Throwaway scripts to generate a PDF from markdown problem statements.

Requirements

• You must have pandoc. Here's the version on my computer:

  pandoc 1.19.2.4
  Compiled with pandoc-types 1.17.0.5, texmath 0.9.4.4, skylighting 0.3.3.1
  

  It'll probably work with later versions (though I haven't checked).

• Install weasyprint:

  python3 -m pip install weasyprint==52.5
  

  The specific version "52.5" probably isn't needed if you aren't encountering this issue.

• You need internet access while running this.

Usage

For this example, suppose you want to create the PDF for a contest site called manila2023, and that this contest has four problems whose slugs are, in order,

• first-prob
• second-prob
• third-prob
• fourth-prob

Here are the steps:

1. Run

   python3 initialize.py manila2023 first-prob second-prob third-prob fourth-prob
   

   • This creates the folder manila2023 with some files inside it.

2. Open each .md file in manila2023/raw/ and paste the Markdown problem statement for each problem.

   • This is the most time-consuming part.

3. Open manila2023/config.json, and replace the contest name and each problem title with the correct ones.

   • Use the correct capitalization and punctuation! These will appear in the PDF.

4. Run

   python3 compile.py manila2023
   

   • The PDF should now be in manila2023/compiled/manila2023.pdf

As an example, the statements for chennai2023/ have been included in this repo, and you can just try running

python3 compile.py chennai2023

to produce a PDF in chennai2023/compiled/chennai2023.pdf.

Customization

The file template.html will be used as the template. You can edit it (including CSS) to customize the page. For example, you can change the font style and/or size with CSS.

Future

It would be nice if the .md files can be downloaded easily. In some sites with an API, that may be possible. CodeDrills uses gRPC so life is harder :(