Function reference • semestr

Build Build a syllabus
`load_semester_db()`	Load schedule for semester from database
`generate_assignments()`	Generate assignments from database
`build_pdf_files()`	Build PDF versions of assignments.
Maintenance Maintain a syllabus.
`update_latex_styles()`	Update LaTeX style files
`update_pdfs()`	Update all files that are out of date
`update_pdf_digests()`	Generates and stores digests for all source and output files.
`prune_pdf_digests()`	Delete stored digests for specified source files
`clean_assignment_files()`	Clean up assignment riles.
Text formatting Text formatting functions
`format_month()` `format_wday()`	Formatting parts of dates
`format_class_date()` `format_class_day_date()`	Format a date
`format_date_range()` `format_day_date_range()`	Format a range of dates
`format_page_range()`	Format a Range of Pages
`format_textbook_reading_item()` `format_handout_reading_item()` `format_web_reading_item()` `format_youtube_reading_item()`	Format a Reading Item
`format_textbook_reading()` `format_handout_reading()` `format_web_reading()` `format_youtube_reading()`	Format a Collection of Reading Items
`format_date_by_cal_id()` `format_date_by_class_num()` `format_date_by_key()` `format_day_date_by_cal_id()` `format_day_date_by_class_num()` `format_day_date_by_key()`	Look Up and Format a Date
`format_date_range_by_cal_id()` `format_date_range_by_class_num()` `format_date_range_by_key()` `format_date_range_by_event_id()`	Look up and format a range of dates
`add_period()`	Add a Period If Necessary
`append_newline_if_needed()`	Make sure a string ends with a newline.
`concat_with_nl()`	Concatenate strings as separate lines of text.
`escape_dollar()`	Escape "\$" for LaTeX
`make_reading_page()`	Make a Reading Assignment Page
`sanitize_date_range()`	Create a date range from a list of dates
Data manipulation Access and modify semester data
`col_replace()`	Search and replace all columns in a data frame.
`col_search()`	Search for a pattern in any column of a data frame
`col_search_sum()`	Count the number of times each column in a data frame matches a pattern.
`global_col_search()`	Search data frames for a pattern in any column
`global_col_search_sum()`	Count pattern-matches in each column of data frames
`global_replace()`	Search and replace all columns in a list of data frames.
`global_search()`	Search data frames for a pattern in any column.
`default_semestr_metadata()`	Create default metadata
`get_pdf_url()`	Get URLs corresponding to generated PDF files.
`get_semestr_metadata()`	Get the metadata for the currently loaded semester
`get_semestr_tz()`	Get the time zone for where the course will be taught.
`type2col()` `type2idx()` `type2prefix()` `type2base()` `idx2col()` `idx2type()` `col2idx()` `col2type()` `base2type()`	Metadata Name Conversion Functions
`pull_env()`	Expose contents of an environment in the current environment
`item_mod()`	Determine the modification type of calendar entry from its calendar id.
`item_type()`	Determine the type of calendar entry from its calendar id.
`add_key_prefix()`	Add prefixes to keys.
File manipulation Manage files
`get_pdf_url()`	Get URLs corresponding to generated PDF files.
`grab_header()`	Extract metadata from an RMD file.
`pdf_filename()`	Extract the local PDF filename corresponding to an URL.
`pdf_digest_if_exists()`	Calculate digest for pdf file
`update_pdf_dir()`	Rebuild changed files in a subdirectory of "content"
`update_pdf_file_digests()`	Update digests for PDF files
Helper functions Miscellaneous helper functions
`build_pdf_from_rmd()`	Build a PDF from an RMarkdown source file
`build_pdf_output_format()`	Build an RMarkdown output format for PDF files.
`init_schedule()`	FUNCTION_TITLE (TODO)
`make_rmd_output_format()`	Make an RMD output format
`prepare_schedule()`	Prepare schedule from database
`is_mt_or_na()`	Extends is.na to report TRUE if the object has length zero.
`schedule_strip_finals()`	FUNCTION_TITLE (TODO)
`strip_key_prefix()`	Strip prefixes off keys.

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Build

Maintenance

Text formatting

Data manipulation

File manipulation

Helper functions