == '__main__':
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# file to get the text
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if len(sys.argv) > 1:
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if len(sys.argv) == 3:
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output = sys.argv[2]
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filename = sys.argv[1]
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else:
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filename = "./zines/zinemaker_screen.pdf"
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output = "./zines/zinemaker{}.pdf".format(random.randint(1, 40))
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shuffle_zine(filename, output)
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