The plan....

At some point, contact the publisher to get contact info for the authors’ estates. Then, contact the estates and erm, beg.

• [ ] Setup a build script.
  • [ ] Let Pandoc author know what ePub metadata like ‘title’ is being ignored by the compiler: [INFO] This document format requires a nonempty <title> element.
  • [ ] Make sure metadata is showing correctly.
• [-] PAIN
  • [X] Acknowledgements
  • [X] Preface to 1970 edition.
  • [ ] Preface to the present edition.
  • [X] Transliteration and Pronunciation
  • [X] Dates
  • [X] Introduction
  • [X] Chapter 1
  • [X] Chapter 2
  • [X] Chapter 3
  • [X] Chapter 4
  • [ ] Chapter 5
    • [ ] Table in comments/4.
  • [X] Chapter 6
  • [X] Chapter 7
  • [X] Chapter 8
  • [X] Chapter 9
  • [X] Chapter 10
  • [X] Chapter 11
  • [X] Chapter 12
  • [X] Chapter 13
  • [X] Chapter 14
  • [X] Chapter 15
  • [X] Chapter 16
  • [X] Chapter 17
  • [X] Chapter 18
  • [X] Chapter 19
  • [X] Chapter 20
  • [X] Chapter 21
  • [X] Chapter 22
  • [X] Chapter 23
  • [X] Chapter 24
  • [X] Chapter 25
  • [X] Chapter 26
  • [X] Chapter 27
  • [X] Chapter 28
  • [X] Appendix 1
  • [X] Appendix 2
  • [X] Appendix 3
  • [X] Appendix 4
  • [X] Appendix 5
  • [X] Appendix 6
  • [ ] Arabic English glossary
    • [ ] Script to find all terms, and add links from all chapters.
• [ ] Make a minimal .css file.
• [ ] Images (minimum)
  • [ ] Finger counting
  • [ ] Arabic bow
  • [ ] Foot positions
• [ ] Run a spell check over everything, after having deleted custom dict.
• [ ] Then, add notes (groan).
• [ ] Add back in (feck..) “see page xyz” as links.
• [ ] Ask Bede if he wants to join in, and either update based on more recent research, or add new findings to expand on what’s already contained.
• [ ] Publish.
• [ ] (Optional) Split out comments (again) and create a translation-only version. Will still need some ilustrations re finger-lock etc.
• [ ] Videos?
• [X] Lookup ePub extras provided by Pandoc, “index/forward” etc.
• [X] The original title can be translated as “Essential Archer for beginners” or “Essential Archery For The Fighting Archer, Or All That the Toiler Desires.” Use this!
• [X] Add the errata.
• [X] Replace all MSS with “manuscripts”.
• [X] Find all instances of === and replace with an explanation of what manuscript it came from.
• [X] Put the i, ii, iii etc sections back.
• [X] Double-check all Ṭ and ṣ etc.
• [X] Find out what (sic) means…
• [X] No need for an index, when the document can be searched :-)
• [X] Setup a github repo.

*

Elisp

(defvar arabic-letters
  '(("a" . "ā")
    ("e" . "ē")
    ("i" . "ī")
    ("o" . "ō")
    ("u" . "ū")
    ("d" . "ḍ")
    ("h" . "ḥ")
    ("H" . "Ḥ")
    ("s" . "ṣ")
    ("T" . "Ṭ")
    ("t" . "ṭ")
    ("z" . "ẓ")))

(defun foggerty-map-character (map)
  (interactive)
  (let* ((char (char-to-string (read-key)))
         (test (assoc char map))
         (replacement (if test (cdr test) char)))
    (insert replacement)
    replacement))

(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "<f5>")
                (qif (foggerty-map-character arabic-letters)))

(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "'")
            (qif (insert "’")))
(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "`")
            (qif (insert "‘")))
(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "~")
            (qif (insert "“")))
(define-key markdown-mode-map (kbd "\"")
            (qif (insert "”")))