No longer runs markdown twice to make printme.html.

Instead uses empty spans to mark page breaks and then replaces them.

examples/MainsBreakOutBox/readme.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 
 ![Main Assembly](assemblies/main_assembled.png)
 
+<span></span>
 
 ---
 ## Table of Contents
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 1. [Mains In Assembly](#mains_in_assembly)
 1. [Main Assembly](#main_assembly)
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)
 
 ---
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; |  &nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;socket_box.stl |
 | &nbsp;&nbsp;1&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;4&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;Total 3D printed parts count |
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)
 
 ---
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 
 ![base_assembled](assemblies/base_assembled.png)
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)
 
 ---
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 
 ![feet_assembled](assemblies/feet_assembled.png)
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)
 
 ---
@@ -156,6 +161,7 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 
 ![mains_in_assembled](assemblies/mains_in_assembled.png)
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)
 
 ---
@@ -199,4 +205,5 @@ Earth leakage can be measured Canadian CSA style by disconnected the neutral lin
 
 ![main_assembled](assemblies/main_assembled.png)
 
+<span></span>
 [Top](#TOP)

scripts/views.py

@@ -79,11 +79,8 @@ def bom_to_assemblies(bom_dir, bounds_map):
             flat_bom = flat_bom[:-1]
     return [assembly["name"] for  assembly in flat_bom]
 
-def eop(print_mode, doc_file, last = False, first = False):
+def eop(doc_file, last = False, first = False):
-    if print_mode:
+    print('<span></span>', file = doc_file)     # An invisable marker for page breaks because markdown takes much longer if the document contains a div
-        if not last:
-            print('\n<div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>', file = doc_file)
-    else:
     if not first:
         print('[Top](#TOP)', file = doc_file)
     if not last:
@@ -206,7 +203,6 @@ def views(target, do_assemblies = None):
     #
     # Build the document
     #
-    for print_mode in [True, False]:
     doc_name = top_dir + "readme.md"
     with open(doc_name, "wt") as doc_file:
         #
@@ -223,14 +219,13 @@ def views(target, do_assemblies = None):
         if len(text):
             print(blurbs[0], file = doc_file)
         else:
-                if print_mode:
             print(Fore.MAGENTA + "Missing project description" + Fore.WHITE)
         #
         # Only add the image if the first blurb section doesn't contain one.
         #
         if not re.search(r'\!\[.*\]\(.*\)', blurbs[0], re.MULTILINE):
             print('![Main Assembly](assemblies/%s.png)\n' % flat_bom[-1]["name"].replace('_assembly', '_assembled'), file = doc_file)
-            eop(print_mode, doc_file, first = True)
+        eop(doc_file, first = True)
         #
         # Build TOC
         #
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ def views(target, do_assemblies = None):
         print(file = doc_file)
         if len(blurbs) > 1:
             print(blurbs[1], file = doc_file)
-            eop(print_mode, doc_file)
+        eop(doc_file)
         #
         # Global BOM
         #
@@ -292,7 +287,7 @@ def views(target, do_assemblies = None):
         print(file = doc_file)
         if len(blurbs) > 2:
             print(blurbs[2], file = doc_file)
-            eop(print_mode, doc_file)
+        eop(doc_file)
         #
         # Assembly instructions
         #
@@ -367,28 +362,47 @@ def views(target, do_assemblies = None):
             if "blurb" in ass and ass["blurb"]:
                 print(ass["blurb"], file = doc_file)
             else:
-                    if print_mode:
                 print(Fore.MAGENTA + "Missing instructions for %s" % name, Fore.WHITE)
 
             name = name.replace('_assembly', '_assembled')
             print('![%s](assemblies/%s)\n' % (name, name + suffix), file = doc_file)
-                eop(print_mode, doc_file, last = ass == flat_bom[-1] and not main_blurb)
+            eop(doc_file, last = ass == flat_bom[-1] and not main_blurb)
         #
         # If main module is suppressed print any blurb here
         #
         if main_blurb:
             print(main_blurb, file = doc_file)
-                eop(print_mode, doc_file, last = True)
+            eop(doc_file, last = True)
     #
     # Convert to HTML
     #
-        html_name = "printme.html" if print_mode else "readme.html"
+    html_name = 'readme.html'
     t = time.time()
     with open(top_dir + html_name, "wt") as html_file:
         do_cmd(("python -m markdown -x tables -x sane_lists " + doc_name).split(), html_file)
     times.add_time(top_dir + html_name, t)
     times.print_times()
     #
+    # Make the printme.html by replacing empty spans that invisbly mark the page breaks by page break divs.
+    #
+    with open(top_dir + 'readme.html', 'rt') as src:
+        lines = src.readlines()
+
+    i = 0
+    with open(top_dir + 'printme.html', 'wt') as dst:
+        while i < len(lines):
+            line = lines[i]
+            if line.startswith('<p><span></span>'):                # Empty span used to mark page breaks
+                i += 1
+                if lines[i].startswith('<a href="#TOP">Top</a>'):  # The first page break won't have one
+                    i += 1
+                if i < len(lines) and lines[i] == '<hr />\n':      # The last page break doesn't have one
+                    dst.write('<div style="page-break-after: always;"></div>\n')
+                    i += 1
+            else:
+                dst.write(line)
+                i += 1
+    #
     # Spell check
     #
     do_cmd(('codespell -L od ' + top_dir + 'readme.md').split())