NAME¶

jigsaw-generator - program to generate jigsaws and card sort activities

SYNOPSIS¶

jigsaw-generator [options] puzzlefile[.yaml]

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page briefly documents the jigsaw-generator command.

jigsaw-generator is a program that reads a YAML data file and from it creates a "jigsaw" puzzle or card sorting activity, generally intended for classroom use. For more information, see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/jigsaw.

OPTIONS¶

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

A summary of options is included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version information.

-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT

Use OUTPUT as the basename of the output files, rather than puzzlefile.

--noclean, --no-clean

Do not clean the auxiliary files which are created (such as the LaTeX file used to generate the PDF versions of the puzzle).

--clean

Do clean the auxiliary files; this is the default behaviour.

--latex LATEX

The LaTeX variant to run. The default is pdflatex, but this default can be overridden by the template file used.

--nomakepdf, --no-makepdf

Do not make PDF output files.

--makepdf

Make PDF output files; this is the default behaviour.

--nomakemd, --no-makemd

Do not make Markdown output files.

--makemd

Make Markdown output files; this is the default behaviour.

--texfilter TEXFILTER

Run the LaTeX file through TEXFILTER before running pdflatex (or whichever LaTeX variant is being used). This filter should accept the original LaTeX file on its standard input and output the filtered file on its standard output.

--mdfilter MDFILTER

Run the Markdown file through MDFILTER after producing it. This filter should accept the original Markdown file on its standard input and output the filtered file on its standard output.

CONFIGURATION FILES¶

The program reads configuration files and template files when processing the template file. For full information, see the complete documention.

SEE ALSO¶

The program is documented fully by the documentation included with the package, typically installed in /usr/share/doc/jigsaw-generator or /usr/local/share/doc/jigsaw-generator.