genslides.py

import subprocess
from pathlib import Path
from jinja2 import Environment


# Tuples with:
# - Author name
# - Talk title
# - PDF file name (or None if not available)
TALKS: list[tuple[str, str, str | None]] = [
    # [...]
    # --- wait list ---
    # [...]
]


def main() -> None:
    talks: list[tuple[str, str, str | None, str]] = [
        (speaker, title, pdf, next_speaker)
        for (speaker, title, pdf), (next_speaker, _, _)
        in zip(TALKS, TALKS[1:] + [("", "", None)])
    ]

    env = Environment(
        variable_start_string="((",
        variable_end_string="))",
        block_start_string="((*",
        block_end_string="*))",
        comment_start_string="((=",
        comment_end_string="=))",
        autoescape=False,
    )
    j2_src = Path("genslides.tex.j2").read_text()
    template = env.from_string(j2_src)
    tex_src = template.render(entries=talks)

    tex_path = Path("talks.tex")
    tex_path.write_text(tex_src)

    subprocess.run(
        ["latexmk", "-pdf", tex_path],
        check=True,
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()