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# letterpress
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Gutenberg the 💩 out of it!
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<img src="figures/gutenberg.jpg" width=530>
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Letterpress is a project aimed at simplifying the self-publishing process for books.
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It provides a ready-to-use template based on AsciiDoctor, catering to authors who need robust support for diagramming, coding examples, and mathematical formulas.
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## Contributing
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Contributions to Letterpress are welcome! If you have suggestions, improvements, or bug fixes, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.
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## Tools
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This Project makes use of the following tools:
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- [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
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- [Asciidoctor](https://asciidoctor.org/)
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## Batteries included
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Everything you need to get started is included in the package
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- Devcontainers: Allows you to build your book locally
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- GitHub Workflows: Allows you to build your book on GitHub CI
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- Front matter and Back matter setup
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- PDF and EPUB output
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## Bring your own
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- Content
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- Images
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## Commands
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### Generate
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In order to generate the PDF and the EPUB versions of the book you can just run:
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```bash
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make
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```
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If you just need to generate the PDF:
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```bash
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make output/book.pdf
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```
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If you just need to generate the EPUB:
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```bash
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make output/book.epub
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```
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### Count
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```bash
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make count
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```
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### Clean
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In order to remove the generated files you can run:
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```bash
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make clean
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```
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## Structure
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The entry point of the book is [book.adoc](source/book.adoc).
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The [book.adoc](source/book.adoc) consists of 3 sections:
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- The [front matter](source/front_matter.adoc)
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- The [body](source/body.adoc)
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- The [back matter](source/back_matter.adoc)
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The [body](source/body.adoc) is where should be placing the main content of your book.
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