svelte-document

Create documents, resumes, or presentations from a collection of Svelte files. No configuration needed, and exports to a very portable PDF file.

Important

This is an experimental project and more of a toy than something ready for production use. You shouldn't use this for anything (too) serious.

Usage

Getting started

Install svelte-document from npm as a global package, then invoke it in any directory containing .svelte pages that you want formatted into a PDF. A file called document.pdf will be generated in the current working directory.

# Install the package globally
npm install -g svelte-document

# Invoke the command
svelte-document

Page semantics and ordering

To order your pages is to simply number them: 1.svelte, 2.svelte, 3.svelte, and so on. The order which your filesystem presents the files do not impact the order in the document. You can also title your page by inserting any contents after a space character, like so: 5 How to Install Linux.svelte.

You can also use periods in your number to create subsections if needed, such as in 5.1 Troubleshooting.svelte.

Folders are not parsed, so you can use them to store components and assets, and files starting with + are ignored, save for +layout.svelte (explained later).

Page metadata in components

You can export the following Svelte variables in a <script>...</script> block and they will be automatically filled in by the tool:

Variable name	Description
page_name	The name of the page provided after the page index in your file name. If there is no name, this value will be empty ("").
page_path	The full path to the current page component.
page_index	The page index from the file name. This is a string.
page_count	The number of the page, starting from 1. This is an integer.

Importing assets

Images

You can import images directly like so:

<script>
    import img from "./my-image.png"
</script>

<img src={img} />

Fonts

Fonts can also be imported. The file name of the font can be used in font-family styling, like so:

<script>
    import "./FontFile.ttf"
</script>

<div style="font-family: FontFile;">Hello world!</div>

Layout

You can provide a +layout.svelte file that will wrap every page. Its functionality is the same as SvelteKit's +layout.svelte.

Tip

Layout files can import CSS stylesheets using import statements, like so: import "./styles.css". Other pages cannot import CSS stylesheets, but can use <style>...</style> blocks.

Configuration

svelte-document is zero configuration, but you can provide optional configuration in a document.config.json file in the root of your document files, with the following fields:

Field	Default	Description
size	A4	Dimensions of the page. Accepted values: A5, A4, A3, B5, B4, JIS-B5, JIS-B4, letter, legal, ledger, or a set of custom dimensions with the following format: {number}in/cm/mm {number}in/cm/mm, such as 24in 24in or 300mm 300mm.
orientation	portrait	Orientation of the page. Accepted values: portrait, landscape
out	document.pdf	Output file path/name, relative to the current working directory.

Roadmap

• Implement PostCSS to support plugins such as TailwindCSS and Sass.
  • Done. svelte.config.js is now considered during compilation, so preprocessors (e.g. svelte-preprocess) can be used to implement suport for TailwindCSS, Sass, PostCSS, etc. Needs testing.
• Implement plugin mechanism to extend functionality.
• Better compatibility with projects using Node packages.

License

Copyright (c) 2024 Louka Ménard Blondin

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