make more versatile configuration

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ To prove my point, simply compare a %latex_ and a %markdown file.
 
 \begin{document}
 This is a test file.
-I begin by making a list of bullet:
+I begin by making a list of bullet points:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item the first point is 
     \LaTeX is a bit verbose
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ I begin by making a list of bullet:
 
 ~~~
 This is a test file
-I begin by making a list of bullet:
+I begin by making a list of bullet points:
 
 - the first point is LaTeX is a bit verbose
 - the second point is LaTeX has _more_ \ than Markdown
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ LLL endbox LLL \hrule\end{minipage}\medskip LLL
 %beginbox
 
 This is a test file
-I begin by making a list of bullet:
+I begin by making a list of bullet points:
 
 - the first point is %latex_ is a bit verbose
 - the second point is %latex_ has _more_ \ than Markdown
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ First, install %latex, ruby and the `kramdown`[^1] gem.
 [^1]: `kramdown` is an amelioration of the original markdown format.
 
 - Download this source.
-- Change the title of your document and the author name in the `template.tex` file.
+- Edit the `config.rb` file (set title, author name and pdf filename)
 - Create and write in `kramdown` format
 - run `rake` (or `rake compile`) to create and show a `.pdf` file.
 
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ This is not a problem, I've done this. Here is how you can declare macros inside
     %%% amacro %%% a  
                         macro  
                         on many lines %%%
-    
     %%% code %%% ruby: "a"*3 %%%
-    
     %%% complex %%% ruby: (1..5).map do |x|
     x*x
     end.join(" : ") %%%
@@ -156,4 +154,3 @@ and
 
     rake clobber
 
-The inclusion of files is done naturally by `Dir[content/**/*.md]` . If you want a more versatile way of doing it, simply look at the Rakefile and do a bit of ruby to sort file as you wish.

Rakefile

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ task :compile do
         end
 
         def process_template
-            template=File.new(@templateFile,"r")
+            template=File.new(@template_file,"r")
             txt=template.read
             template.close
 
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ task :compile do
                     end.join("\n")
                 end.
                 sub!(%{\\author\{\}},'\author{'+@author+'}').
-                sub!(%{\\title\{\}},'\title{'+@title+'}')
+                sub!(%{\\title\{\}},'\title{'+@title+'}').
+                sub!( /%%# LATEX HEADER FROM config\.rb #%%/,@latex_headers) 
             fic=File.new("tmp/#{@pdfname}.tex","w")
             fic.write(txt)
             fic.close
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ task :compile do
 
             # launch the xelatex process
             system("cp -rf include tmp/")
+
             system("cd tmp; xelatex #{@pdfname}; cd ..")
             # on Ubuntu replace by
             # system("gnome-open #{@pdfname}.pdf")

config.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
-@pdfname="krambook"
+# Use this file to configure some general variables
+
 @title='\Huge{\textbf{Krambook}}\\\\\\' + "\n" +
        '\small\textit{Write Books like an }'+
        '\texttt{UB3R 1337}\textit{ (Hacker)}'
+
 @author="Yann Esposito"
-@templateFile="include/template.tex"    
+
+# file name
+@pdfname="krambook"
+
+# LaTeX headers (before \begin{document})
+@latex_headers=''
+
+# Comment the following line if you haven't 
+# Hoefler Text font installed on your system
+@latex_headers<<='\setmainfont{Hoefler Text}'
+
+# Make italic and emphasis text gray
+@latex_headers<<='\usepackage{color}
+                \definecolor{italiccolor}{rgb}{0.4,0.4,0.4}
+                \renewcommand{\textit}[1]{\textcolor{italiccolor}{\it #1}}
+                \renewcommand{\emph}[1]{\textcolor{italiccolor}{\em #1}}'
+
+# change the template file in case latex_headers is not enough 
+# Remember to not remove lines begining by %%#
+# look at include/template.tex for example
+@template_file="include/template.tex"
+

include/main.tex

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 % -- XeLaTeX --
 \XeTeXdefaultencoding utf-8
 \usepackage{xltxtra,fontspec,xunicode}
-\setmainfont{Hoefler Text}
-% \setmainfont{Georgia}
 
 % -- Kramdown necessary includes --
 \usepackage{listings}
@@ -20,9 +18,3 @@
 \usepackage{fancyvrb}
 \usepackage{fontspec}
 
-% -- Personal style --
-\usepackage{color}
-\definecolor{italiccolor}{rgb}{0.4,0.4,0.4}
-\renewcommand{\textit}[1]{\textcolor{italiccolor}{\it #1}}
-\renewcommand{\emph}[1]{\textcolor{italiccolor}{\em #1}}
-

include/template.tex

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 \include{include/main}
 
+% -- Personal style --
+%%# LATEX HEADER FROM config.rb #%%
+
 \author{}
 
 \title{}