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Daily Persian Memoir LaTeX Script and Aliases

Bash script for Ubuntu 22.04 to create a daily memoir in LaTeX stored on Dropbox. Generates a journal entry with date, centered image, and a Persian greeting.

Instructions:

1. Copy script into ~/.bashrc.
2. Run source ~/.bashrc.
3. Use memoir alias to create a timestamped Notes folder and capture an image.

Customize as needed.

Notes:

• Update and upgrade: sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
• Install Dropbox by this Link.
• Install TeX Live full: sudo apt install texlive-full -y (Highly recommended for xepersian and Xelatex engine, requires 5GB)

Feel free to adjust the picture resolution and width based on your preferences.

The output is this Link.

Persian_memoir_latex.sh

myaliases() {
    echo "\documentclass[14pt,a4paper]{memoir}"
    echo "\usepackage{enumerate}"
    echo "\usepackage{xepersian}"
    echo "\settextfont{XB Niloofar}"
    echo "\begin{document}"
    echo "\begin{center}"
    echo "      {\Large به نام خدا}"
    echo ""
    echo "      \hfill \break"
    echo ""
    echo "      {\large \textbf{\today}}"
    echo ""
    echo "      \hfill \break"
    echo ""
    echo "      \includegraphics[width=12cm]{sample.jpg}"
    echo "\end{center}‎  "
    echo "سلام"
    echo ""
    echo "\end{document}"
} > $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M).tex

alias myalias=myaliases

alias memoir='cd ~/Dropbox/Notes/ &&  mkdir $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M) && fswebcam -r 1280x720 --jpeg 85 -D 1 ~/Dropbox/Notes/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M)/sample.jpg && cd $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M) &&  myalias && gopen $(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M).tex'