#!/bin/bash # Create a letter # Configuration template=~/documents/letter_template.tex dir=~/documents/`date +%Y` texdir=$dir/tex editor=/usr/bin/vim reader=/usr/bin/mupdf function mkpdf () { pdflatex -shell-escape $1.tex EXT=(aux log) for i in ${EXT[*]} do rm -v $1.$i done } # Preparation mkdir -p $dir mkdir -p $texdir named=0 while [ $named -eq 0 ] do read -p "Enter document name: " REPLY docname=`echo $REPLY | sed 's/\ /_/g'` docdate="`date +%Y-%m-%d`" doc=$dir/${docdate}_${docname} tex=$dir/${docdate}_${docname}.tex pdf=$dir/${docdate}_${docname}.pdf if [ -e $pdf ] then read -p "Document already exists. Overwrite? (y/N) " REPLY [ "$REPLY" == "y" ] || continue fi read -p "Create document \"$pdf\"? (Y/n) " REPLY [ "$REPLY" == "y" -o x"$REPLY" == x ] && named=1 done cd $dir cp $template $tex $editor $tex mkpdf $doc $reader $pdf finished=0 while [ $finished -eq 0 ] do read -p "Finished editing? (Y/n) " REPLY if [ "$REPLY" == "y" -o x"$REPLY" == x ] then finished=1 else $editor $tex mkpdf $doc $reader $pdf fi done read -p "Keep a copy of the .tex file? (Y/n) " REPLY if [ "$REPLY" == "y" -o x"$REPLY" == x ] then mv $tex $texdir else rm $tex fi