Create website/build-chapters.py

website/build-chapters.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Build website/chapters.json from chapters/*.md
+
+Run from project root:
+    python3 website/build-chapters.py
+"""
+
+import json
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+chapters_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "chapters"
+website_dir = Path(__file__).parent
+
+chapters = []
+for i in range(1, 19):
+    fname = chapters_dir / f"chapter-{i:02d}.md"
+    if not fname.exists():
+        print(f"Warning: {fname} not found, skipping")
+        continue
+
+    text = fname.read_text()
+    title_match = re.match(r'^# (.+)', text, re.MULTILINE)
+    title = title_match.group(1) if title_match else f"Chapter {i}"
+    body = text[title_match.end():].strip() if title_match else text.strip()
+
+    paragraphs = body.split('\n\n')
+    html_parts = []
+    for p in paragraphs:
+        p = p.strip()
+        if not p:
+            continue
+        if p.startswith('>'):
+            lines = [l.lstrip('> ').strip() for l in p.split('\n')]
+            html_parts.append(f'<blockquote>{"<br>".join(lines)}</blockquote>')
+        elif p.startswith('####'):
+            html_parts.append(f'<h4>{p.lstrip("# ").strip()}</h4>')
+        elif p.startswith('###'):
+            html_parts.append(f'<h3>{p.lstrip("# ").strip()}</h3>')
+        else:
+            p = re.sub(r'\*(.+?)\*', r'<em>\1</em>', p)
+            p = p.replace('\n', '<br>')
+            html_parts.append(f'<p>{p}</p>')
+
+    chapters.append({
+        "number": i,
+        "title": title,
+        "html": "\n".join(html_parts)
+    })
+
+out = website_dir / "chapters.json"
+out.write_text(json.dumps(chapters, indent=2))
+print(f"Wrote {len(chapters)} chapters ({out.stat().st_size / 1024:.1f} KB) to {out}")