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Write books like a hacker
Imagine Markdown with the power and quality of LaTeX.
This is what this simple project try to achieve. You can declare macros directly in markdown:
%%% macroname %%% a \LaTeX macro value %%%
%%% anotherone %%% a \linebreak
macro \linebreak
on many lines %%%
%%% code %%% ruby: "a"*3 %%%
%%% complex %%% ruby: (1..5).map do |x|
x*x
end.join(" : ") %%%
In markdown, you simply write %macroname, and it will be transformed correctly in your pdf.
Install
You'll need to install ruby, rake (installed by default on most computer).
[Ubuntu]> sudo apt-get install ruby rake
You'll also need a XeLaTeX installation (may I suggest TexLive full install?).
You'll also need the kramdown gem.
gem install kramdown
And you should be ok to work.
How do I write a book using it?
Write some file into content. Their format is the kramdown one (very close to Markdown)
Just run
rake
Of course there is also a
rake clean
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.