Add ability to generate plots from scripts

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
build_html/*
build_ipynb/*
figures/generated/*
.matplotlib/*.cache
*~
\#*
.ipynb_checkpoints

.matplotlib/matplotlibrc

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
backend : Template

Makefile

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ VPATH = markdown
#     intermediate IPython notebooks.
BUILD_HTML = build_html
BUILD_NB = build_ipynb
FIGURES = figures/generated

# TITLES: This should be an exhaustive list of all the chapters to be
#     built, and correspond to markdown filenames in the markdown
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ TITLES := preface ch1 ch2 ch3 ch4 ch5 ch6 ch7 ch8 epilogue
CHS_ := $(addprefix $(BUILD_HTML)/,$(TITLES))
chs: build_dirs $(addsuffix .html,$(CHS_))

ch3: $(FIGURES)/radar_time_signals.png

$(FIGURES)/%.png: script/%.py $(FIGURES)
	MPLCONFIGDIR=./.matplotlib python $< $@

# %.html: How to build an HTML file from its corresponding IPython
#     notebook.
$(BUILD_HTML)/%.html: $(BUILD_NB)/%.ipynb
@@ -46,6 +52,8 @@ $(BUILD_HTML):
	 mkdir -p $(BUILD_HTML)
$(BUILD_NB):
	 mkdir -p $(BUILD_NB)
$(FIGURES):
	 mkdir -p $(FIGURES)

# all: build the book.
all: chs
@@ -56,3 +64,4 @@ clean:

clobber: clean
	 rm -rf $(BUILD_HTML)
	 rm -rf $(FIGURES)