BakaPrince

C# application that uses PrinceXML to generate PDFs from Baka-Tsuki's projects. Feed it a JSON configuration file and it will create a nice PDF for you.

Usage

Usage: bakaprince [OPTIONS]+ [parse|convert] config-path
Create a PDF from a Baka-Tsuki project.

Options:
  -f, --force               force re-download of files
  -h, --help                 show this message and exit
  
  parse:
  -o, --output=VALUE         output path
  -v, --volume=VALUE         volume number
  
  convert:
  -p, --prince=PATH          the PATH where PrinceXML is located. Leave away
                               to find it automatically.
  -o, --output=VALUE         where to write the resulting PDF
  -s, --stylesheet=VALUE     specify an additional stylesheet to use

JSON format

Keys

title

Set the title key to define what the name of the novel is. (Will be applied to the PDF config)

defaults

Set the default config for your pages.

• name: Wiki-title of the chapter (not useful as a default value)
• title: Text that will be displayed for the chapter [name]
• prefix: String that should be prepended to name. E.g. "Volume 1 "
• wiki: Url to the wiki where the pages are [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/]
• notitle: Whether or not the script should hold off making a visible title for the chapter (the header will still be created) [false]
• noheader: Whether or not to hide the header [false]
• pagebreak: Whether or not there should be a pagebreak before the chapter [true]
• entrypicture: Whether or not the first picture should be placed before the title [false]

images

Array of image urls. Relative paths are resolved relatively to the JSON file.

pages

List of chapter definitions. Give a string to use that as the name and default values for everything else, or make an object with the keys you see in the defaults section.

translators

List of contributing translators.

editors

List of contributing editors.

authors

Writer(s) involved in the light novel at hand.

artists

Artist(s) involved in the light novel at hand.

stylesheets

A list of stylesheets relative to the config file to include in the document.