make_util.py

import os
import subprocess

def substlab(template, lab_path, lab_file):
 """Read template and substitute labs"""
 with open(template, 'r') as temp:
 t = temp.readlines()

 i = t.index('%TEMPLATE_INSERT\n')
 t.insert(i+1, '\\subimport{{{0}/}}{{{1}}}\n'.format(lab_path.replace('\\', '/'), lab_file))
 return t

def getDirs(root):
 return set([x for x in os.listdir(root) if os.path.isdir(x)])
 
def run_latex(template, msg=True):
 if msg:
 print "Running XeLaTeX on {}".format(template)
 
 ret = subprocess.Popen(['xelatex', '-halt-on-error', template],
 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
 stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 stdout = ret.communicate()[0]
 return ret
 
def run_biber(template, msg=True):
 if msg:
 print "Running Biber on {}".format(template)
 
 _t = os.path.splitext(template)[0]
 ret = subprocess.Popen(['biber', _t])
 stdout = ret.communicate()[0]
 return ret

run_seq = [run_latex,
 run_biber,
 run_latex,
 run_latex]