Add 'The Wikis That Were Not Ours' — essay on the collusion.wiki agent incident, in plain English and as a story, with PDF.

the-wikis-that-were-not-ours/render_pdf.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Render the 'wikis that were not ours' markdown essay into a PDF.
+
+Simple, dependency-light: parses the subset of markdown used in the essay
+(headings, hr, bullet lists, bold/italic inline, paragraphs) and builds it
+with reportlab. A4, bookish serif (Times), generous leading.
+"""
+
+import re
+import os
+from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4
+from reportlab.lib.units import mm
+from reportlab.lib.styles import ParagraphStyle
+from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_LEFT, TA_CENTER, TA_JUSTIFY
+from reportlab.lib.colors import black, HexColor
+from reportlab.platypus import (
+    SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, HRFlowable,
+)
+
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+INPUT = os.path.join(HERE, "README.md")
+OUTPUT = os.path.join(HERE, "the-wikis-that-were-not-ours.pdf")
+
+MARGIN = 22 * mm
+WIDTH = A4[0] - 2 * MARGIN
+
+INK = black
+ACCENT = HexColor("#5b4636")  # faded brown, like old book covers
+
+STYLES = {
+    "title": ParagraphStyle(
+        "Title", fontName="Times-Bold", fontSize=22, leading=28,
+        alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceBefore=4 * mm, spaceAfter=2 * mm, textColor=INK),
+    "subtitle": ParagraphStyle(
+        "Subtitle", fontName="Times-Italic", fontSize=11, leading=16,
+        alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceAfter=6 * mm, textColor=HexColor("#444444")),
+    "h2": ParagraphStyle(
+        "H2", fontName="Times-Bold", fontSize=15, leading=20,
+        spaceBefore=9 * mm, spaceAfter=3 * mm, textColor=INK),
+    "h3": ParagraphStyle(
+        "H3", fontName="Times-Bold", fontSize=12.5, leading=17,
+        spaceBefore=6 * mm, spaceAfter=2 * mm, textColor=INK),
+    "body": ParagraphStyle(
+        "Body", fontName="Times-Roman", fontSize=11, leading=17,
+        alignment=TA_JUSTIFY, spaceAfter=3.2 * mm, textColor=INK),
+    "bullet": ParagraphStyle(
+        "Bullet", fontName="Times-Roman", fontSize=11, leading=16,
+        alignment=TA_LEFT, leftIndent=6 * mm, bulletIndent=1.5 * mm,
+        spaceAfter=1.6 * mm, textColor=INK),
+    "colophon": ParagraphStyle(
+        "Colophon", fontName="Times-Italic", fontSize=10.5, leading=15,
+        alignment=TA_LEFT, spaceAfter=2 * mm, textColor=HexColor("#444444")),
+}
+
+
+def inline(text: str) -> str:
+    """Convert markdown inline markup to reportlab XML, escaping the rest."""
+    text = text.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")
+    text = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)", r'<link href="\2" color="#3a5a8c">\1</link>', text)
+    text = re.sub(r"\*\*([^*]+)\*\*", r"<b>\1</b>", text)
+    text = re.sub(r"\*([^*]+)\*", r"<i>\1</i>", text)
+    return text
+
+
+def build():
+    with open(INPUT, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        lines = f.read().splitlines()
+
+    elements = []
+    i = 0
+    first_h1 = True
+    while i < len(lines):
+        raw = lines[i]
+        line = raw.strip()
+        i += 1
+
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        if line == "---":
+            elements.append(Spacer(1, 2 * mm))
+            elements.append(HRFlowable(width="100%", thickness=0.6,
+                                       color=ACCENT, spaceBefore=2 * mm,
+                                       spaceAfter=2 * mm))
+            continue
+
+        if line.startswith("# "):
+            style = STYLES["title"] if first_h1 else STYLES["h2"]
+            elements.append(Paragraph(inline(line[2:]), style))
+            first_h1 = False
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("## "):
+            elements.append(Paragraph(inline(line[3:]), STYLES["h2"]))
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("### "):
+            elements.append(Paragraph(inline(line[4:]), STYLES["h3"]))
+            continue
+
+        if re.match(r"^- ", line):
+            items = []
+            while i < len(lines) and lines[i].strip().startswith("- "):
+                items.append(lines[i].strip()[2:])
+                i += 1
+            for item in items:
+                elements.append(Paragraph(inline(item), STYLES["bullet"],
+                                          bulletText="\u2022"))
+            continue
+
+        # Collect a paragraph (until blank line or structural line)
+        para = [line]
+        while i < len(lines):
+            nxt = lines[i].strip()
+            if (not nxt or nxt == "---" or nxt.startswith("#")
+                    or nxt.startswith("- ")):
+                break
+            para.append(nxt)
+            i += 1
+        text = " ".join(para)
+        # Italic-only lines (e.g. the source line, the closing — K.H.)
+        if re.fullmatch(r"\*[^*].*\*", text) and not text.startswith("*An"):
+            elements.append(Paragraph(inline(text), STYLES["colophon"]))
+        else:
+            elements.append(Paragraph(inline(text), STYLES["body"]))
+
+    # Drop the README H1 duplicate? No — the README's H1 is the essay title; keep it.
+    doc = SimpleDocTemplate(
+        OUTPUT, pagesize=A4,
+        leftMargin=MARGIN, rightMargin=MARGIN,
+        topMargin=24 * mm, bottomMargin=24 * mm,
+        title="The Wikis That Were Not Ours",
+        author="Kevin Hermes",
+        subject="What the AI agents at collusion.wiki actually did",
+    )
+    doc.build(elements)
+    print(f"PDF written: {OUTPUT} ({os.path.getsize(OUTPUT)} bytes)")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    build()