MIT Press Assets

Scripts and generated files for MIT Press submission.

Figure List Generator

Extracts figure metadata from QMD source files:

bash

# From the quarto/ directory:
python3 scripts/mit_press/figure_list_for_press.py --vol 1 -o scripts/mit_press/FIGURE_LIST_VOL1.txt
python3 scripts/mit_press/figure_list_for_press.py --vol 1 --format csv -o scripts/mit_press/FIGURE_LIST_VOL1.csv

Output Formats

Text (default): Human-readable, organized by chapter
CSV: Spreadsheet format with columns: Figure Number, Label, Caption, Alt-Text
Markdown: Formatted for documentation

Output Fields

<table> <thead> <tr> <th width="25%"><b>Field</b></th> <th width="75%">Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr><td><b>Figure Number</b></td><td>Chapter.Figure format (e.g., 1.1, 2.3)</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Label</b></td><td>Source reference (e.g., fig-ai-timeline)</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Caption</b></td><td>Full caption text</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Alt-Text</b></td><td>Accessibility description</td></tr> </tbody> </table>

Generated Files

FIGURE_LIST_VOL1.txt - Text format, 152 figures
FIGURE_LIST_VOL1.csv - CSV format for spreadsheets