Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pdfbooktool
Version: 0.1.5
Summary: Tool for converting PDFs into a format ready for printing A6 books.
Home-page: https://github.com/morngrar/pdfbooktool
Author: Svein-Kåre Bjørnsen
Author-email: sveinkare@gmail.com
License: GPL
Description: pdfbooktool
        ===========
        
        A python 3 tool for use in creating your own books.
        
        The input PDF can be of any size, and the default output is an A4 PDF,
        ready to print twosided, cut, and bind to A6 books using the "perfect
        binding" method. Optionally, one can print on A5 paper, fold, and bind
        to an A6 book, using the same method.
        
        This package installs a script called 'booktool' and this is what you would 
        actually use for preparing your PDFs.
        
        
        Usage
        -----
        
        In a terminal, navigate to the directory of your PDF, then do:
        
        ```
        $ booktool input-file.pdf
        ```
        
        Or optionally:
        
        ```
        $ booktool --a5paper input-file.pdf
        ```
        
        For A5-sized paper output.
        
        This will output a couple of intermediary files (which will be removed once the
        script is finished running) into the working directory, and eventually a file
        called "out.pdf". This new file is a reordered PDF, ready for double-sided 
        printing. Use "long edge binding" as your double-sided setting on 
        your printer for A4. If you opted for A5 paper, use "short edge" instead.
        
        Once printed, you can cut the sheets in half (only needed if you print in A4) 
        and bind them together using a technique called "perfect binding". There exist
        several videos on youtube that explains how to do this.
        
        A good open-source tool for creating suitable PDFs is 'scribus'.
        
        
        Requirements
        ------------
        
        This package requires python 3, and the library 'PyPDF2' to work, the install 
        process should install this automatically if needed.
        
        
        Installation
        ------------
        
        The most convenient way to install pdfbooktool is with pip. Since the script 
        currently doesn't seem to work on Windows, installation instructions are only 
        given for linux:
        
        Make sure you have python 3 installed, then open a terminal and type:
        
        ```
        $ sudo pip3 install pdfbooktool
        ```
        
        This should automatically install the tool, and it's dependencies.
        
        
        Running under windows
        ---------------------
        
        Running this script under Windows has barely been testet. Neither PyPDF2 nor
        pdfbooktool should use any features that are platform specific, however it 
        doesn't seem to currently work under Windows 7. Help with further testing and
        making it work, is wanted.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
Classifier: Topic :: Printing
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
