added a script to simply pack a release for handouts

pack_release.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import shlex
+import zipfile
+
+def run_pdflatex(master):
+    pwd = os.getcwd()
+    if os.sep in master: # probably a path
+       basename = os.path.basename(master)
+       dirname  = os.path.dirname(master)
+       os.chdir(dirname)
+       master = basename
+    call = r'pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "\def\ishandout{1} \input{' + master + r'}"'
+    subprocess.call(shlex.split(call))
+    os.chdir(pwd)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--version', required = True,
+                        help = "indicate the handout version, e.g. edition")
+    parser.add_argument('--master-tex', required = True,
+                        help = "indicate a TeX master document")
+    parser.add_argument('--sample-directory', required = True,
+                        help = "path to directory with script files (cloze and solution")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    master = args.master_tex
+
+    print(f"Typesetting Handout Version for '{master}'")
+    #run_pdflatex(master)
+
+    handout_version = os.path.splitext(master)[0] + '.pdf'
+    final_place     = os.path.basename(handout_version)
+
+    file_list=[(handout_version, final_place),
+               ('handout/README.txt', 'README.txt')]
+    opj         = os.path.join
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(args.sample_directory):
+        for fname in files:
+            # restrict to sample files, no helper files
+            if 'copy' in fname or 'README' in fname: continue
+            file_list.append((opj(root,fname), opj(*root.split('/')[1:],fname)))
+
+    buildzipfname = 'snakemake_intro_%s.zip' % args.version
+    z = zipfile.ZipFile(buildzipfname, 'w', compression = zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+    for item in file_list:
+        z.write(item[0], item[1])
+    z.close()
+