From 2efaed51f9d02655ebb6892ea0fa7969d2967c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Urbani <francescourbanidue@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:48:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added script to generate a pdf with pandoc.

---
 .gitignore             |  5 ++++-
 createPdfFromReadme.sh | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 createPdfFromReadme.sh

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c63807c..d87b2fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# macOS garbage
+.DS_Store
+
 snippets
 book
-
+latex
diff --git a/createPdfFromReadme.sh b/createPdfFromReadme.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2da1206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/createPdfFromReadme.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Execute this script to generate a PDF version from the single Readme.md file present in this repository.
+# Usage: ./createPdfFromReadme.sh
+
+# -------------------- Utility Methods --------------------
+# Check for binaries
+function checkEnvironment(){
+    type pandoc >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Install 'pandoc' first (e.g. via 'brew install pandoc')." >&2 && exit 1 ; }
+    type xelatex >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Install 'xelatex' first" >&2 && exit 1 ; }
+}
+
+# Cleanup the src directory before starting
+function cleanupBeforeStarting(){
+    rm -rf ./latex
+    mkdir latex
+}
+
+
+# Creates the summary from the generated chapters
+function convertToLatex(){
+    cd ./latex
+    
+    cp ../*.png .
+
+    pandoc ../README.md -V geometry:margin=0.7in --standalone --from markdown --to latex > readme.tex
+    echo "Generated readme.tex file."
+    cp readme.tex easy_rust.tex
+
+    xelatex --interaction=nonstopmode easy_rust.tex
+    echo "Generated PDF file easy_rust.pdf"    
+
+    cd ..
+}
+
+
+
+# -------------------- Steps to create the mdBook version --------------------
+checkEnvironment
+cleanupBeforeStarting
+convertToLatex