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## To Download the project, near the top of the page, click on the download icon next to "WEB IDE".
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You can choose which type of archived folder you want, and then open it in your filesystem.
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## OR use git clone:
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```
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git clone https://zine:DskM_8XxtKt-Wym1xHd1@git.systerserver.net/mara/zine_maker.git
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cd zine_maker
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```
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## Requirements
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You need either python2 or python3 running on the computer
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https://www.python.org/downloads/
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And also the pip command
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https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installation/
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Once these are installed, from within zine_maker run:
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`pip install -r requirements.txt`
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## For merging the cover.pdf, body.pdf and colophon.pdf there are many pdf merger tools,
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one that is command line based is pdfunite
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http://linux-commands-examples.com/pdfunite
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from the terminal run:
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`pdfunite cover.pdf body.pdf colophon.pdf output.pdf`
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## For shuffling the final pdf and prepare it for printing you need the pdfseparate command
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http://www.linux-commands-examples.com/pdfseparate
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it is used inside the shuffle_pdf.py file (see details at the end of this Readme)
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## For making use of images in the script, image magick needs to be installed
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http://www.imagemagick.org/
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## To make the content of the pdf
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`python doc_pdf.py `
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`python doc_pdf.py text/images.txt body/images.pdf`
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OR add your text file and replace respectively
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`python doc_pdf.py text/<your_file>.txt body/<output-name>.pdf`
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## To make the cover of the pdf
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`python cover.py`
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OR
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`python cover.py text/cover.txt covers/cover.pdf`
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OR add your text file and replace respectively
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`python cover.py text/<your-cover>.txt covers/<cover-name>.pdf`
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## To make the colophon of the pdf
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`python cover.py `
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OR
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`python cover.py text/colophon.txt colophones/colophon.pdf`
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OR add your text file and replace respectively
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`python cover.py text/<your-colophon>.txt colophones/<output-colophon>.pdf`
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## To prepare signatures for printing a small booklet
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`python shuffle_pdf.py final.pdf final_shuffled.pdf` |