Add support for building book in epub format

Add epub metadata & placeholder cover image

Refactor parseBook.py and extend Makefile to enable support for more formats

Update appendix 2

Add book.epub to .gitignore

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ tmp.md
 tmp*.png
 book.tex
 book.pdf
+book.epub
 log/*
 /.idea
 .idea/

Makefile

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.PHONY: default clean all epub pdf tex
+
 default: clean all
 
 clean:
@@ -6,4 +8,13 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf book.*
 
 all:
-	python2.7 src/parseBook.py
+	python2.7 src/parseBook.py  -f tex -f pdf -f epub
+
+epub:
+	python2.7 src/parseBook.py -f epub
+
+pdf:
+	python2.7 src/parseBook.py -f pdf
+
+tex:
+	python2.7 src/parseBook.py -f tex

appendix/02/README.md

@@ -10,15 +10,7 @@ For printing this book you need first to parse it. For that you will need [`glsl
 In **MacOSX** get sure to have [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) installed and then on your terminal do:
 
 ```bash
-brew update
-brew upgrade
-brew tap homebrew/versions
-brew install glfw3
-cd ~
-git clone http://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/glslViewer.git
-cd glslViewer
-make
-make install
+brew install glslviewer
 ```
 
 On **Raspberry Pi** you need to get [Raspbian](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/), a Debian-based Linux distribution made for Raspberry Pi and then do:
@@ -35,16 +27,16 @@ For parsing the Markdown chapters into Latex and then into a PDF file we will us
 
 In **MacOSX**:
 
-Download and Install [basictex & MacTeX-Additions] by:
+Download and Install MacTeX by:
 
 ```bash
 brew cask install mactex-no-gui
 ```
 
-and then install [Pandoc](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/), Python 2 & glslViewer by:
+and then install [Pandoc](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) and Python 2 by:
 
 ```bash
-brew install pandoc python@2 glslviewer
+brew install pandoc python@2
 ```
 
 On **Raspberry Pi** (Raspbian):
@@ -63,7 +55,18 @@ For that open your terminal once again and type:
 cd ~
 git clone https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders.git
 cd thebookofshaders
-make
+make clean pdf
 ```
 
 If everything goes well, you will see a `book.pdf` file which you can read on your favorite device or print.
+
+#### Compile the book into an epub for use with an e-reader
+
+```bash
+cd ~
+git clone https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders.git
+cd thebookofshaders
+make clean epub
+```
+
+The generated `book.epub` can be used directly, or converted to a `.mobi` file for use with Kindle by using a converter, for example Calibre.

epub/metadata.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<dc:title>The Book of Shaders</dc:title> 
+<dc:language>en-US</dc:language> 
+<dc:creator opf:file-as="Gonzalez Vivo, Patricio" opf:role="aut">Patricio Gonzalez Vivo</dc:creator> 
+<dc:creator opf:file-as="Lowe, Jen" opf:role="aut">Jen Lowe</dc:creator> 
+<dc:rights>Copyright 2015 by Patricio Gonzalez Vivo &amp; Jen Lowe</dc:rights>

src/parseBook.py

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ import os
 import os.path
 import re
 import subprocess
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("-f", "--format", action='append', choices=['tex', 'pdf', 'epub'], type=str.lower, required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--skip-image-generation", help="skip image generation", action="store_true")
+args = parser.parse_args()
 
 latexEngine = "xelatex"
 
@@ -12,12 +18,9 @@ outputPath = "."
 
 if not os.path.exists(outputPath):
     os.makedirs(outputPath)
-pdfBookPath = os.path.join(outputPath, "book.pdf")
-texBookPath = os.path.join(outputPath, "book.tex")
 
 chapters = []
 
-
 def injectShaderBlocks(_folder, _text):
     rta = ""
     lines = _text.split('\n')
@@ -44,7 +47,8 @@ def injectShaderBlocks(_folder, _text):
                             " ".join(shaderTexturePaths) + \
                             " -s 0.5 --headless -o " + shaderImage
             print shaderCommand
-            returnCode = subprocess.call(shaderCommand, shell=True)
+            if not args.skip_image_generation:
+                returnCode = subprocess.call(shaderCommand, shell=True)
             rta += "![](" + shaderImage + ")\n"
         elif line.find('.gif') >= 0:
             gifPath = re.sub(r'\!\[.*\]\((.*\.gif)\)', r'\1', line.rstrip())
@@ -52,7 +56,8 @@ def injectShaderBlocks(_folder, _text):
             pngImage = gifName + ".png"
             convertCommand = "convert " + gifPath + " " + pngImage
             print convertCommand
-            returnCode = subprocess.call(convertCommand, shell=True)
+            if not args.skip_image_generation:
+                returnCode = subprocess.call(convertCommand, shell=True)
             rta += re.sub(r'\!\[(.*)\]\((.*)\.gif\)',
                           r'![\1](\2-0.png)', line) + '\n'
         else:
@@ -83,36 +88,33 @@ for folder in folders:
 
 # Set up the appropriate options for the pandoc command
 inputOptions = chapters
-generalOptions = ["-N", "--toc", "--standalone",
-                  "--preserve-tabs", "-V documentclass=scrbook", "-V papersize=a4", "-V links-as-note"]
+generalOptions = ["-N", "--toc", "--standalone", 
+                  "--preserve-tabs", "-V documentclass=scrbook", 
+                  "-V papersize=a4", "-V links-as-note"]
 latexOptions = ["--pdf-engine=" + latexEngine]
-outputOptions = ["--output={0}".format(pdfBookPath)]
-pandocCommand = ["pandoc"] + outputOptions + \
-    inputOptions + generalOptions + latexOptions
 
-# Print out of the chapters being built and the flags being used
-print "Generating {0} from:".format(pdfBookPath)
-for chapter in inputOptions:
-    print "\t{0}".format(chapter)
-print "Using the following flags:"
-for flag in generalOptions + latexOptions:
-    print "\t{0}".format(flag)
+for outputFormat in args.format:
+    bookPath = os.path.join(outputPath, "book.{0}".format(outputFormat))
+    formatOutputOptions = []
 
-# For debugging purposes, it's a good idea to generate the .tex.  Errors
-# printed out through pandoc aren't as useful as those printed
-# directly from trying to build a PDF in TeXworks.
-texOutputOptions = ["--output={0}".format(texBookPath)]
-texPandocCommand = ["pandoc"] + texOutputOptions + \
-    inputOptions + generalOptions + latexOptions
-returnCode = subprocess.call(texPandocCommand)
-if returnCode == 0:
-    print "Successful building of {0}".format(texBookPath)
-else:
-    print "Error in building of {0}".format(texBookPath)
+    if outputFormat == 'epub':
+        formatOutputOptions = ["--epub-metadata=epub/metadata.xml", 
+                                "--epub-cover-image=epub/cover.png"]
 
-# Call pandoc
-returnCode = subprocess.call(pandocCommand)
-if returnCode == 0:
-    print "Successful building of {0}".format(pdfBookPath)
-else:
-    print "Error in building of {0}".format(pdfBookPath)
+    outputOptions = ["--output={0}".format(bookPath)] + formatOutputOptions
+    pandocCommand = ["pandoc"] + inputOptions + outputOptions \
+        + generalOptions + latexOptions
+
+    # Print out of the chapters being built and the flags being used
+    print "Generating {0} from:".format(bookPath)
+    for chapter in inputOptions:
+        print "\t{0}".format(chapter)
+    print "Using the following flags:"
+    for flag in outputOptions + generalOptions + latexOptions:
+        print "\t{0}".format(flag)
+
+    returnCode = subprocess.call(pandocCommand)
+    if returnCode == 0:
+        print "Successful building of {0}".format(bookPath)
+    else:
+        print "Error in building of {0}".format(bookPath)