compile

#!/bin/sh
# compiles latex/md into pdfs

unset QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME

file=$(readlink -f "${1:?Must specify a filename to compile as the first argument.}")
dir=$(dirname "$file")
base="${file%.*}"
extension="${file##.*}"

cd "$dir" || exit

# sends the message (first arg) to the user and exits
abort() {
	if [ "$(tty)" = "not a tty" ]; then
		notify "Compile Error" "$1"
	else
		printf "%s\n" "$1" >&2
	fi
	exit 1
}

case "$file" in
*\.md)
	# if the user is editing a README.md file at the same level as a .git dir
	# render with gfm (Github Flavored Markdown)
	# else, render with pandoc markdown
	if in-gitdir && [ -d "$dir/.git" ]; then
		pandoc -f "gfm" -t html5 "$file" -o "$base".pdf
	else
		pandoc -t html5 "$file" -o "$base".pdf
	fi
	;;
*\.tex) pdflatex "$file" -output-directory -jobname="$base" "$dir" ;;
*) abort "Unsupported file extension ${extension}" ;;
esac

# if mupdf is active, refresh it
# used for live-previewing latex/md
# while Im writing it
pgrep -x mupdf && pkill -HUP mupdf