A script that turns your Mkdocs project into a PDF or EPUB!
The following software dependencies are required for the script to work:
On Ubuntu 17.10+ systems, those can be obtained the following way:
$ sudo apt install npm pandoc
$ sudo npm install -g mdpdf --unsafe-perm=true
Clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/CTXz/mkbooks.gitFrom here, the script may be executed directly:
$ cd mkbooks
$ bash mkbooks.sh -h
Additionally, you may install the script to /usr/local/bin!
# cp mkbooks.sh /usr/local/bin/
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/mkbooks.sh
To run the script:
$ bash mkbooks.sh [-h] <cfg> <out> [extra]
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| -h | Display this usage |
| cfg | Path to the Mkdocs yml configuration file |
| out | Name and type of the output file (Example: Docs.pdf or Docs.epub) |
| extra | Additional arguments that are passed to mdpdf or pandoc (pdf = mdpdf, pandoc = epub). Use quotation marks! |
$ bash mkbooks.sh ./mkdocs.yml docs.pdf
$ bash mkbooks.sh ./mkdocs.yml docs.epub
$ bash mkbooks.sh ./mkdocs.yml docs.pdf '--style=styles.css'
If no error has occurred, a PDF or EPUB will be generated!
Should mkbooks complain that mdpdf has not been installed:
mkbooks: mdpdf has not been installed!
despite mdpdf being installed, mdpdf may be improperly executing. Try to run mdpdf and see if an error is being thrown.
Should mdpdf return the following error:
/usr/bin/env: ‘node\r’: No such file or directory
Then the newline formatting of the mdpdf script is set to CRLF. To fix this issue, open the mdpdf script in /usr/local/bin/mdpdf with a text editor that can convert from CRLF to LF. Alternatively, you can use the dos2unix tool.
This project is licensed under the MIT License
Copyright (c) 2018 Patrick Pedersen <ctx.xda@gmail.com>=
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