[ale] [OT] Document formatter?

[Steve Litt]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 13:26:50 -0400
leam hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Funny you should mention this.  
> 
> My current effort is really specific and in Ruby.
> 
> https://github.com/makhidkarun/rb_tools/blob/master/bin/build_book
> 
> That's why I asked.   :)
> 
> Leam

A couple minutes scanning your program brings me to the conclusion that
your program is meant to write a book of a very specific structure, to
enforce that structure, and compile.

I'm confused as to why you delete and create empty the book_dir and
chapter_dir on every run. What loads the proper stuff in those
directories?

So it looks to me like what you're done when finished is a bunch of
text with no styles. Theoretically, you could write the subdocuments as
Stylz files, run them through Stylz converters, and then put them
together into a whole book. Or put the finished book through Stylz
converter.

What kinds of books are you facilitating writing? It looks like you
have a formula to write a specific genre over and over, which is how a
lot of people make good money.

SteveT

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