basic-book-builder/chapters/01_Getting_Started.md

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# Getting Started
## Installing Pre-Requisites
For Debian / ZorinOS and likely Ubuntu based systems.
> [!caution] TODO
> It would be nice to roll a setup script to take care of this.
### Required
#### Pandoc
- https://pandoc.org/
- [Download](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/tag/3.8.2.1)
> ```sudo apt install https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.8.2.1/pandoc-3.8.2.1-1-amd64.deb```
#### Code Editor
> [!established] Code Editor
> [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com/) is recommend for privacy (telemetry/tracking) reasons
> - https://vscodium.com/
But any text editor will work.
#### make
```
sudo apt install make
```
#### jq and yq
```
sudo apt install jq yq
```
#### texlive
> ```sudo apt install texlive texlive-xetex texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra```
#### MathJax
- https://www.mathjax.org/
```
wget https://registry.npmjs.org/mathjax/-/mathjax-3.2.2.tgz
tar xzf mathjax-3.2.2.tgz
mv package/es5/* lib/mathjax
rm -rf package mathjax-3.2.2.tgz
```
> [!caution] TODO
> This need to be rolled into a setup script.
### Optional
The following are not strictly requires to use this book builder template.
#### Obsidian
> [!established] Highly Recommended
> Editing book chapter content in Obsidian is a very productive means for editing Markdown source content.
- https://obsidian.md/
- [Deb Package](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v1.9.14/obsidian_1.9.14_amd64.deb)
```
sudo apt install https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/download/v1.9.14/obsidian_1.9.14_amd64.deb
```
#### Zotero
> [!established] Highly Recommended
> If you need to managed citations and references, Zotero integration is highly recommended.
- https://www.zotero.org/
```
sudo cp ./scripts/deps/zotero.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
```
```
sudo apt update
```
```
sudo apt install zotero
```
##### Better BibTex for Zotero
Install the Better BibTex Plugin for Zotero
- Zotero > Tool > Plugins
##### Export citations.bib
- Zotero > File > Export Library > Format: Better BibTeX
- [ ] Keep Updated
- [ ] Save to: ~/Documents/Lib/zotero.bib
- [ ] Symlink your ~/Documents/Lib/Citations.bib to basic-book-builder/lib/zotero.bib
##### Zotero Connector Browser Plugin
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/zotero-connector/ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc
Provides you the ability to auto add Web resources to your Zotero citation database.
#### lmodern
```
sudo apt install lmodern
```
#### epubcheck
```
sudo apt install epubcheck
```
#### foliate
An EPub Reader
- https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/
```
sudo apt install https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/releases/download/2.6.4/com.github.johnfactotum.foliate_2.6.4_all.deb
```
#### calibre
An EPub Reader
- https://calibre-ebook.com
```
sudo apt install calibre
```
## Editing the Configuration
# Editing the Book
### Configuration
There are a number of other config files for each format:
```
conf/
├── epub-metadata.xml
├── epub_template.html
├── epub.yaml
├── frontmatter_epub.md
├── frontmatter_epub.xhtml
├── frontmatter.html
├── frontmatter.tex
├── header.tex
├── html.yaml
├── latex.yaml
├── markdown.yaml
├── metadata.yaml
├── pandoc.yaml
├── pdf.yaml
├── style.css
└── style_epub.css
```
#### Main Config Files
- metadata.yaml - Set Title, etc
- pandoc.yaml - Main Pandoc Config
#### Per format Configs
- `pdf.yaml`
- `html.yaml`
- `latex.yaml`
- `epub.yaml`
### FrontMatter Config
There are 2 Version of the FrontMatter for PDF, and HTML bases formats that set the Title, Author, Verizon, Copyright, etc...
- `frontmatter.tex`
- `frontmatter.html`
- `frontmatter_epub.*` - Work in Progress
> There is probably a better way to do this.
## Editing the Content
To edit the book open the `basic-book-builder` directory as an Obsidian Vault.
- Edit the Markdown content in the `chapters` directory.
### Citations
> Note: the Zotero database needs configured to export automatically to `lib/citations.bib`
To insert a Zotero Citation
- Ensure the Zotero App and DB are running on you system.
- Alt + I (to insert citation)
- Search for and select citation reference
## Usage: Building the Book
#### PDF
```
make pdf
```
#### HTML
```
make html
```
#### LaTex
```
make latex
```
#### Markdown
```
make markdown
```
#### EPub
> Note: This ePub configuration still needs tuning.
```
make epub
```