Adds script to generate badges

.gitignore

@@ -179,3 +179,6 @@ TSWLatexianTemp*
 
 # KBibTeX
 *~[0-9]*
+
+db_secret
+latex/*

badges_from_db.py

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env
+from sqlalchemy import *
+from io import open
+from string import Template
+
+with open('db_secret', encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    DATABASE_URL = f.read()
+
+db = create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
+
+# Last name of locals
+list_of_locals = ['Kirk', 'McCoy']
+list_of_locals = [n.lower() for n in list_of_locals]
+
+# Last name of contact persons
+list_of_contacts = ['Spock', 'Kirk']
+list_of_contacts = [n.lower() for n in list_of_contacts]
+
+# Email of people who have used the wrong slot for their last name
+list_of_inverse_behavior = ['[email protected]']
+
+sql_query = "select lname, sname, first_name, last_name, affiliation, pronoun, email from participants"
+temp = Template('\participant{ $lname }{ $sname }{ $affiliation }{ $pronoun }{ $highlight }\n')
+
+with open('latex/participants.tex', 'w',  encoding="utf-8")as f:
+    for lname, sname, first_name, last_name, affiliation, pronoun, email in db.engine.execute(sql_query).fetchall():
+
+        # Defaulting for people who did not provide a preference
+        if email in list_of_inverse_behavior:
+            if lname == '':
+                lname = first_name
+            if sname == '':
+                sname = last_name
+        else:
+            if lname == '' and sname == '':
+                lname = first_name
+                sname = last_name
+
+        # Removing pronoun if blank space provided
+        if len(pronoun) < 2:
+            print('Warning, setting %s pronoun to empty'%pronoun)
+            pronoun = ''
+
+        # if in the list of locals, add flag
+        if last_name.lower() in list_of_contacts:
+            highlight = '\\contact'
+        elif last_name.lower() in list_of_locals:
+            highlight = '\\local'
+        else:
+            highlight = ''
+
+        s = temp.substitute(lname=lname, sname=sname, affiliation=affiliation,
+                           pronoun=pronoun, highlight=highlight)
+
+        # Escaping problematic characters
+        s = s.replace('&', '\&')
+        #s = s.replace('@', '\@')
+        s = s.replace('_', '\_')
+        f.write(s)

latex/main.tex

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 \hyphenpenalty=10000
 
 %% essential packages
-\usepackage[boxed]{ticket} %when ready to print, remove the "boxed" option
+\usepackage{ticket} %when ready to print, remove the "boxed" option
 \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
 \usepackage{graphicx} % provides \includegraphics
 \usepackage{adjustbox} % provides \maxsizebox
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 \newcommand*{\emptyticket}{\ticket{}}
 
 %% local people or other highlight commands
-\newcommand*{\local}{\highlight{Dandelion}}
+\newcommand*{\local}{\highlight{orange}}
 \newcommand*{\contact}{\highlight{CornflowerBlue}}