#!/bin/bash # # rm2-make-pdf # John Simpson 2023-08-13 # # Use Calibre's "ebook-convert" to convert an input file to a PDF, using # settings that I think look good on a reMarkable 2 tablet. # # Requirements: # - OS: macOS or Linux. This *might* also work on windows, if you install # whatever "Linux-ish" things you need to run it on. # - Calibre. # https://calibre-ebook.com/ # - reMarkable tablet, or some other device or program to view the resulting # PDF file with. # https://remarkable.com/ # # 2023-08-15 jms1 - fixed handling of title/author values containing spaces # # 2023-09-10 jms1 - show usage message if no input filename # ############################################################################### # # The MIT License (MIT) # # Copyright (C) 2023 John Simpson # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # ############################################################################### ######################################## # Possible locations for the 'ebook-convert' executable. The first of these # which exists will be used. EBC_MAYBE=" /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert /opt/calibre/ebook-convert /usr/local/bin/ebook-convert /usr/bin/ebook-convert " ############################################################################### # # usage function usage { MSG="${1:-}" cat <