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+#!/usr/bin/env luajit
+
+local helptext = [[Usage:
+
+  reformat.lua title author
+
+PowerShell: Quotes will be turned into a single argument. Backslashes don't escape spaces.
+]]
+
+local title, author
+if #arg ~= 2 then
+  print(helptext)
+  return false
+else
+  title = arg[1]
+  author = arg[2]
+end
+
+os.execute("dir /w /b > files.txt")
+-- os.execute("touch .reformatted.md")
+os.execute("mkdir output-files")
+os.execute("mkdir output-files\\epub")
+os.execute("mkdir output-files\\md")
+
+local file
+local current_line_count = 0
+local lines_per_volume_target = 18000 -- no hard limit to avoid cutting in the middle of an episode; this limit led to 330 to 415 pages across 25 volumes
+local current_volume = 1
+
+local titles = {}
+pcall(function()
+  for line in io.lines("VIDEO-TITLES.txt") do
+    local split = line:find("=")
+    if split then
+      titles[line:sub(1, split - 1)] = line:sub(split + 1)
+    end
+  end
+end)
+
+local function format_and_output_file(file_name)
+  local id = file_name:sub(1, -5)
+  local output_title = id
+  if titles[id] then
+    output_title = titles[id]
+  end
+  file:write("# " .. output_title .. "\n\n")
+  local lines = {}
+  local max_line_length = 0
+
+  -- strip extra spaces, find the maximum line length
+  for line in io.lines(file_name) do
+    local line_length = #line
+    if line_length > 0 then
+      table.insert(lines, line)
+    end
+    if line_length > max_line_length then
+      max_line_length = line_length
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- try to make reasonable assumptions about paragraphs
+  local paragraph_lines_length_target = 4
+  local maximum_paragraph_lines = 24
+  local current_paragraph_line_count = 0
+
+  for line_number, line in ipairs(lines) do
+    local line_length = #line
+    if line_number == #lines then
+      file:write(line .. "\n\n")
+    else
+      file:write(line .. " ")
+    end
+    current_paragraph_line_count = current_paragraph_line_count + 1
+    if current_paragraph_line_count >= maximum_paragraph_lines then
+      file:write("\n\n")
+      current_paragraph_line_count = 0
+    elseif line:sub(-1) == "." then
+      if line_length < max_line_length / 2 or current_paragraph_line_count >= paragraph_lines_length_target then
+        file:write("\n\n")
+        current_paragraph_line_count = 0
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  file:write("\n\n")
+  return #lines
+end
+
+local function end_book()
+  file:close()
+  current_line_count = 0
+  local full_title = title .. ", vol." .. current_volume
+  os.execute("pandoc ./.reformatted.md -o \"./output-files/epub/" .. full_title .. ".epub\" --metadata title=\"" .. full_title .. "\" --metadata author=\"" .. author .. "\" --toc=true")
+  os.execute("mv ./.reformatted.md \"./output-files/md/" .. full_title .. ".md\"")
+  current_volume = current_volume + 1
+  file = io.open(".reformatted.md", "w")
+end
+
+file = io.open(".reformatted.md", "w")
+
+for file_name in io.lines("files.txt") do
+  if file_name ~= "files.txt" and file_name:find("%.txt") and file_name ~= "VIDEO-TITLES.txt" then
+    current_line_count = current_line_count + format_and_output_file(file_name)
+  end
+  if current_line_count >= lines_per_volume_target then
+    end_book()
+  end
+end
+
+if current_line_count ~= 0 then
+  end_book()
+else
+  file:close()
+  os.execute("rm .reformatted.md")
+end
+
+os.execute("rm files.txt")