ENH: Use LaTeX template to build more concise page-level pdf files using --individualpdf option

[mmcky]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

#687 adds the capacity to auto-build each document for a project as an individual pdf file.However currently the resultant pdf is like a mini book format (using the default latex writer included in sphinx). We will need to work on more concise page layouts hopefully using LaTeX templates as being worked on in #586 to be more like this example

Describe the solution you'd like

Develop a default LaTeX template which could be used to produce a more concise pdf files.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Write a custom sphinx.translator but hopefully this can be avoided.

Additional context

One use case for the jb build <folder> --builder=pdflatex --individualpages command is to build pdf via latex to support pdf downloads for html sites.

[emdupre]

This sounds really great ! Out of curiosity, does this interact with building PDFs for single-page books ?

[mmcky]

hey @emdupre - this is a good point. Which template to use for:

Case 1:

jb build <file> --builder=pdflatex

and Case 2:

jb build <file> --builder=pdflatex --individualpages

I think consistency is probably the best approach where:

1. Case 1 build using a project type LaTeX theme (book)
2. Case 2 build using a single page style LaTeX theme (singlepage)

Alternative: would be if a <file> is specified to use the singlepage LaTeX theme. My concern with Case 2 above is the --individualpages flag is not really built with <file> in mind.

We will revisit this once LaTeX templates are available