Source code to pdf

Overview

Simple Python script which converts the source code files under a given directory into a single .pdf file. The resulting .pdf file is text-based and syntax-highlighted.

Requirements

The script has been developed for Linux, and makes use of the following tools:

• wkhtmltopdf
• highlight

They must be installed and be part of the PATH for the script to work.

Installation

Simply install the previous tools using your distro's package manager (apt, yum, pacman...) and execute the following command to install install the PyPDF2 Python module:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

$ python3 code_to_pdf.py --help
usage: code_to_pdf.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-l] [-f] input_dir

Convert source code into .pdf file

positional arguments:
  input_dir             Root directory of the source code

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Output .pdf file
  -l, --line_numbers    Include line numbers
  -f, --force           Overwrite output file