GTD Templates for Remarkable

Contains templates for GTD writting in tex and utilities for generating svg/png files and uploads templates to remarkable.

DISCLAIMER: Usage of this software is at your own risk and you are responsible for loss of files other damages. Make sure to backup your Remarkable (and the templates) before using this software.

Examples

Installation

The code has been tested using the following setup:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Python 3.8.0
• pdflatex

Besides from running the code natively on your computer, this project also comes with a slim Dockerfile which allows you to create and upload the reMarkable templates on any operating system which has docker installed. See usage below.

LaTeX

A LaTeX compiler for generating the pdf containing the templates. Sevaral LaTeX packages are required, which can be found in the gtd.tex file.

Converting

For converting the pdf to separate png and svg files three linux command line tools are used:

• pdfseparate (standard available on Ubuntu)
• pdf2svg (standard available on Ubuntu)
• rsvg-convert (can be installed using sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin)

Uploading

The files can be uploaded automatically to the Remarkable over SSH. The python script has two requirements which can be installed by running python -m pip install -r requirements.txt.

Usage

The tex filename and template names have to specified in the names.txt file. The first line is the name of the tex file (e.g., gtd), each following line specifies a template name. This means the number of lines in the names.txt file has to equal to the number of pages + 1 of the pdf file.

The generated pdf can be converted using the convert.py script. The png/svg files and a templates.json file will be placed in the files directory. The templates can automatically be uploaded using the upload.py script or can be manually copied onto your remarkable.

Commands:

• make pdf generates pdf using pdflatex.
• make convert converts pdf to png and svg using (pdfseparate, pdf2svg and rsvg-convert).
• make upload uploads templates to remarkable and updates the templates.json file.
• make clean deletes latex build files and files directory.
• make runs pdf, convert and upload in sequence.

Using Docker

You can also use docker to run all above commands without having the required dependencies installed on your computer.

Commands:

• docker build -t gtd . creates the docker image
• docker run --network host -it gtd executes the make command as documented above
• docker run --network host -it gtd make pdf to run a specific make command

Notes

Page Sizes

pdf2svg uses a dpi of 90.0

• Width: 1404 pixels = 15.6in
• Height: 1872 pixels = 20.8in
• Left: 120 pixels = 1.33in
• Top: 20 pixels = 0.22in
• Right: 20 pixels = 0.22in
• Bottom: 20 pixels = 0.22in