Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition Grand Index

This repository contains the Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition Grand Index, an attempt to index all Mongoose Traveller 2nd Edition books.

Table of Contents

• About the Project
• Repository Structure
• Access the Index
• Contributing
• License

About the Project

The index is generated from tab separated value (TSV) files. The columns in the TSV files are:

• Document The abbreviation for the book
• Topic The entry in the index
• Page Page number for the topic
• Type The category for the entry. The column should have been called Category.
• Primary If the entry is not the primary entry, a No is entered in the column. Non-primary entries will be marked, eventually.
• Group If the entry belongs nested under another topic, place the topic name in this column.

The word-index.py script generates the .docx file. It takes the following parameters

• --file The file to parse. Multiple files can be specified
• --dir Parse all files in the specified directory and all subdirectories. Multiple directories can be specified.
• --output The name of the Word document to create.

Repository Structure

• static/grandindex.html: The main HTML file that contains the index and links to PDF and DOCX downloads.
• final/: Directory that contains the MS Word and PDF versions of the index.
• sources/: Directory that contains the tab separated value (TSV) files used to generate the index.

Access the Index

You can access the Grand Index directly at https://radiofreewaba.net/traveller/grandindex.html, where the latest PDF and DOCX versions are available for download.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to indexing more books, feel free to fork this repository, add the new data, and submit a pull request.

Building Source Files

For any of the main sophonts, ships, weapons, robots, and vehicles should be included in both the main category and the category for the sophont.

Rules for creating Travellers for sophonts are nested under the Travellers group.

Steps to Contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b new-index).
3. Add your changes (index new books, fix bugs, etc.).
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Added new book to index').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin new-index).
6. Open a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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