Drafts Directory: Advanced Print/PDF export

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Posted by RoyRogers, Last update over 4 years ago

Advanced Print / PDF export.

Prints current draft or directly from clipboard:

Uses predefined css-drafts with tag: ‘css-print’
Select to preserve line breaks, add TOC, or show preview.
Settings are saved between runs.
The actual printing is in a separate “Print” action step.
Style-drafts are plain css, so easy to apply any css.
PDFs can be made in the iOS print preview (not Drafts preview) by two finger expand gesture and then tapping share button.

Steps

script

// Advanced Print
// RV 2020-03-26 at 21:01

// Chose predefined css drafts with tag: 'css-print'
// Print current draft or directly from clipboard.
// Select to preserve ln, add toc, and show preview
// Settings are saved between runs.
// The actual printing is in the following action step.
// Style drafts are plain css, so easy to apply any css.

'use strict';
let tocHead = '### Table of Contents'
let path = '/print-settings.json'

function main() {
  // prompt to select
  let st = getSettings();
  let p = Prompt.create();
  p.title = "Print Menu";
  // p.message = "Select Print Style:";
  p.addSelect('source', "Select Source:", ['Current Draft', 'Text in Clipboard'], [st.source], false);
  p.addSwitch("ln", "Keep Line Breaks", st.ln);
  p.addSwitch("prev", "Show Preview", st.prev);
  p.addSwitch("toc", "Make TOC", st.toc);
  
  let cssList = getCSS();
  // p.addButton('Default Style', -1);
  let i = 0
  for (let cssObj of cssList) {
    p.addButton(cssObj.title, i);
    i++;
  }
  
  if (!p.show()) {
    context.cancel('canceled by user');
    return false;
  }
  
  // get the selected css draft
  let selIndex = parseInt(p.buttonPressed);
  let cssObj = cssList[selIndex];
  let css = cssObj.css;
  st.toc = p.fieldValues['toc'];
  st.prev = p.fieldValues['prev'];
  st.ln = p.fieldValues['ln'];
  let doc = '';
  
  // let sel = p.fieldValues['source'][0];
  st.source = p.fieldValues['source'][0];
  switch (st.source) {
    case 'Current Draft':
      doc = draft.content;
      break;
    case 'Text in Clipboard':
      doc = app.getClipboard();
      break;
    default:
      app.displayErrorMessage('switch/case not implemented!');
      return;
  }
  makeHTML(doc, css, st);
  // print is done in next action step, using [[html]] template tag.
}

function getSettings() {
  let fmCloud = FileManager.createCloud();
  let settings = fmCloud.readString(path);
  if (!settings) { 
    // No file found, use default;
    var obj = {'source': 'Current Draft', 'ln': true, 'toc': false, 'prev': true}
  } else {
    var obj = JSON.parse(settings)
  }

  return obj;
}

function saveSettings(obj) {
  let fmCloud = FileManager.createCloud();
  let success = fmCloud.write(path, JSON.stringify(obj));
}

function makeHTML(doc, css, st) {
  let mmd = MultiMarkdown.create();
  mmd.format = "html";
  
  if (st.toc) {
    doc = doc.replace(/\n/, '\n\n' + tocHead + '\n{{TOC}}')
  }
  
  if (st.ln) {
    // add 2 spaces to end of line 
    doc = doc.replace(/(\S+?) *$/gm, '$1  ');
  }

  let body = mmd.render(doc);
  // css = '';
  let html = `<html>
  <style>
  ${css}
  </style>
  <body>
  ${body}
  </div>
  </body>
  </html>
  `
  
  if (st.prev) {
    let preview = HTMLPreview.create();
    if (!preview.show(darklight(html))) {
      context.cancel('canceled by user');
      return;
    }
  }
  saveSettings(st);
  draft.setTemplateTag("html", html);
}

function getCSS() {
  // get list of drafts in all
  let drafts = Draft.query("", "all", ['css-print'], [''], 'name');
  
  // check if found any valid ccs
  if (drafts.length == 0) {
    alert(`No Style Sheet found,
    only Default style available.
    
    To make other styles available,
    create a draft with css content
    and assign the tag "css-print\".`);
  }
  
  let cssList = [{'title': 'Default Monospace Style', 'i': 0, 'css': defaultCSS}];
  // p.addButton('Default Style', -1);
  let i = 1
  for (let d of drafts) {
    let title = d.title.replace(/\/\* *(.+?)(.css)? *\*\//, '$1');
    let css = d.content;
    cssList.push({'title': title, 'i': i, 'css': css});
    i++;
  }
  return cssList;
}

let defaultCSS = `/* Default CSS monospace style */
body {
  font-family: Menlo, monospace;
  font-size: 100%;
}`;

function darklight(html) {
  // create theme sensitive css for preview
  
  if (app.themeMode == 'dark') {
    var css = "\nbody { background: #222; color: #ddd; }\n";
  } else {
    var css = "\nbody { background: #fff; color: #444; }\n";
  }
  return html.replace(/<\/style>/, css + '</style>');
}

main();

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