ondra6ak / skribo

Dead simple screenplay format

Skribo

Dead simple screenplay format.

Installation

Install python3 and pip, pandoc, texlive-luatex (recomended) and texlive-latex-extra via your package manager. And then use these commands to complete the installation:

# pip3 install unicode-slugify
# mkdir -p /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/skribo
# cp skribo.py /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/skribo/__init__.py
# chmod +x skribo-*
# cp skrib-* /usr/bin/
# cp -r roboto /usr/share/fonts/truetype/roboto

Usage (WIP)

skribo-reader -i examples/monty_python.skrb | pandoc -f json --normalize --latex-engine lualatex --template skribo.latex -o examples/monty_python.pdf

Syntax

Every screenplay must begin with header like the one bellow and blank line after

TITLE
Subtitle
Alice Doe; Bob Doe

Each scene begins with the scene name in allcaps and blank line

SCENE EXAMPLE

Replica begins with the character name and a colon following by the actual text and a blank line

Alice: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

Notes can appear anywhere in the text

Alice: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. (exits)

(The room darkens)