Feature Request: PDF Formatting Using Layout Language (maybe FDXT?) about betterfountain

[piersdeseilligny]

@anthonyjoeseph thanks for opening this issue, and apologies for the late response!

BetterFountain defines the PDF layout in the print.ts file (that's how the differences in printing layout for a4 and letter formats are defined), so that might be a good place to start a potential PR on this.

I'm open to translating fdxt layouts, but I doubt complete interoperability would ever be possible, so it might make more sense (and especially be clearer) to use a JSON file, that could extend/inherit the PrintProfile already selected in the settings (a4 or letter).

Then the question is what the best way of doing this is... My first guess would be something like having a JSON file sit alongside the .fountain, maybe with a .bflayout extension or something, and then we can define a set of rules defining when this sidecar file is used and when it's not (based on filename). But there might be better ways of doing this, let me know what you think!