0.7.2 latex (for pdf) (initial stub)doc-reform_v0.7.2

14 files changed, 3235 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/org/default_paths.org b/org/default_paths.org
index 5e4f958..859415c 100644
--- a/org/default_paths.org
+++ b/org/default_paths.org
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ import doc_reform.meta.rgx;
 <<template_paths_html>>
 <<template_paths_epub>>
 <<template_paths_odf>>
+<<template_paths_latex>>
 <<template_paths_sqlite>>
 #+END_SRC
 
@@ -1297,6 +1298,41 @@ template DocReformPathsODT() {
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+** _latex_                                                             :latex:
+
+#+name: template_paths_latex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+template DocReformPathsLaTeX() {
+  mixin DocReformRgxInit;
+  static auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto DocReformPathsLaTeX(M)(
+    M  doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    struct _PathsStruct {
+      string base_filename(string fn_src) {
+        return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
+      }
+      string base() {
+        auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(doc_matters.output_path, doc_matters.src.language);
+        string base_dir = "latex";
+        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+      }
+      string latex_path_stuff() {
+        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).array;
+      }
+      string latex_file_with_path() {
+        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).array;
+      }
+      string images() {
+        string image_dir = "image";
+        return asNormalizedPath((base).chainPath(image_dir)).array;
+      }
+    }
+    return _PathsStruct();
+  }
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 ** _sqlite_                                                           :sqlite:
 *** discrete
 
diff --git a/org/default_regex.org b/org/default_regex.org
index e8b6b3f..2958027 100644
--- a/org/default_regex.org
+++ b/org/default_regex.org
@@ -415,6 +415,24 @@ static xhtml_greater_than                         = ctRegex!(`[>]`, "m");      /
 static xhtml_line_break                           = ctRegex!(` [\\]{2}`, "m"); // <br />
 #+END_SRC
 
+*** latex special characters
+
+#+name: sp_ch_xhtml_rgx
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+static latex_special_char_shortlist               = ctRegex!(`([%$_#&\\])`);
+static latex_special_char_curlybraces             = ctRegex!(`([{}])`);
+static latex_special_char                         = ctRegex!(`([%${}_#&\\])`);
+static latex_special_char_for_escape              = ctRegex!(`([%${}_#\\])`);
+static latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces   = ctRegex!(`([&])`);
+static latex_special_char_for_escape_url          = ctRegex!(`([%])`);
+static latex_special_char_escaped                 = ctRegex!(`\\([%${}_#\\])`);
+static latex_special_char_escaped_braced          = ctRegex!(`[{]\\([&])[}]`);
+static latex_identify_inline_link                 = ctRegex!(`┥.+?┝┤\S+?├`, "mg");
+static latex_clean_internal_link                  = ctRegex!(`^(?:#|¤\S+?#)`, "m");
+static latex_identify_inline_fontface             = ctRegex!(`\\([_#$]┨.+?┣)\\([_#$])`, "mg");
+static latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak            = ctRegex!(`\s*\\\\\\\\\s*`, "m");
+#+END_SRC
+
 * 2. ctRegex defaults shared by meta & output (generic)
 ** misc generic
 
diff --git a/org/doc_reform.org b/org/doc_reform.org
index ac0aa4d..12eb46a 100644
--- a/org/doc_reform.org
+++ b/org/doc_reform.org
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct Version {
   int minor;
   int patch;
 }
-enum _ver = Version(0, 7, 1);
+enum _ver = Version(0, 7, 2);
 #+END_SRC
 
 ** compilation restrictions (supported compilers)
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "html"               : false,
   "html-seg"           : false,
   "html-scroll"        : false,
+  "latex"              : false,
   "light"              : false,
   "manifest"           : false,
   "ocn"                : true,
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ bool[string] opts = [
   "odt"                : false,
   "parallel"           : false,
   "parallel-subprocesses" : false,
+  "pdf"                : false,
   "quiet"              : false,
   "pod"                : false,
   "serial"             : false,
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "html",               "--html process html output",                                               &opts["html"],
   "html-seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                                           &opts["html-seg"],
   "html-scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                                           &opts["html-scroll"],
+  "latex",              "--latex output for pdfs",                                                  &opts["latex"],
   "light",              "--light default light theme",                                              &opts["light"],
   "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                                       &opts["manifest"],
   "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                                      &opts["ocn"],
@@ -375,6 +378,7 @@ auto helpInfo = getopt(args,
   "parallel",           "--parallel parallelisation",                                               &opts["parallel"],
   "parallel-subprocesses", "--parallel-subprocesses nested parallelisation",                        &opts["parallel-subprocesses"],
   "quiet|q",            "--quiet output to terminal",                                               &opts["quiet"],
+  "pdf",                "--pdf latex output for pdfs",                                              &opts["pdf"],
   "pod",                "--pod doc reform pod source content bundled",                              &opts["pod"],
   "serial",             "--serial serial processing",                                               &opts["serial"],
   "source",             "--source markup source text content",                                      &opts["source"],
@@ -417,7 +421,7 @@ if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
 
 #+NAME: doc_reform_args
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
+enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, latex, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
 struct OptActions {
   bool assertions() {
     return opts["assertions"];
@@ -469,6 +473,12 @@ struct OptActions {
       { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
     return _is;
   }
+  bool latex() {
+    bool _is;
+    if ( opts["latex"] || opts["pdf"])
+      { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
+    return _is;
+  }
   bool odt() {
     bool _is;
     if ( opts["odf"] || opts["odt"])
@@ -591,6 +601,7 @@ struct OptActions {
       || html
       || epub
       || odt
+      || latex
       || manifest
       || pod
       || source
@@ -629,6 +640,9 @@ struct OptActions {
     if (odt) {
       schedule ~= outTask.odt;
     }
+    if (latex) {
+      schedule ~= outTask.latex;
+    }
     return schedule.sort().uniq;
   }
   bool abstraction() {
@@ -640,6 +654,7 @@ struct OptActions {
       || html
       || epub
       || odt
+      || latex
       || manifest
       || sqlite_discrete
       || sqlite_delete
@@ -653,6 +668,7 @@ struct OptActions {
       || html
       || epub
       || odt
+      || latex
       || sqlite_discrete
       || sqlite_update
     ) { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
diff --git a/org/meta_abstraction.org b/org/meta_abstraction.org
index 4192d3b..317be72 100644
--- a/org/meta_abstraction.org
+++ b/org/meta_abstraction.org
@@ -2916,30 +2916,36 @@ string[][string] document_section_keys_sequenced = [
   "scroll": ["head", "toc", "body",],
   "seg":    ["head", "toc", "body",],
   "sql":    ["head", "body",],
+  "latex":  ["head", "toc", "body",]
 ];
 if (document_the["endnotes"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "endnotes";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "endnotes";
+  document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "endnotes";
 }
 if (document_the["glossary"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "glossary";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "glossary";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "glossary";
+  document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "glossary";
 }
 if (document_the["bibliography"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "bibliography";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "bibliography";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "bibliography";
+  document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "bibliography";
 }
 if (document_the["bookindex"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "bookindex";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "bookindex";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "bookindex";
+  document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "bookindex";
 }
 if (document_the["blurb"].length > 1) {
   document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "blurb";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "blurb";
   document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "blurb";
+  document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "blurb";
 }
 if ((opt_action.html)
 || (opt_action.html_scroll)
@@ -7540,6 +7546,9 @@ template docSectKeysSeq() {
       string[] sql() {
         return document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"];
       }
+      string[] latex() {
+        return document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"];
+      }
     }
     return doc_sect_keys_seq();
   }
diff --git a/org/output_hub.org b/org/output_hub.org
index bd56940..d974516 100644
--- a/org/output_hub.org
+++ b/org/output_hub.org
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ template outputHub() {
     mixin Msg;
     auto msg = Msg!()(doc_matters);
     static auto rgx = Rgx();
-    enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
+    enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, latex, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
     void Scheduled(D,I)(int sched, D doc_abstraction, I doc_matters) {
       auto msg = Msg!()(doc_matters);
       <<output_scheduled_task>>
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ if (sched == outTask.html_stuff) {
 }
 #+END_SRC
 
+**** latex / pdf                                               :latex:pdf:
+
+#+name: output_scheduled_task
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+if (sched == outTask.latex) {
+  msg.v("latex processing... (available for downstream processing & pdf output");
+  import doc_reform.output.latex;
+  outputLaTeX!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
+  msg.vv("latex done");
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
 **** odf / odt                                                   :odf:odt:
 
 #+name: output_scheduled_task
diff --git a/org/output_latex.org b/org/output_latex.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be0e653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org/output_latex.org
@@ -0,0 +1,1832 @@
+#+TITLE:       doc_reform output latex
+#+DESCRIPTION: documents - structuring, publishing in multiple formats & search
+#+FILETAGS:    :doc_reform:output:latex:pdf:
+#+AUTHOR:      Ralph Amissah
+#+EMAIL:       [[mailto:ralph.amissah@gmail.com][ralph.amissah@gmail.com]]
+#+COPYRIGHT:   Copyright (C) 2015 - 2019 Ralph Amissah
+#+LANGUAGE:    en
+#+STARTUP:     indent content hideblocks hidestars
+#+OPTIONS:     H:3 num:nil toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:nil _:nil -:t f:t *:t <:t
+#+OPTIONS:     TeX:t LaTeX:t skip:nil d:nil todo:t pri:nil tags:not-in-toc
+#+OPTIONS:     author:nil email:nil creator:nil timestamp:nil
+#+PROPERTY:    header-args :results silent :padline no :exports code :cache no :noweb yes
+#+EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS:  export
+
+- [[./doc_reform.org][doc_reform]]  [[./][org/]]
+- [[./output_hub.org][output_hub]]
+
+* latex
+** module template                                        :latex:pdf:module:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC d :tangle "../src/doc_reform/output/latex.d" :noweb yes
+module doc_reform.output.latex;
+template outputLaTeX() {
+  <<output_latex_imports>>
+  mixin InternalMarkup; // watch
+  mixin DocReformOutputRgxInit;
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+  <<output_latex_shared>>
+<<output_latex_shared_0>>
+  <<output_latex_head>>
+  <<output_latex_head_1>>
+<<output_latex_head_1_tex>>
+  <<output_latex_head_1_close>>
+  <<output_latex_head_0>>
+<<output_latex_head_0_tex>>
+  <<output_latex_head_0_close>>
+  <<output_latex_head_close>>
+  <<output_latex_body>>
+  <<output_latex_tail>>
+<<output_latex_tail_tex>>
+  <<output_latex_tail_close>>
+  <<output_latex>>
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+** write latex output                                            :latex:out:
+
+#+name: output_latex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
+  const T    latex_content,
+        M    doc_matters,
+) {
+  auto pth_latex = DocReformPathsLaTeX(doc_matters);
+  try {
+    { /+ debug +/
+      if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
+      && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+        writeln(latex_content.head);
+        writeln(latex_content.content);
+        writeln(latex_content.tail);
+      }
+    }
+    if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
+      (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
+    }
+    writeln(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path);
+    auto f = File(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path, "w");
+    f.writeln(latex_content.head);
+    f.writeln(latex_content.content);
+    f.writeln(latex_content.tail);
+    foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
+      auto fn_src_in = doc_matters.src.image_dir_path ~ "/" ~ image;
+      auto fn_src_out_file = pth_latex.latex_path_stuff ~ "/" ~ image;
+      if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
+        fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out_file);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
+    // handle error
+  }
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+** latex output hub [#A]                                     :latex:pdf:out:
+
+#+name: output_latex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+void outputLaTeX(D,M)(
+  const    D   doc_abstraction,
+           M   doc_matters,
+) {
+  struct LaTeX {
+    string head;
+    string content;
+    string tail;
+  }
+  auto latex           = LaTeX();
+  latex.head           = latex_head(doc_matters);
+  latex.content        = latex_body(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
+  latex.tail           = latex_tail(doc_matters);
+  latex.writeOutputLaTeX(doc_matters);
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+* stuff
+** output imports
+
+#+name: output_latex_imports
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+import doc_reform.output;
+import
+  std.digest.sha,
+  std.file,
+  std.outbuffer,
+  std.uri,
+  std.conv : to;
+#+END_SRC
+
+** shared
+*** paper dimensions (struct)
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+    auto paper() {
+      struct PaperType {
+        auto a4() {
+          struct A4 {
+            auto portrait() {
+              struct V {
+                uint w      = 160;
+                uint h      = 228;
+                uint img_px = 450;
+              }
+              return V();
+            }
+            auto landscape() {
+              struct H {
+                uint w      = 238;
+                uint h      = 160;
+                uint img_px = 300;
+              }
+              return H();
+            }
+          }
+          return A4();
+        }
+        auto a5() {
+          struct A5 {
+            auto portrait() {
+              struct V {
+                uint w      = 112;
+                uint h      = 162;
+                uint img_px = 280;
+              }
+              return V();
+            }
+            auto landscape() {
+              struct H {
+                uint w      = 152;
+                uint h      = 100;
+                uint img_px = 190;
+              }
+              return H();
+            }
+          }
+          return A5();
+        }
+        auto b4() {
+          struct B4 {
+            auto portrait() {
+              struct V {
+                uint w      = 140;
+                uint h      = 204;
+                uint img_px = 356;
+              }
+              return V();
+            }
+            auto landscape() {
+              struct H {
+                uint w      = 200;
+                uint h      = 130;
+                uint img_px = 260;
+              }
+              return H();
+            }
+          }
+          return B4();
+        }
+        auto letter() {
+          struct Letter {
+            auto portrait() {
+              struct V {
+                uint w      = 166;
+                uint h      = 212;
+                uint img_px = 468;
+              }
+              return V();
+            }
+            auto landscape() {
+              struct H {
+                uint w      = 226;
+                uint h      = 166;
+                uint img_px = 290;
+              }
+              return H();
+            }
+          }
+          return Letter();
+        }
+        auto legal() {
+          struct Legal {
+            auto portrait() {
+              struct V {
+                uint w      = 168;
+                uint h      = 286;
+                uint img_px = 474;
+              }
+              return V();
+            }
+            auto landscape() {
+              struct H {
+                uint w      = 296;
+                uint h      = 166;
+                uint img_px = 420;
+              }
+              return H();
+            }
+          }
+          return Legal();
+        }
+      }
+      return PaperType();
+    }
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** latex \escape special characters
+**** general
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string sp_char_esc(O)(
+  string      _txt,
+  const    O  obj,
+) {
+  string _unescape_sp_char_esc()(string _txt) {
+    _txt = _txt
+      .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped,
+        format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"))
+      .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped_braced,
+        format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"));
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string _unescape_fontface_esc()(string _txt) {
+    _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface,
+         format(q"┃%s%s┃", "$1", "$2"));
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a != "code") {
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => "\\" ~ m[1])(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => "{\\" ~ m[1] ~ "}")(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_sp_char_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_link);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_fontface_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface);
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string sp_char_esc_txt()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+  string _unescape_sp_char_esc()(string _txt) {
+    _txt = _txt
+      .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped,
+        format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"))
+      .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped_braced,
+        format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"));
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string _unescape_fontface_esc()(string _txt) {
+    _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface,
+         format(q"┃%s%s┃", "$1", "$2"));
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => "\\" ~ m[1])(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape);
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => "{\\" ~ m[1] ~ "}")(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces);
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_sp_char_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_link);
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_fontface_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface);
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** not used latex \escape special characters
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string sp_char_esc()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => "\\" ~ m[1])(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char);
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** inline markup
+**** fontface
+
+- bold, italics, underscore, strikethrough
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string fontface()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+_txt = _txt
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_emphasis,    format(q"┃\begin{bfseries}%s\end{bfseries}┃", "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_bold,        format(q"┃\begin{bfseries}%s\end{bfseries}┃", "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃\emph{%s}┃",                        "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃\uline{%s}┃",                       "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_superscript, format(q"┃$$^{\textrm{%s}}$$┃",               "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_subscript,   format(q"┃$$_{\textrm{%s}}$$┃",               "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_strike,      format(q"┃\sout{%s}┃",                        "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_insert,      format(q"┃\uline{%s}┃",                       "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_mono,        format(q"┃\begin{monosp}%s\end{monosp}┃",     "$1"))
+  .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃``%s''┃",                           "$1"));
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** spaces
+***** leading hardspace
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string leading_hardspaces()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+  string hardspaces(string _spaces) {
+    _spaces  = _spaces
+      .replaceAll(rgx.space, "\\hardspace ");
+    return _spaces;
+  }
+  _txt = replaceAll!(m => hardspaces(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.spaces_line_start);
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** nbsp character
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string nbsp_char()(string _txt) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+    _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, "\\hardspace ");
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** remove nbsp character
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string nbsp_char_to_space()(string _txt) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+    _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, " ");
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** links and images
+***** links / urls
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string links_and_images(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  const    O  obj,
+           M  doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.has.inline_links) { // TODO some images do not have inline links ... image without link
+    string _width_adjust(string _width) {
+      if (_width.to!int > 300) { _width = "300"; } // will need to vary max with papersize & orientation
+      return _width;
+    }
+    string _latex_image_path(string _image_path) {
+      auto pth_latex = DocReformPathsLaTeX(doc_matters);
+      _image_path = pth_latex.latex_path_stuff ~ "/" ~ _image_path;
+      return _image_path;
+    }
+    string _if_images(string _linked_content) {
+      if (_linked_content.match(rgx.inline_image_info)) {
+        _linked_content = replaceAll!(m =>
+            format(q"┃\includegraphics*[width=%spt]{%s}%s┃",
+              _width_adjust(m[2]), _latex_image_path(m[1]), " \\\\\n")
+          )(_linked_content, rgx.inline_image_info);
+      }
+      return _linked_content;
+    }
+    string _check_link(string _link) {
+      _link = _link
+        .replaceFirst(rgx.latex_clean_internal_link, "")
+        .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_url, "\\$1");
+      return _link;
+    }
+    if  (obj.metainfo.is_a != "code") {
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m =>
+          m[1] ~ "┤" ~ to!string((obj.stow.link[m[2].to!ulong])).encode ~ "├"
+        )(_txt, rgx.inline_link_number_only);
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m =>
+          ((m[1] == m[2]) && (m[2].match(rgx.uri)))
+          ? format(q"┃\begin{scriptsize}\lefthalfcap\url{%s}\righthalfcup\end{scriptsize}┃", _check_link(m[1]))
+          : (m[2].match(rgx.uri)) // ERROR
+            ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\\\\n", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1]))
+            : format(q"┃\hyperlink{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[2]), _if_images(m[1]))
+        )(_txt, rgx.inline_link);
+    }
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** footnotes
+**** footnotes
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string footnotes()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
+    string _tex_note = q"┃\hypertarget{noteref_%s}{}\footnote[%s]{%%
+\label{note_%s}%s}┃";
+    _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
+      format(_tex_note,
+        "$1", "$1", "$1",
+        "$2".strip
+      ).strip
+    );
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** footnote remove
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string remove_footnotes()(
+  string      _txt,
+) {
+  if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => "")(_txt, rgx.inline_notes_al_gen);
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** para
+**** para
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string para(O)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_of_type == "para") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.footnotes
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** bookindex para
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string bookindex(O)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_of_type == "para"
+    && obj.metainfo.is_a == "bookindex"
+  ) {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃%s┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\\\\n"
+    );
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** bullets & indentation
+
+#+name: output_latex_head
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string bullets_and_indentation(O)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+) {
+  string _tex_para;
+  string _hang; string _indent;
+  int _paper_margin = -10;
+  int _indent_increment = 8; // 5; 10;
+  if (obj.attrib.bullet) {
+    int _bullet_space = 5;
+    _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin + _bullet_space).to!string;
+    _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
+      _indent,
+      _txt.footnotes
+    ).strip;
+  } else if (
+    obj.attrib.indent_base != 0
+    && obj.attrib.indent_base == obj.attrib.indent_hang
+  ) {
+    _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin).to!string;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{ParagraphIndent}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphIndent}┃";
+    _txt = format(_tex_para,
+      _indent,
+      _txt.footnotes
+    ).strip;
+  } else if (
+    obj.attrib.indent_base != 0
+    || obj.attrib.indent_hang != 0
+  ) {
+    _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin).to!string;
+    _hang = (((obj.attrib.indent_hang - obj.attrib.indent_base) * _indent_increment)).to!string;
+    _txt = format(q"┃\begin{ParagraphHang}{%smm}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphHang}┃",
+      _indent, _hang,
+      _txt.footnotes
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** heading
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  string heading(O,M)(
+    string      _txt,
+    O           obj,
+    M           doc_matters,
+    string      _part = ""
+  ) {
+    if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
+      string _tex_para;
+      string _pg_break;
+      string _sect;
+      string _post;
+      string _title_add;
+      string _columns = "";
+      switch (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup) {
+      case 0: // A == TITLE
+        _pg_break = "\\begin{document}\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 1: // B == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 2: // C == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 3: // D == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 4: // 1 == section
+        _columns = (_part != "bookindex")
+          ? "" : "\n\\\\\n\\begin{multicols}{2}";
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        _sect = "section";
+        _post = "";
+        _title_add = format(q"┃
+\markboth{%s}{%s}┃",
+          doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+          doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+        );
+        goto default;
+      case 5: // 2 == subsection
+        _pg_break = "";
+        // _pg_break = "newpage"; // doubt this is necessary
+        _sect = "subsection";
+        _post = " \\\n";
+        _title_add = "";
+        goto default;
+      case 6: // 3 == subsubsection
+        _pg_break = "";
+        // _pg_break = "newpage"; // doubt this is necessary
+        _sect = "subsubsection";
+        _post = " \\\n";
+        _title_add = "";
+        goto default;
+      default:
+        if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 0) {
+          _tex_para = q"┃\begin{document}
+\title{%s}
+\author{ \textnormal{%s}}
+\date{\begin{tiny}%s\end{tiny}}
+\pagenumbering{roman}\maketitle
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\newpage
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+\\\\[3]\ \linebreak Copyright {\begin{small}{\copyright\end{small}} %s \\
+%s
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\clearpage┃";
+          _txt = format(_tex_para,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.date_published).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license).sp_char_esc_txt,
+          );
+        } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup < 4) {
+          _tex_para = q"┃%s\part*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{%s}
+\markboth{%s}┃";
+          _txt = format(_tex_para,
+            _pg_break,
+            obj.metainfo.object_number,
+            obj.metainfo.object_number,
+            _txt.strip.footnotes,
+            _txt.strip.remove_footnotes,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+          );
+        } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup > 3) {
+          if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+          && _txt.match(regex(r"^Table of Contents$"))) {
+            _tex_para = q"┃
+\pagenumbering{none}
+\setcounter{page}{1}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\part*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{1}{1}\end{tiny}}}%s \newline %s}
+
+\clearpage
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+\pagenumbering{gobble}
+\renewcommand{\contentsname}{}
+\tableofcontents
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+
+\clearpage
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
+\setcounter{page}{1}
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+%% \null
+\clearpage
+\setcounter{page}{1}┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            );
+          } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+            && _part == "bookindex"
+            && _txt.match(regex(r"^Index$"))
+          ) {
+            _tex_para = q"┃%s\%s*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{%s}{%s%s}%s%s┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              _pg_break,
+              _sect.strip,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              _txt.footnotes.strip,
+              _sect,
+              _txt.remove_footnotes.strip,
+              _post,
+              _title_add,
+              _columns,
+            );
+          } else if (obj.metainfo.dummy_heading
+            && obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+          ) { /+ dummy headings completely omitted +/
+            _txt = "";
+          } else {
+            _tex_para = q"┃%s\%s*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{%s}{%s%s}%s┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              _pg_break,
+              _sect.strip,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              _txt.footnotes.strip,
+              _sect,
+              _txt.remove_footnotes.strip,
+              _post,
+              _title_add,
+            );
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return _txt.strip;
+  }
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** grouped text
+**** group
+
+- (hardspace not honored) clear hardspace marker
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string group(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "group") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+%s
+\end{footnotesize}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.footnotes.strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** block
+
+- (hardspace honored) \hardspace
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string block(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "block") {
+    // _txt = _txt.nbsp_char;
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+%s
+\end{footnotesize}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+┃"; // \hardspace
+    /+ try both: +/
+    _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join("\n\n"); // _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join(" \\\n");
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** verse
+
+- (hardspace honored) \hardspace
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string verse(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "verse") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+
+%s
+
+\end{footnotesize}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\linebreak
+┃"; // \hardspace
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split("\n").join("\n\n").strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** codeblock
+
+- (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string codeblock(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "code") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\begin{Codeblock}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+%s
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{Codeblock}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char_to_space
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** table
+
+- own set of rules
+
+***** tablarize
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+auto tablarize(O)(
+  string            _txt,
+  const        O    obj,
+) {
+  string[] _table_rows = (_txt).split(rgx.table_delimiter_row);
+  string[] _table_cols;
+  string _table;
+  string _tablenote;
+  foreach(row_idx, row; _table_rows) {
+    _table_cols = row.split(rgx.table_delimiter_col);
+      _table ~= "";
+      foreach(col_idx, cell; _table_cols) {
+        if ((_table_cols.length == 1)
+        && (_table_rows.length <= row_idx+2)) { // check row_idx+2 (rather than == ++row_idx)
+          _tablenote ~= cell;
+        } else {
+          // // _table ~= "\\bfseries ";
+          // _table ~= cell;
+          // _table ~= (_table_cols.length > (col_idx + 1)) ? "&" : "";
+          _table ~= format(q"┃%s%s┃",
+            cell,
+            (_table_cols.length > (col_idx + 1)) ? "&" : ""
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      _table ~= "\\\\";
+    }
+  auto t = tuple(
+    _table,
+    _tablenote,
+  );
+  return t;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** table
+
+#+name: output_latex_shared_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string table(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "table") {
+    auto _t = _txt.tablarize(obj);
+    string _table = _t[0];
+    string _t_n = _t[1];
+    string papertype = "a4";
+    uint pw = 0;
+    switch (papertype) {
+    case "a4":     pw = (paper.a4.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "a5":     pw = (paper.a5.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "b4":     pw = (paper.b4.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "letter": pw = (paper.letter.portrait.w - 20); break;
+    case "legal":  pw = (paper.legal.portrait.w  - 20); break;
+    default:       pw = 0;                              break;
+    }
+    // auto textwidth = (pw - 24);
+    string _colw = "";
+    foreach (w; obj.table.column_widths) {
+      _colw ~= format(q"┃p{%.0fmm}┃",
+        (w * pw / 100)
+        // (w * (pw - 24)/ 100)
+        // (w * textwidth / 100)
+      );
+    }
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}
+\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
+\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
+\begin{tiny}
+\begin{longtable}{%s}
+%s
+\end{longtable}
+\end{tiny}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _colw,
+      _table,
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+** latex parts
+*** latex head                                                         :head:
+**** latex head function
+
+#+name: output_latex_head
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string latex_head(M)(
+                        M    doc_matters,
+) {
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex head options
+***** paper type dimensions
+****** struct
+
+#+name: output_latex_head
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  struct paperType {
+    string a4_portrait;
+    string a4_landscape;
+    string us_letter_portrait;
+    string us_letter_landscape;
+  }
+  auto paper           = paperType();
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** a4, portrait
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  paper.a4_portrait    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{228mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{160mm}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** a4, landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  paper.a4_landscape    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,landscape,titlepage,twocolumn]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{160mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{238mm}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** us letter, portrait
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  paper.us_letter_portrait    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,titlepage]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{212mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{166mm}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** us letter, landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  paper.us_letter_landscape    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,landscape,titlepage,twocolumn]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{166mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{226mm}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** paper margins
+****** struct
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  struct paperMargins {
+    string portrait;
+    string landscape;
+  }
+  auto margins           = paperMargins();
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** portrait
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  margins.portrait    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0mm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12pt} \setlength{\headheight}{12pt}
+\setlength{\headsep}{35pt}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  margins.landscape    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{6mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{6mm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12mm} \setlength{\headheight}{12pt}
+\setlength{\headsep}{20pt}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** multicol
+****** struct
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  struct columnsMulti {
+    string portrait;
+    string landscape;
+  }
+  auto multicol           = columnsMulti();
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** portrait
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  multicol.portrait    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{multicol}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  multicol.landscape    = "";
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** color links
+****** struct
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  struct colorLinks {
+    string mono;
+    string color;
+  }
+  auto links           = colorLinks();
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** mono
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  links.mono    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage[xetex,
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=myblack,
+  filecolor=myblack,
+  linkcolor=myblack,
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+****** color
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  links.color    = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage[xetex,
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=myblue,    %% \href{...}{...}   external url
+  filecolor=mygreen,  %% \href{...}        local file
+  linkcolor=myred,    %% \href{...} and \pageref{...}
+#+END_SRC
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_1_close
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  );
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex head starts
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% DocReform LaTeX output
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** description comment
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+%%%% Generated by: %s
+%%%% D version: ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
+%%%% LaTeX output
+%%%% Last Generated on:
+%%%% SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** paper type (a4, letter, ...; ( portrait | landscape ))
+
+- paper.a4_portrait
+- paper.a4_landscape
+- paper.us_letter_portrait
+- paper.us_letter_landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+%s
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** paper margins (portrait | landscape)
+
+- margins.portrait
+- margins.landscape
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+%s
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** margin shared
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\setlength{\marginparsep}{4mm}
+\setlength{\marginparwidth}{8mm}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** multicol (portrait | landscape)
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+%s
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** language & font
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{polyglossia, ucs, fontspec, xltxtra, xunicode}
+\setmainlanguage{english}
+\setotherlanguage{}
+\setmainfont{Liberation Sans}
+\setmonofont[Scale=0.85]{Liberation Mono}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%% \setsansfont{Liberation Sans}
+%% \setromanfont{Liberation Serif}
+
+***** latex head
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{alltt}
+\usepackage{thumbpdf}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** color links: no = mono | yes = color
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+%s
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** metadata
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+  pdftitle={%s},
+  pdfauthor={%s},
+  pdfsubject={%s},
+  pdfkeywords={},
+  pageanchor=true,
+  plainpages=true,
+  pdfpagelabels=true,
+  pagebackref,
+  bookmarks=true,
+  bookmarksopen=true,
+  pdfmenubar=true,
+  pdfpagemode=UseOutline,
+  pdffitwindow=true,
+  pdfwindowui=true,
+  plainpages=false,
+  pdfstartview=FitH
+]
+{hyperref}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%%  pdfusetitle=true,
+%%  pdfpagelayout=SinglePage,
+%%  pdfpagelayout=TwoColumnRight,
+%%  pdfpagelayout=TwoColumnLeft,
+%%  pdfstartpage=3,
+
+%%%% trace lost characters
+%% \tracinglostchars = 1
+%% \tracingonline = 1
+
+***** define colors
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage[usenames]{color}
+\definecolor{myblack}{rgb}{0,0,0}
+\definecolor{myred}{rgb}{0.75,0,0}
+\definecolor{mygreen}{rgb}{0,0.5,0}
+\definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{0,0,0.5}
+\definecolor{mywhite}{rgb}{1,1,1}
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** latex head
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{url}
+\urlstyle{sf}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%%\usepackage{breakurl}
+
+***** latex head
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
+\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
+\usepackage{soul}
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage[tc]{titlepic}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\makeatletter
+\parindent0pt
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage{listings}
+\usepackage{color}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
+\makeatletter
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** indent, bullet, list
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage[multiple,ragged]{footmisc}
+\setlength\footnotemargin{12pt}
+\usepackage[para]{manyfoot}
+\DeclareNewFootnote{A}
+\newenvironment{ParagraphIndent}[1]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+\newenvironment{ParagraphHang}[2]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\itemindent=#2
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+\newenvironment{Bullet}[1]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\itemindent=-1em
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%%\DeclareNewFootnote[para]{A}
+
+***** part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\usepackage{fancyhdr}
+\lhead{}
+\renewcommand{\part}{\@startsection
+  {part}{1}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection
+  {section}{2}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subsection}{\@startsection
+  {subsection}{3}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{\@startsection
+  {subsubsection}{4}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\paragraph}{\@startsection
+  {paragraph}{5}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{\@startsection
+  {subparagraph}%%{6}%%{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape\raggedright}}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%% \makeatother
+
+***** latex head misc. including defined commands
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+\selectlanguage{english}
+\lhead[ ]{ }
+\chead[ \fancyplain{} \bfseries \footnotesize \leftmark ]{ \fancyplain{} \bfseries \footnotesize \rightmark }
+\rhead[ ]{ }
+\lfoot[\textrm{\thepage}]{\tiny \href{http://sisudoc.org}{SiSU}}
+\cfoot{\href{http://git.sisudoc.org}{git}}
+\rfoot[\tiny \href{}{}]{\textrm{\thepage}}
+\tolerance=300
+\clubpenalty=300
+\widowpenalty=300
+\makeatother
+\makeatother
+\chardef\txtbullet="2022
+\chardef\tilde="7E
+\def\asterisk{{\rm \char42} }
+\definecolor{Light}{gray}{.92}
+\newcommand{\Codeblock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\monosp}[1]{\normaltext\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\parasep}{\\ \begin{center}*\hspace{2em}*\hspace{2em}*\end{center} \\}
+\newcommand{\hardspace}{{~}}
+\newcommand{\caret}{{\^{~}}}
+\newcommand{\pipe}{{\textbar}}
+\newcommand{\curlyopen}{{}
+\newcommand{\curlyclose}{}}
+\newcommand{\lt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{<}}}
+\newcommand{\gt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{>}}}
+\newcommand{\slash}{{/}}
+\newcommand{\underscore}{\_}
+\newcommand{\exclaim}{\Verbatim{!}}
+\definecolor{listinggray}{gray}{0.9}
+\definecolor{lbcolor}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9}
+\lstset{
+  backgroundcolor=\color{lbcolor},
+  tabsize=4,
+  rulecolor=,
+  language=,
+  basicstyle=\scriptsize,
+  upquote=true,
+  aboveskip={1.5\baselineskip},
+  columns=fixed,
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  extendedchars=true,
+  breaklines=true,
+  prebreak = \raisebox{0ex}[0ex][0ex]{\ensuremath{\hookleftarrow}},
+  frame=single,
+  showtabs=false,
+  showspaces=false,
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  identifierstyle=\ttfamily,
+  keywordstyle=\color[rgb]{0,0,1},
+  commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.133,0.545,0.133},
+  stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.627,0.126,0.941},
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+%%\chardef\asterisk="2A
+%%\newcommand{\hardspace}{\hspace{.5em}}
+
+**** latex head format inclusions
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_0_close
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do ? "" : doc_matters.generator_program.name_and_version.strip,
+  paper.a4_portrait.strip,
+  margins.portrait.strip,
+  multicol.portrait.strip,
+  links.mono.strip, // links.color.strip,
+  doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full.strip,
+  doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.strip,
+  doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.classify_subject.strip,
+);
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex head return
+
+#+name: output_latex_head_close
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  return _latex_head.strip;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** ↻ latex body                                             :content:body:
+**** latex body function
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string latex_body(D,M)(
+  const    D   doc_abstraction,
+           M   doc_matters,
+) {
+  string _latex_body = "";
+  bool _multicolumns = false;
+  string _txt;
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** ↻ loop open
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.latex) {
+    foreach (obj; doc_abstraction[part]) {
+      switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_part) {
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** ↻ within loop
+***** frontmatter
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+      case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
+        _txt = obj.text
+          .sp_char_esc(obj)
+          .fontface;
+        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+        case "para":
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+          case "heading":
+            _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "toc":
+            break;
+          default:
+            _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+            _txt = "";
+            break;
+          }
+          break;
+        default: break;
+        }
+        break;
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** body
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+      case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head"); // surprise
+        _txt = obj.text
+          .sp_char_esc(obj)
+          .fontface;
+        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+        case "para":
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+          case "heading":
+            _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "para":
+            _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+              .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          default:
+            _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+            _txt = "";
+            break;
+          }
+          break;
+        case "block":
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+          case "quote":
+            goto default; // TODO
+          case "group":
+            /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
+            _txt = _txt.group(obj, doc_matters)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "block":
+            /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+            _txt = _txt.block(obj, doc_matters)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "verse":
+            /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+            _txt = _txt.verse(obj, doc_matters)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "code":
+            /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
+            _txt = _txt.codeblock(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "table":
+            _txt = _txt.table(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default; // TODO
+          default:
+            _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+            _txt = "";
+            break;
+          }
+          break;
+        default: break;
+        }
+        break;
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** backmatter
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+      case "backmatter":
+        assert(part == "endnotes" || "glossary" || "bibliography" || "bookindex" || "blurb" || "tail");
+        _txt = obj.text
+          .sp_char_esc(obj)
+          .fontface;
+        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+        case "para":
+          if (part != "bookindex" && _multicolumns) {
+            _multicolumns = false;
+            _latex_body ~= "\n\\end{multicols}\n";
+          }
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+          case "heading":
+            if (part == "bookindex") {
+              _multicolumns = true;
+            }
+            _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters, part);
+            goto default;
+          case "endnote":              assert(part == "endnotes");
+            _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+              .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "glossary":             assert(part == "glossary");
+            _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+              .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "bibliography":         assert(part == "bibliography");
+            _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+              .bullets_and_indentation(obj);
+            goto default;
+          case "bookindex":            assert(part == "bookindex");
+            /+ two column, special section +/
+            _txt = _txt.bookindex(obj)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          case "blurb":                assert(part == "blurb");
+            _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+              .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+              .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+            goto default;
+          default:
+            _latex_body ~= (part == "bookindex" && obj.metainfo.is_a != "heading")
+              ? _txt : (_txt ~ "\n\n");
+            _txt = "";
+            break;
+          }
+          break;
+        default: break;
+        }
+        break;
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** after
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+      case "comment":
+        break;
+      default:
+        { /+ debug +/
+          if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
+          && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
+            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
+            writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (_multicolumns) {
+    _multicolumns = false;
+    _latex_body ~= "\n\\end{multicols}\n";
+  }
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex body return
+
+#+name: output_latex_body
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  return _latex_body;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** latex tail                                                       :tail:
+**** latex tail function
+
+#+name: output_latex_tail
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+string latex_tail(M)(
+                        M    doc_matters,
+) {
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex tail starts
+
+#+name: output_latex_tail
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  string _latex_tail = format(q"┃
+#+END_SRC
+
+***** latex tail format inclusions
+
+
+***** latex document end
+
+#+name: output_latex_tail_tex
+#+BEGIN_SRC latex
+
+\end{document}
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex tail format inclusions
+
+#+name: output_latex_tail_close
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+┃",
+  // doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+  // doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author,
+);
+#+END_SRC
+
+**** latex tail return
+
+#+name: output_latex_tail_close
+#+BEGIN_SRC d
+  return _latex_tail;
+}
+#+END_SRC
+
+* latex system command helper script
+** latex command, ruby script
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC ruby :tangle "../util/dr_tex.rb"  :tangle-mode (identity #o755) :shebang #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'fileutils'
+pwd = Dir.pwd
+argv,texfiles_with_path,flags=[],[],[]
+lngs = %{(am|bg|bn|br|ca|cs|cy|da|de|el|en|eo|es|et|eu|fi|fr|ga|gl|he|hi|hr|hy|ia|is|it|ja|ko|la|lo|lt|lv|ml|mr|nl|no|nn|oc|pl|pt|pt_BR|ro|ru|sa|se|sk|sl|sq|sr|sv|ta|te|th|tk|tr|uk|ur|vi|zh)}
+Regexp.new(lngs, Regexp::IGNORECASE)
+argv=$*
+argv.sort.each{|y| (y =~/^--\S+$/i) ? (flags << y) : (texfiles_with_path << y) }
+if flags.length==0 \
+|| flags.inspect =~/"--help"/
+  cmd=(/([^\/]+)$/).match($0)[1]
+  puts <<WOK
+#{cmd} --help
+#{cmd} --out=[output path]
+#{cmd} --paper-size=a5 --out=~/test
+WOK
+end
+paper_size = (flags.inspect.match(/"--paper-size=(a4|a5|b5|letter|legal)"/)) ? $1 : "a4"
+out_path = Dir.pwd
+if (flags.inspect.match(/"--out=\S+"/))
+  out_path = flags.inspect.match(/"--out=(\S+)"/)[1]
+  unless (FileTest.directory?(out_path))
+    puts "Creating output directory: --out=#{out_path}"
+    FileUtils::mkdir_p(out_path)
+    unless (FileTest.directory?(out_path))
+      puts "FAILS unable to create directory: #{out_path}"
+      exit
+    end
+  end
+end
+if texfiles_with_path.length == 0
+  texfiles_with_path=Dir.glob('*.tex')
+end
+if texfiles_with_path.length > 0
+  texfiles_with_path.each do |texfile_with_path|
+    if texfile_with_path =~/.+\.tex/
+      #puts texfile_with_path
+      if FileTest.file?(texfile_with_path)
+        file_basename_with_path = texfile_with_path.sub(/\.tex$/,'')
+        file_basename = file_basename_with_path.sub(/.*?([^\/]+)$/,'\1')
+        _out_path = out_path
+        if file_basename =~ /\.#{lngs}$/
+          lng = file_basename.match(/\.#{lngs}$/)[1]
+          puts file_basename
+          puts lng
+          puts _out_path
+          unless _out_path.match(/\/#{lng}\/pdf$/)
+            _out_path = "#{out_path}/#{lng}/pdf"
+            FileUtils::mkdir_p(_out_path)
+          end
+        end
+        texpdf_cmd = %{xetex -interaction=batchmode -fmt=xelatex -papersize=#{paper_size} #{texfile_with_path}\n}
+        puts texpdf_cmd
+        2.times { |i| system(texpdf_cmd) }
+        if (FileTest.file?(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf})) && (FileTest.directory?(_out_path))
+          FileUtils::Verbose::mv(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf}, %{#{_out_path}/#{file_basename}.pdf})
+          puts (%{#{_out_path}/#{file_basename}.pdf})
+        else
+          puts "issue with pdf file or output directory"
+          puts "pdf file:   #{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf}"
+          puts "output dir: #{_out_path}/"
+        end
+        suffix = ['log', 'out', 'toc', 'aux']
+        suffix.each { |s| FileUtils::rm_f(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.#{s}})}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+Dir.chdir(pwd)
+__END__
+#+END_SRC
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d b/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
index 25ab2cc..06866c2 100755
--- a/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "html"               : false,
     "html-seg"           : false,
     "html-scroll"        : false,
+    "latex"              : false,
     "light"              : false,
     "manifest"           : false,
     "ocn"                : true,
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "odt"                : false,
     "parallel"           : false,
     "parallel-subprocesses" : false,
+    "pdf"                : false,
     "quiet"              : false,
     "pod"                : false,
     "serial"             : false,
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "html",               "--html process html output",                                               &opts["html"],
     "html-seg",           "--html-seg process html output",                                           &opts["html-seg"],
     "html-scroll",        "--html-seg process html output",                                           &opts["html-scroll"],
+    "latex",              "--latex output for pdfs",                                                  &opts["latex"],
     "light",              "--light default light theme",                                              &opts["light"],
     "manifest",           "--manifest process manifest output",                                       &opts["manifest"],
     "ocn",                "--ocn object cite numbers (default)",                                      &opts["ocn"],
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "parallel",           "--parallel parallelisation",                                               &opts["parallel"],
     "parallel-subprocesses", "--parallel-subprocesses nested parallelisation",                        &opts["parallel-subprocesses"],
     "quiet|q",            "--quiet output to terminal",                                               &opts["quiet"],
+    "pdf",                "--pdf latex output for pdfs",                                              &opts["pdf"],
     "pod",                "--pod doc reform pod source content bundled",                              &opts["pod"],
     "serial",             "--serial serial processing",                                               &opts["serial"],
     "source",             "--source markup source text content",                                      &opts["source"],
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
   if (helpInfo.helpWanted) {
     defaultGetoptPrinter("Some information about the program.", helpInfo.options);
   }
-  enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
+  enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, latex, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
   struct OptActions {
     bool assertions() {
       return opts["assertions"];
@@ -270,6 +274,12 @@ void main(string[] args) {
         { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
       return _is;
     }
+    bool latex() {
+      bool _is;
+      if ( opts["latex"] || opts["pdf"])
+        { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
+      return _is;
+    }
     bool odt() {
       bool _is;
       if ( opts["odf"] || opts["odt"])
@@ -392,6 +402,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
         || html
         || epub
         || odt
+        || latex
         || manifest
         || pod
         || source
@@ -430,6 +441,9 @@ void main(string[] args) {
       if (odt) {
         schedule ~= outTask.odt;
       }
+      if (latex) {
+        schedule ~= outTask.latex;
+      }
       return schedule.sort().uniq;
     }
     bool abstraction() {
@@ -441,6 +455,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
         || html
         || epub
         || odt
+        || latex
         || manifest
         || sqlite_discrete
         || sqlite_delete
@@ -454,6 +469,7 @@ void main(string[] args) {
         || html
         || epub
         || odt
+        || latex
         || sqlite_discrete
         || sqlite_update
       ) { _is = true; } else { _is = false; }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
index 4e0120f..bd8a635 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/metadoc_from_src.d
@@ -2254,30 +2254,36 @@ template DocReformDocAbstraction() {
       "scroll": ["head", "toc", "body",],
       "seg":    ["head", "toc", "body",],
       "sql":    ["head", "body",],
+      "latex":  ["head", "toc", "body",]
     ];
     if (document_the["endnotes"].length > 1) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "endnotes";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "endnotes";
+      document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "endnotes";
     }
     if (document_the["glossary"].length > 1) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "glossary";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "glossary";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "glossary";
+      document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "glossary";
     }
     if (document_the["bibliography"].length > 1) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "bibliography";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "bibliography";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "bibliography";
+      document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "bibliography";
     }
     if (document_the["bookindex"].length > 1) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "bookindex";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "bookindex";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "bookindex";
+      document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "bookindex";
     }
     if (document_the["blurb"].length > 1) {
       document_section_keys_sequenced["scroll"] ~= "blurb";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["seg"]    ~= "blurb";
       document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"]    ~= "blurb";
+      document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"]  ~= "blurb";
     }
     if ((opt_action.html)
     || (opt_action.html_scroll)
@@ -6089,6 +6095,9 @@ template docSectKeysSeq() {
       string[] sql() {
         return document_section_keys_sequenced["sql"];
       }
+      string[] latex() {
+        return document_section_keys_sequenced["latex"];
+      }
     }
     return doc_sect_keys_seq();
   }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/hub.d b/src/doc_reform/output/hub.d
index b840811..8f16528 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/output/hub.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/hub.d
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ template outputHub() {
     mixin Msg;
     auto msg = Msg!()(doc_matters);
     static auto rgx = Rgx();
-    enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
+    enum outTask { pod, source, sqlite, sqlite_multi, latex, odt, epub, html_scroll, html_seg, html_stuff }
     void Scheduled(D,I)(int sched, D doc_abstraction, I doc_matters) {
       auto msg = Msg!()(doc_matters);
       if (sched == outTask.pod) {
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ template outputHub() {
         outputHTML!().images_cp(doc_matters);
         msg.vv("html css & images done");
       }
+      if (sched == outTask.latex) {
+        msg.v("latex processing... (available for downstream processing & pdf output");
+        import doc_reform.output.latex;
+        outputLaTeX!()(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
+        msg.vv("latex done");
+      }
       if (sched == outTask.odt) {
         msg.v("odf:odt processing... ");
         import doc_reform.output.odt;
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/latex.d b/src/doc_reform/output/latex.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..586e9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/latex.d
@@ -0,0 +1,1164 @@
+module doc_reform.output.latex;
+template outputLaTeX() {
+  import doc_reform.output;
+  import
+    std.digest.sha,
+    std.file,
+    std.outbuffer,
+    std.uri,
+    std.conv : to;
+  mixin InternalMarkup; // watch
+  mixin DocReformOutputRgxInit;
+  auto rgx = Rgx();
+      auto paper() {
+        struct PaperType {
+          auto a4() {
+            struct A4 {
+              auto portrait() {
+                struct V {
+                  uint w      = 160;
+                  uint h      = 228;
+                  uint img_px = 450;
+                }
+                return V();
+              }
+              auto landscape() {
+                struct H {
+                  uint w      = 238;
+                  uint h      = 160;
+                  uint img_px = 300;
+                }
+                return H();
+              }
+            }
+            return A4();
+          }
+          auto a5() {
+            struct A5 {
+              auto portrait() {
+                struct V {
+                  uint w      = 112;
+                  uint h      = 162;
+                  uint img_px = 280;
+                }
+                return V();
+              }
+              auto landscape() {
+                struct H {
+                  uint w      = 152;
+                  uint h      = 100;
+                  uint img_px = 190;
+                }
+                return H();
+              }
+            }
+            return A5();
+          }
+          auto b4() {
+            struct B4 {
+              auto portrait() {
+                struct V {
+                  uint w      = 140;
+                  uint h      = 204;
+                  uint img_px = 356;
+                }
+                return V();
+              }
+              auto landscape() {
+                struct H {
+                  uint w      = 200;
+                  uint h      = 130;
+                  uint img_px = 260;
+                }
+                return H();
+              }
+            }
+            return B4();
+          }
+          auto letter() {
+            struct Letter {
+              auto portrait() {
+                struct V {
+                  uint w      = 166;
+                  uint h      = 212;
+                  uint img_px = 468;
+                }
+                return V();
+              }
+              auto landscape() {
+                struct H {
+                  uint w      = 226;
+                  uint h      = 166;
+                  uint img_px = 290;
+                }
+                return H();
+              }
+            }
+            return Letter();
+          }
+          auto legal() {
+            struct Legal {
+              auto portrait() {
+                struct V {
+                  uint w      = 168;
+                  uint h      = 286;
+                  uint img_px = 474;
+                }
+                return V();
+              }
+              auto landscape() {
+                struct H {
+                  uint w      = 296;
+                  uint h      = 166;
+                  uint img_px = 420;
+                }
+                return H();
+              }
+            }
+            return Legal();
+          }
+        }
+        return PaperType();
+      }
+  string sp_char_esc(O)(
+    string      _txt,
+    const    O  obj,
+  ) {
+    string _unescape_sp_char_esc()(string _txt) {
+      _txt = _txt
+        .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped,
+          format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"))
+        .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped_braced,
+          format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"));
+      return _txt;
+    }
+    string _unescape_fontface_esc()(string _txt) {
+      _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface,
+           format(q"┃%s%s┃", "$1", "$2"));
+      return _txt;
+    }
+    if (obj.metainfo.is_a != "code") {
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m => "\\" ~ m[1])(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape);
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m => "{\\" ~ m[1] ~ "}")(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces);
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_sp_char_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_link);
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_fontface_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface);
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string sp_char_esc_txt()(
+    string      _txt,
+  ) {
+    string _unescape_sp_char_esc()(string _txt) {
+      _txt = _txt
+        .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped,
+          format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"))
+        .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_escaped_braced,
+          format(q"┃%s┃", "$1"));
+      return _txt;
+    }
+    string _unescape_fontface_esc()(string _txt) {
+      _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface,
+           format(q"┃%s%s┃", "$1", "$2"));
+      return _txt;
+    }
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => "\\" ~ m[1])(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => "{\\" ~ m[1] ~ "}")(_txt, rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_sp_char_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_link);
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => _unescape_fontface_esc(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.latex_identify_inline_fontface);
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string fontface()(
+    string      _txt,
+  ) {
+  _txt = _txt
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_emphasis,    format(q"┃\begin{bfseries}%s\end{bfseries}┃", "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_bold,        format(q"┃\begin{bfseries}%s\end{bfseries}┃", "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃\emph{%s}┃",                        "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃\uline{%s}┃",                       "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_superscript, format(q"┃$$^{\textrm{%s}}$$┃",               "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_subscript,   format(q"┃$$_{\textrm{%s}}$$┃",               "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_strike,      format(q"┃\sout{%s}┃",                        "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_insert,      format(q"┃\uline{%s}┃",                       "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_mono,        format(q"┃\begin{monosp}%s\end{monosp}┃",     "$1"))
+    .replaceAll(rgx.inline_italics,     format(q"┃``%s''┃",                           "$1"));
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string leading_hardspaces()(
+    string      _txt,
+  ) {
+    string hardspaces(string _spaces) {
+      _spaces  = _spaces
+        .replaceAll(rgx.space, "\\hardspace ");
+      return _spaces;
+    }
+    _txt = replaceAll!(m => hardspaces(m[0]))(_txt, rgx.spaces_line_start);
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string nbsp_char()(string _txt) {
+    if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+      _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, "\\hardspace ");
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string nbsp_char_to_space()(string _txt) {
+    if (_txt.match(rgx.nbsp_char)) {
+      _txt  = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.nbsp_char, " ");
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string links_and_images(O,M)(
+    string      _txt,
+    const    O  obj,
+             M  doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    if (obj.has.inline_links) { // TODO some images do not have inline links ... image without link
+      string _width_adjust(string _width) {
+        if (_width.to!int > 300) { _width = "300"; } // will need to vary max with papersize & orientation
+        return _width;
+      }
+      string _latex_image_path(string _image_path) {
+        auto pth_latex = DocReformPathsLaTeX(doc_matters);
+        _image_path = pth_latex.latex_path_stuff ~ "/" ~ _image_path;
+        return _image_path;
+      }
+      string _if_images(string _linked_content) {
+        if (_linked_content.match(rgx.inline_image_info)) {
+          _linked_content = replaceAll!(m =>
+              format(q"┃\includegraphics*[width=%spt]{%s}%s┃",
+                _width_adjust(m[2]), _latex_image_path(m[1]), " \\\\\n")
+            )(_linked_content, rgx.inline_image_info);
+        }
+        return _linked_content;
+      }
+      string _check_link(string _link) {
+        _link = _link
+          .replaceFirst(rgx.latex_clean_internal_link, "")
+          .replaceAll(rgx.latex_special_char_for_escape_url, "\\$1");
+        return _link;
+      }
+      if  (obj.metainfo.is_a != "code") {
+        _txt = replaceAll!(m =>
+            m[1] ~ "┤" ~ to!string((obj.stow.link[m[2].to!ulong])).encode ~ "├"
+          )(_txt, rgx.inline_link_number_only);
+        _txt = replaceAll!(m =>
+            ((m[1] == m[2]) && (m[2].match(rgx.uri)))
+            ? format(q"┃\begin{scriptsize}\lefthalfcap\url{%s}\righthalfcup\end{scriptsize}┃", _check_link(m[1]))
+            : (m[2].match(rgx.uri)) // ERROR
+              ? format(q"┃%s\href{%s}%s{%s}┃", "\\\\\n", _check_link(m[2]), "\n", _if_images(m[1]))
+              : format(q"┃\hyperlink{%s}{%s}┃", _check_link(m[2]), _if_images(m[1]))
+          )(_txt, rgx.inline_link);
+      }
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string footnotes()(
+    string      _txt,
+  ) {
+    if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
+      string _tex_note = q"┃\hypertarget{noteref_%s}{}\footnote[%s]{%%
+  \label{note_%s}%s}┃";
+      _txt = _txt.replaceAll(rgx.inline_notes_al_regular_number_note,
+        format(_tex_note,
+          "$1", "$1", "$1",
+          "$2".strip
+        ).strip
+      );
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string remove_footnotes()(
+    string      _txt,
+  ) {
+    if (_txt.match(rgx.inline_notes_al_gen)) {
+      _txt = replaceAll!(m => "")(_txt, rgx.inline_notes_al_gen);
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string para(O)(
+    string      _txt,
+    O           obj,
+  ) {
+    if (obj.metainfo.is_of_type == "para") {
+      string _tex_para;
+      _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s┃";
+      _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+        obj.metainfo.object_number,
+        obj.metainfo.object_number,
+        _txt.footnotes
+      ).strip;
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string bookindex(O)(
+    string      _txt,
+    O           obj,
+  ) {
+    if (obj.metainfo.is_of_type == "para"
+      && obj.metainfo.is_a == "bookindex"
+    ) {
+      string _tex_para;
+      _tex_para = q"┃%s┃";
+      _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+        _txt.replaceAll(rgx.latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak, "\n") ~ "\n\\\\\n"
+      );
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string heading(O,M)(
+    string      _txt,
+    O           obj,
+    M           doc_matters,
+    string      _part = ""
+  ) {
+    if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "heading") {
+      string _tex_para;
+      string _pg_break;
+      string _sect;
+      string _post;
+      string _title_add;
+      string _columns = "";
+      switch (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup) {
+      case 0: // A == TITLE
+        _pg_break = "\\begin{document}\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 1: // B == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 2: // C == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 3: // D == part: section heading level
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        goto default;
+      case 4: // 1 == section
+        _columns = (_part != "bookindex")
+          ? "" : "\n\\\\\n\\begin{multicols}{2}";
+        _pg_break = "\\clearpage\n";
+        _sect = "section";
+        _post = "";
+        _title_add = format(q"┃
+\markboth{%s}{%s}┃",
+          doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+          doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+        );
+        goto default;
+      case 5: // 2 == subsection
+        _pg_break = "";
+        // _pg_break = "newpage"; // doubt this is necessary
+        _sect = "subsection";
+        _post = " \\\n";
+        _title_add = "";
+        goto default;
+      case 6: // 3 == subsubsection
+        _pg_break = "";
+        // _pg_break = "newpage"; // doubt this is necessary
+        _sect = "subsubsection";
+        _post = " \\\n";
+        _title_add = "";
+        goto default;
+      default:
+        if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 0) {
+          _tex_para = q"┃\begin{document}
+\title{%s}
+\author{ \textnormal{%s}}
+\date{\begin{tiny}%s\end{tiny}}
+\pagenumbering{roman}\maketitle
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\newpage
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+\\\\[3]\ \linebreak Copyright {\begin{small}{\copyright\end{small}} %s \\
+%s
+\pagestyle{fancy}
+\clearpage┃";
+          _txt = format(_tex_para,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.date_published).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_copyright).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.rights_license).sp_char_esc_txt,
+          );
+        } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup < 4) {
+          _tex_para = q"┃%s\part*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{%s}
+\markboth{%s}┃";
+          _txt = format(_tex_para,
+            _pg_break,
+            obj.metainfo.object_number,
+            obj.metainfo.object_number,
+            _txt.strip.footnotes,
+            _txt.strip.remove_footnotes,
+            (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+          );
+        } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup > 3) {
+          if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+          && _txt.match(regex(r"^Table of Contents$"))) {
+            _tex_para = q"┃
+\pagenumbering{none}
+\setcounter{page}{1}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\part*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{1}{1}\end{tiny}}}%s \newline %s}
+
+\clearpage
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+\pagenumbering{gobble}
+\renewcommand{\contentsname}{}
+\tableofcontents
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+
+\clearpage
+\pagenumbering{arabic}
+\setcounter{page}{1}
+\markboth{%s}{%s}
+%% \null
+\clearpage
+\setcounter{page}{1}┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_main).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+              (doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full).sp_char_esc_txt,
+            );
+          } else if (obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+            && _part == "bookindex"
+            && _txt.match(regex(r"^Index$"))
+          ) {
+            _tex_para = q"┃%s\%s*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{%s}{%s%s}%s%s┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              _pg_break,
+              _sect.strip,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              _txt.footnotes.strip,
+              _sect,
+              _txt.remove_footnotes.strip,
+              _post,
+              _title_add,
+              _columns,
+            );
+          } else if (obj.metainfo.dummy_heading
+            && obj.metainfo.heading_lev_markup == 4
+          ) { /+ dummy headings completely omitted +/
+            _txt = "";
+          } else {
+            _tex_para = q"┃%s\%s*{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}%s}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{%s}{%s%s}%s┃";
+            _txt = format(_tex_para,
+              _pg_break,
+              _sect.strip,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              obj.metainfo.object_number,
+              _txt.footnotes.strip,
+              _sect,
+              _txt.remove_footnotes.strip,
+              _post,
+              _title_add,
+            );
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return _txt.strip;
+  }
+string group(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "group") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+%s
+\end{footnotesize}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.footnotes.strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+string block(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "block") {
+    // _txt = _txt.nbsp_char;
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+%s
+\end{footnotesize}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+┃"; // \hardspace
+    /+ try both: +/
+    _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join("\n\n"); // _txt = _txt.split(rgx.br_newlines_linebreaks).join(" \\\n");
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+string verse(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "verse") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.1ex plus0.1ex minus0.1ex}
+\begin{footnotesize}
+
+%s
+
+\end{footnotesize}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+\linebreak
+┃"; // \hardspace
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char.footnotes.split("\n").join("\n\n").strip
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+string codeblock(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "code") {
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}\setlength{\parskip}{0.5ex plus0.2ex minus0.1ex}\begin{Codeblock}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+%s
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{Codeblock}
+\setlength{\parskip}{1ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _txt.nbsp_char_to_space
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+auto tablarize(O)(
+  string            _txt,
+  const        O    obj,
+) {
+  string[] _table_rows = (_txt).split(rgx.table_delimiter_row);
+  string[] _table_cols;
+  string _table;
+  string _tablenote;
+  foreach(row_idx, row; _table_rows) {
+    _table_cols = row.split(rgx.table_delimiter_col);
+      _table ~= "";
+      foreach(col_idx, cell; _table_cols) {
+        if ((_table_cols.length == 1)
+        && (_table_rows.length <= row_idx+2)) { // check row_idx+2 (rather than == ++row_idx)
+          _tablenote ~= cell;
+        } else {
+          // // _table ~= "\\bfseries ";
+          // _table ~= cell;
+          // _table ~= (_table_cols.length > (col_idx + 1)) ? "&" : "";
+          _table ~= format(q"┃%s%s┃",
+            cell,
+            (_table_cols.length > (col_idx + 1)) ? "&" : ""
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      _table ~= "\\\\";
+    }
+  auto t = tuple(
+    _table,
+    _tablenote,
+  );
+  return t;
+}
+string table(O,M)(
+  string      _txt,
+  O           obj,
+  M           doc_matters,
+) {
+  if (obj.metainfo.is_a == "table") {
+    auto _t = _txt.tablarize(obj);
+    string _table = _t[0];
+    string _t_n = _t[1];
+    string papertype = "a4";
+    uint pw = 0;
+    switch (papertype) {
+    case "a4":     pw = (paper.a4.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "a5":     pw = (paper.a5.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "b4":     pw = (paper.b4.portrait.w     - 20); break;
+    case "letter": pw = (paper.letter.portrait.w - 20); break;
+    case "legal":  pw = (paper.legal.portrait.w  - 20); break;
+    default:       pw = 0;                              break;
+    }
+    // auto textwidth = (pw - 24);
+    string _colw = "";
+    foreach (w; obj.table.column_widths) {
+      _colw ~= format(q"┃p{%.0fmm}┃",
+        (w * pw / 100)
+        // (w * (pw - 24)/ 100)
+        // (w * textwidth / 100)
+      );
+    }
+    string _tex_para;
+    _tex_para = q"┃\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\end{tiny}{\marginpar{\begin{tiny}\hspace{0mm}\hypertarget{%s}{%s}\end{tiny}}}
+\setlength{\LTleft}{0pt}
+\setlength{\LTright}{\fill}
+\begin{tiny}
+\begin{longtable}{%s}
+%s
+\end{longtable}
+\end{tiny}
+┃";
+    _txt  = format(_tex_para,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      obj.metainfo.object_number,
+      _colw,
+      _table,
+    ).strip;
+  }
+  return _txt;
+}
+  string bullets_and_indentation(O)(
+    string      _txt,
+    O           obj,
+  ) {
+    string _tex_para;
+    string _hang; string _indent;
+    int _paper_margin = -10;
+    int _indent_increment = 8; // 5; 10;
+    if (obj.attrib.bullet) {
+      int _bullet_space = 5;
+      _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin + _bullet_space).to!string;
+      _txt  = format(q"┃\begin{Bullet}{%smm}$\txtbullet$\hspace{\enspace}%s\end{Bullet}┃",
+        _indent,
+        _txt.footnotes
+      ).strip;
+    } else if (
+      obj.attrib.indent_base != 0
+      && obj.attrib.indent_base == obj.attrib.indent_hang
+    ) {
+      _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin).to!string;
+      _tex_para = q"┃\begin{ParagraphIndent}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphIndent}┃";
+      _txt = format(_tex_para,
+        _indent,
+        _txt.footnotes
+      ).strip;
+    } else if (
+      obj.attrib.indent_base != 0
+      || obj.attrib.indent_hang != 0
+    ) {
+      _indent = ((obj.attrib.indent_base * _indent_increment) + _paper_margin).to!string;
+      _hang = (((obj.attrib.indent_hang - obj.attrib.indent_base) * _indent_increment)).to!string;
+      _txt = format(q"┃\begin{ParagraphHang}{%smm}{%smm}%s \end{ParagraphHang}┃",
+        _indent, _hang,
+        _txt.footnotes
+      ).strip;
+    }
+    return _txt;
+  }
+  string latex_head(M)(
+                          M    doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    struct paperType {
+      string a4_portrait;
+      string a4_landscape;
+      string us_letter_portrait;
+      string us_letter_landscape;
+    }
+    auto paper           = paperType();
+    paper.a4_portrait    = format(q"┃
+\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{228mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{160mm}
+┃",
+  );
+  paper.a4_landscape    = format(q"┃
+\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,landscape,titlepage,twocolumn]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{160mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{238mm}
+┃",
+  );
+  paper.us_letter_portrait    = format(q"┃
+\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper,titlepage]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{212mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{166mm}
+┃",
+  );
+  paper.us_letter_landscape    = format(q"┃
+\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper,landscape,titlepage,twocolumn]{scrartcl}
+\setlength{\textheight}{166mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{226mm}
+┃",
+  );
+  struct paperMargins {
+    string portrait;
+    string landscape;
+  }
+  auto margins           = paperMargins();
+  margins.portrait    = format(q"┃
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0mm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12pt} \setlength{\headheight}{12pt}
+\setlength{\headsep}{35pt}
+┃",
+  );
+  margins.landscape    = format(q"┃
+\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{6mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{6mm}
+\setlength{\topmargin}{-12mm} \setlength{\headheight}{12pt}
+\setlength{\headsep}{20pt}
+┃",
+  );
+  struct columnsMulti {
+    string portrait;
+    string landscape;
+  }
+  auto multicol           = columnsMulti();
+  multicol.portrait    = format(q"┃
+\usepackage{multicol}
+┃",
+  );
+  multicol.landscape    = "";
+  struct colorLinks {
+    string mono;
+    string color;
+  }
+  auto links           = colorLinks();
+  links.mono    = format(q"┃
+\usepackage[xetex,
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=myblack,
+  filecolor=myblack,
+  linkcolor=myblack,
+┃",
+  );
+  links.color    = format(q"┃
+\usepackage[xetex,
+  colorlinks=true,
+  urlcolor=myblue,    %% \href{...}{...}   external url
+  filecolor=mygreen,  %% \href{...}        local file
+  linkcolor=myred,    %% \href{...} and \pageref{...}
+  ┃",
+    );
+    string _latex_head = format(q"┃%%%% DocReform LaTeX output
+%%%% Generated by: %s
+%%%% D version: ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
+%%%% LaTeX output
+%%%% Last Generated on:
+%%%% SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu
+%s
+%s
+\setlength{\marginparsep}{4mm}
+\setlength{\marginparwidth}{8mm}
+%s
+\usepackage{polyglossia, ucs, fontspec, xltxtra, xunicode}
+\setmainlanguage{english}
+\setotherlanguage{}
+\setmainfont{Liberation Sans}
+\setmonofont[Scale=0.85]{Liberation Mono}
+\usepackage{alltt}
+\usepackage{thumbpdf}
+%s
+  pdftitle={%s},
+  pdfauthor={%s},
+  pdfsubject={%s},
+  pdfkeywords={},
+  pageanchor=true,
+  plainpages=true,
+  pdfpagelabels=true,
+  pagebackref,
+  bookmarks=true,
+  bookmarksopen=true,
+  pdfmenubar=true,
+  pdfpagemode=UseOutline,
+  pdffitwindow=true,
+  pdfwindowui=true,
+  plainpages=false,
+  pdfstartview=FitH
+]
+{hyperref}
+\usepackage[usenames]{color}
+\definecolor{myblack}{rgb}{0,0,0}
+\definecolor{myred}{rgb}{0.75,0,0}
+\definecolor{mygreen}{rgb}{0,0.5,0}
+\definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{0,0,0.5}
+\definecolor{mywhite}{rgb}{1,1,1}
+\usepackage{url}
+\urlstyle{sf}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
+\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
+\usepackage{soul}
+\usepackage{longtable}
+\usepackage[tc]{titlepic}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
+\makeatletter
+\parindent0pt
+\usepackage{amssymb}
+\usepackage{listings}
+\usepackage{color}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{4}
+\makeatletter
+\usepackage[multiple,ragged]{footmisc}
+\setlength\footnotemargin{12pt}
+\usepackage[para]{manyfoot}
+\DeclareNewFootnote{A}
+\newenvironment{ParagraphIndent}[1]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+\newenvironment{ParagraphHang}[2]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\itemindent=#2
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+\newenvironment{Bullet}[1]%%
+{
+\begin{list}{}{%%
+\setlength\topsep{0pt}%%
+\addtolength{\leftmargin}{#1}
+\itemindent=-1em
+\setlength\parsep{0pt plus 1pt}%%
+}
+\item[]
+}
+{\end{list}}
+\usepackage{fancyhdr}
+\lhead{}
+\renewcommand{\part}{\@startsection
+  {part}{1}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\section}{\@startsection
+  {section}{2}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subsection}{\@startsection
+  {subsection}{3}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\bfseries\large\upshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{\@startsection
+  {subsubsection}{4}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\paragraph}{\@startsection
+  {paragraph}{5}{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape\raggedright}}
+\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{\@startsection
+  {subparagraph}%%{6}%%{-2mm}%%
+  {-\baselineskip}{0.5\baselineskip}%%
+  {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape\raggedright}}
+\selectlanguage{english}
+\lhead[ ]{ }
+\chead[ \fancyplain{} \bfseries \footnotesize \leftmark ]{ \fancyplain{} \bfseries \footnotesize \rightmark }
+\rhead[ ]{ }
+\lfoot[\textrm{\thepage}]{\tiny \href{http://sisudoc.org}{SiSU}}
+\cfoot{\href{http://git.sisudoc.org}{git}}
+\rfoot[\tiny \href{}{}]{\textrm{\thepage}}
+\tolerance=300
+\clubpenalty=300
+\widowpenalty=300
+\makeatother
+\makeatother
+\chardef\txtbullet="2022
+\chardef\tilde="7E
+\def\asterisk{{\rm \char42} }
+\definecolor{Light}{gray}{.92}
+\newcommand{\Codeblock}[1]{\normaltext\raggedright\small\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\monosp}[1]{\normaltext\ttfamily\texbackslash#1}
+\newcommand{\parasep}{\\ \begin{center}*\hspace{2em}*\hspace{2em}*\end{center} \\}
+\newcommand{\hardspace}{{~}}
+\newcommand{\caret}{{\^{~}}}
+\newcommand{\pipe}{{\textbar}}
+\newcommand{\curlyopen}{{}
+\newcommand{\curlyclose}{}}
+\newcommand{\lt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{<}}}
+\newcommand{\gt}{{UseTextSymbol{OML}{>}}}
+\newcommand{\slash}{{/}}
+\newcommand{\underscore}{\_}
+\newcommand{\exclaim}{\Verbatim{!}}
+\definecolor{listinggray}{gray}{0.9}
+\definecolor{lbcolor}{rgb}{0.9,0.9,0.9}
+\lstset{
+  backgroundcolor=\color{lbcolor},
+  tabsize=4,
+  rulecolor=,
+  language=,
+  basicstyle=\scriptsize,
+  upquote=true,
+  aboveskip={1.5\baselineskip},
+  columns=fixed,
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  extendedchars=true,
+  breaklines=true,
+  prebreak = \raisebox{0ex}[0ex][0ex]{\ensuremath{\hookleftarrow}},
+  frame=single,
+  showtabs=false,
+  showspaces=false,
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  identifierstyle=\ttfamily,
+  keywordstyle=\color[rgb]{0,0,1},
+  commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.133,0.545,0.133},
+  stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.627,0.126,0.941},
+}
+  ┃",
+    doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do ? "" : doc_matters.generator_program.name_and_version.strip,
+    paper.a4_portrait.strip,
+    margins.portrait.strip,
+    multicol.portrait.strip,
+    links.mono.strip, // links.color.strip,
+    doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full.strip,
+    doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author.strip,
+    doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.classify_subject.strip,
+  );
+    return _latex_head.strip;
+  }
+  string latex_body(D,M)(
+    const    D   doc_abstraction,
+             M   doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    string _latex_body = "";
+    bool _multicolumns = false;
+    string _txt;
+    foreach (part; doc_matters.has.keys_seq.latex) {
+      foreach (obj; doc_abstraction[part]) {
+        switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_part) {
+        case "frontmatter":              assert(part == "head" || "toc");
+          _txt = obj.text
+            .sp_char_esc(obj)
+            .fontface;
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+          case "para":
+            switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+            case "heading":
+              _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "toc":
+              break;
+            default:
+              _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+              _txt = "";
+              break;
+            }
+            break;
+          default: break;
+          }
+          break;
+        case "body":                     assert(part == "body" || "head"); // surprise
+          _txt = obj.text
+            .sp_char_esc(obj)
+            .fontface;
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+          case "para":
+            switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+            case "heading":
+              _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "para":
+              _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+                .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            default:
+              _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+              _txt = "";
+              break;
+            }
+            break;
+          case "block":
+            switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+            case "quote":
+              goto default; // TODO
+            case "group":
+              /+ (hardspaces not honored) [remove any hardspace marker] +/
+              _txt = _txt.group(obj, doc_matters)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "block":
+              /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+              _txt = _txt.block(obj, doc_matters)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "verse":
+              /+ (hardspace honored) \hardspace +/
+              _txt = _txt.verse(obj, doc_matters)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "code":
+              /+ (hardspace honored) \begin{lstlisting} clear hardspace marker +/
+              _txt = _txt.codeblock(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "table":
+              _txt = _txt.table(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default; // TODO
+            default:
+              _latex_body ~= _txt ~ "\n\n";
+              _txt = "";
+              break;
+            }
+            break;
+          default: break;
+          }
+          break;
+        case "backmatter":
+          assert(part == "endnotes" || "glossary" || "bibliography" || "bookindex" || "blurb" || "tail");
+          _txt = obj.text
+            .sp_char_esc(obj)
+            .fontface;
+          switch (obj.metainfo.is_of_type) {
+          case "para":
+            if (part != "bookindex" && _multicolumns) {
+              _multicolumns = false;
+              _latex_body ~= "\n\\end{multicols}\n";
+            }
+            switch (obj.metainfo.is_a) {
+            case "heading":
+              if (part == "bookindex") {
+                _multicolumns = true;
+              }
+              _txt = _txt.heading(obj, doc_matters, part);
+              goto default;
+            case "endnote":              assert(part == "endnotes");
+              _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+                .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "glossary":             assert(part == "glossary");
+              _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+                .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "bibliography":         assert(part == "bibliography");
+              _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+                .bullets_and_indentation(obj);
+              goto default;
+            case "bookindex":            assert(part == "bookindex");
+              /+ two column, special section +/
+              _txt = _txt.bookindex(obj)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            case "blurb":                assert(part == "blurb");
+              _txt = _txt.para(obj)
+                .bullets_and_indentation(obj)
+                .links_and_images(obj, doc_matters);
+              goto default;
+            default:
+              _latex_body ~= (part == "bookindex" && obj.metainfo.is_a != "heading")
+                ? _txt : (_txt ~ "\n\n");
+              _txt = "";
+              break;
+            }
+            break;
+          default: break;
+          }
+          break;
+        case "comment":
+          break;
+        default:
+          { /+ debug +/
+            if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
+            && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+              writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_of_part);
+              writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.metainfo.is_a);
+              writeln(__FILE__, ":", __LINE__, ": ", obj.text);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (_multicolumns) {
+      _multicolumns = false;
+      _latex_body ~= "\n\\end{multicols}\n";
+    }
+    return _latex_body;
+  }
+  string latex_tail(M)(
+                          M    doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    string _latex_tail = format(q"┃
+
+\end{document}
+  ┃",
+    // doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.title_full,
+    // doc_matters.conf_make_meta.meta.creator_author,
+  );
+    return _latex_tail;
+  }
+  void writeOutputLaTeX(T,M)(
+    const T    latex_content,
+          M    doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    auto pth_latex = DocReformPathsLaTeX(doc_matters);
+    try {
+      { /+ debug +/
+        if (doc_matters.opt.action.debug_do
+        && doc_matters.opt.action.verbose) {
+          writeln(latex_content.head);
+          writeln(latex_content.content);
+          writeln(latex_content.tail);
+        }
+      }
+      if (!exists(pth_latex.latex_path_stuff)) {
+        (pth_latex.latex_path_stuff).mkdirRecurse;
+      }
+      writeln(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path);
+      auto f = File(pth_latex.latex_file_with_path, "w");
+      f.writeln(latex_content.head);
+      f.writeln(latex_content.content);
+      f.writeln(latex_content.tail);
+      foreach (image; doc_matters.srcs.image_list) {
+        auto fn_src_in = doc_matters.src.image_dir_path ~ "/" ~ image;
+        auto fn_src_out_file = pth_latex.latex_path_stuff ~ "/" ~ image;
+        if (exists(fn_src_in)) {
+          fn_src_in.copy(fn_src_out_file);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (ErrnoException ex) {
+      // handle error
+    }
+  }
+  void outputLaTeX(D,M)(
+    const    D   doc_abstraction,
+             M   doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    struct LaTeX {
+      string head;
+      string content;
+      string tail;
+    }
+    auto latex           = LaTeX();
+    latex.head           = latex_head(doc_matters);
+    latex.content        = latex_body(doc_abstraction, doc_matters);
+    latex.tail           = latex_tail(doc_matters);
+    latex.writeOutputLaTeX(doc_matters);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d b/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
index 615a666..305aa17 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
@@ -331,6 +331,35 @@ template DocReformPathsODT() {
     return _PathsStruct();
   }
 }
+template DocReformPathsLaTeX() {
+  mixin DocReformRgxInit;
+  static auto rgx = Rgx();
+  auto DocReformPathsLaTeX(M)(
+    M  doc_matters,
+  ) {
+    struct _PathsStruct {
+      string base_filename(string fn_src) {
+        return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
+      }
+      string base() {
+        auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(doc_matters.output_path, doc_matters.src.language);
+        string base_dir = "latex";
+        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+      }
+      string latex_path_stuff() {
+        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).array;
+      }
+      string latex_file_with_path() {
+        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).array;
+      }
+      string images() {
+        string image_dir = "image";
+        return asNormalizedPath((base).chainPath(image_dir)).array;
+      }
+    }
+    return _PathsStruct();
+  }
+}
 template DocReformPathsSQLiteDiscrete() {
   mixin DocReformRgxInit;
   static auto rgx = Rgx();
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d b/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
index c9e9516..5ab71f9 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
@@ -132,5 +132,17 @@ static template DocReformOutputRgxInit() {
     static xhtml_less_than                            = ctRegex!(`[<]`, "m");      // &lt;
     static xhtml_greater_than                         = ctRegex!(`[>]`, "m");      // &gt;
     static xhtml_line_break                           = ctRegex!(` [\\]{2}`, "m"); // <br />
+    static latex_special_char_shortlist               = ctRegex!(`([%$_#&\\])`);
+    static latex_special_char_curlybraces             = ctRegex!(`([{}])`);
+    static latex_special_char                         = ctRegex!(`([%${}_#&\\])`);
+    static latex_special_char_for_escape              = ctRegex!(`([%${}_#\\])`);
+    static latex_special_char_for_escape_and_braces   = ctRegex!(`([&])`);
+    static latex_special_char_for_escape_url          = ctRegex!(`([%])`);
+    static latex_special_char_escaped                 = ctRegex!(`\\([%${}_#\\])`);
+    static latex_special_char_escaped_braced          = ctRegex!(`[{]\\([&])[}]`);
+    static latex_identify_inline_link                 = ctRegex!(`┥.+?┝┤\S+?├`, "mg");
+    static latex_clean_internal_link                  = ctRegex!(`^(?:#|¤\S+?#)`, "m");
+    static latex_identify_inline_fontface             = ctRegex!(`\\([_#$]┨.+?┣)\\([_#$])`, "mg");
+    static latex_clean_bookindex_linebreak            = ctRegex!(`\s*\\\\\\\\\s*`, "m");
   }
 }
diff --git a/util/dr_tex.rb b/util/dr_tex.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a73f07b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/dr_tex.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'fileutils'
+pwd = Dir.pwd
+argv,texfiles_with_path,flags=[],[],[]
+lngs = %{(am|bg|bn|br|ca|cs|cy|da|de|el|en|eo|es|et|eu|fi|fr|ga|gl|he|hi|hr|hy|ia|is|it|ja|ko|la|lo|lt|lv|ml|mr|nl|no|nn|oc|pl|pt|pt_BR|ro|ru|sa|se|sk|sl|sq|sr|sv|ta|te|th|tk|tr|uk|ur|vi|zh)}
+Regexp.new(lngs, Regexp::IGNORECASE)
+argv=$*
+argv.sort.each{|y| (y =~/^--\S+$/i) ? (flags << y) : (texfiles_with_path << y) }
+if flags.length==0 \
+|| flags.inspect =~/"--help"/
+  cmd=(/([^\/]+)$/).match($0)[1]
+  puts <<WOK
+#{cmd} --help
+#{cmd} --out=[output path]
+#{cmd} --paper-size=a5 --out=~/test
+WOK
+end
+paper_size = (flags.inspect.match(/"--paper-size=(a4|a5|b5|letter|legal)"/)) ? $1 : "a4"
+out_path = Dir.pwd
+if (flags.inspect.match(/"--out=\S+"/))
+  out_path = flags.inspect.match(/"--out=(\S+)"/)[1]
+  unless (FileTest.directory?(out_path))
+    puts "Creating output directory: --out=#{out_path}"
+    FileUtils::mkdir_p(out_path)
+    unless (FileTest.directory?(out_path))
+      puts "FAILS unable to create directory: #{out_path}"
+      exit
+    end
+  end
+end
+if texfiles_with_path.length == 0
+  texfiles_with_path=Dir.glob('*.tex')
+end
+if texfiles_with_path.length > 0
+  texfiles_with_path.each do |texfile_with_path|
+    if texfile_with_path =~/.+\.tex/
+      #puts texfile_with_path
+      if FileTest.file?(texfile_with_path)
+        file_basename_with_path = texfile_with_path.sub(/\.tex$/,'')
+        file_basename = file_basename_with_path.sub(/.*?([^\/]+)$/,'\1')
+        _out_path = out_path
+        if file_basename =~ /\.#{lngs}$/
+          lng = file_basename.match(/\.#{lngs}$/)[1]
+          puts file_basename
+          puts lng
+          puts _out_path
+          unless _out_path.match(/\/#{lng}\/pdf$/)
+            _out_path = "#{out_path}/#{lng}/pdf"
+            FileUtils::mkdir_p(_out_path)
+          end
+        end
+        texpdf_cmd = %{xetex -interaction=batchmode -fmt=xelatex -papersize=#{paper_size} #{texfile_with_path}\n}
+        puts texpdf_cmd
+        2.times { |i| system(texpdf_cmd) }
+        if (FileTest.file?(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf})) && (FileTest.directory?(_out_path))
+          FileUtils::Verbose::mv(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf}, %{#{_out_path}/#{file_basename}.pdf})
+          puts (%{#{_out_path}/#{file_basename}.pdf})
+        else
+          puts "issue with pdf file or output directory"
+          puts "pdf file:   #{pwd}/#{file_basename}.pdf}"
+          puts "output dir: #{_out_path}/"
+        end
+        suffix = ['log', 'out', 'toc', 'aux']
+        suffix.each { |s| FileUtils::rm_f(%{#{pwd}/#{file_basename}.#{s}})}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+Dir.chdir(pwd)
+__END__
diff --git a/views/version.txt b/views/version.txt
index 9a7e61e..c1a5679 100644
--- a/views/version.txt
+++ b/views/version.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ struct Version {
   int minor;
   int patch;
 }
-enum _ver = Version(0, 7, 1);
+enum _ver = Version(0, 7, 2);
 version (Posix) {
   version (DigitalMars) {
   } else version (LDC) {