Piecepackr Companion Website

This is the source code for the companion website for the piecepackr R package. piecepackr makes it easy to create customizable piecepack graphics for game diagrams, animations, and print-and-play layouts. This companion website contains documentation and several demos on how to use piecepackr (including downloadable print-and-play layouts and configurations).

Dependencies

Command-line installation instructions (for Ubuntu):

# pelican blogging system (plus rake)
sudo apt install python3-pip rake rsync
pip3 install pelican pelican_comment_system Pillow typogrify

# some nice fonts
sudo apt install fonts-dejavu fonts-noto
fonts_dir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/fonts/
curl -O http://www.quivira-font.com/files/Quivira.otf
mv Quivira.otf $fonts_dir
curl -O https://www.chessvariants.com/d.font/chess1.ttf
mv chess1.ttf $fonts_dir
curl -O https://noto-website-2.storage.googleapis.com/pkgs/NotoEmoji-unhinted.zip
unzip NotoEmoji-unhinted.zip NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf
mv NotoEmoji-Regular.ttf $fonts_dir
rm NotoEmoji-unhinted.zip
sudo mv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf ~/

# R plus some R package dependencies
sudo apt install cabal-install
cabal update # add $HOME/.cabal/bin to $PATH
cabal install pandoc

sudo apt install r-base librsvg2-dev texlive-xetex cargo
sudo apt install ghostscript imgp libimage-exiftool-perl

R package installation instructions (start R with R):

install.packages(c("remotes", "ragg", "rsvg"))
remotes::install_github("piecepackr/piecepackr")
remotes::install_github("piecepackr/tradgames")
remotes::install_github("piecepackr/ppgames")
remotes::install_github("piecepackr/piecenikr")
remotes::install_github("trevorld/r-xmpdf")
quit("no")

Build and deploy website

$ rake -T
rake clean    # Remove any temporary products
rake clobber  # Remove any generated files
rake default  # Build website
rake deploy   # Deploy website to trevor.l.davis.com/piecepackr
rake test     # Test website on localhost:8000