Makefile for papers with figures generated

Makefile

outputs = Generic.pdf Architecture.pdf Hybrid.pdf ConsoleArch.pdf

all: ${outputs}

tmp.pdf: Images.pptx
	osascript pptexport.applescript $(abspath $<) $(abspath tmp.pdf)

${outputs}: tmp.pdf
	# map slides to file and crop
	pdftk tmp.pdf cat 5 output /tmp/tmpc.pdf && pdfcrop /tmp/tmpc.pdf Architecture.pdf 
	pdftk tmp.pdf cat 6 output /tmp/tmpc.pdf && pdfcrop /tmp/tmpc.pdf Generic.pdf 
	pdftk tmp.pdf cat 7 output /tmp/tmpc.pdf && pdfcrop /tmp/tmpc.pdf Hybrid.pdf 
	pdftk tmp.pdf cat 8 output /tmp/tmpc.pdf && pdfcrop /tmp/tmpc.pdf ConsoleArch.pdf 

	rm /tmp/tmpc.pdf

ppt2pdf.applescript

on run {inpath,outpath}
    set outpathx to POSIX file outpath
    set outpathy to outpathx as string

    tell application "Microsoft PowerPoint" -- work on version 15.15 or newer
        log outpath
        launch
        set theDial to start up dialog
        set start up dialog to false
        open inpath
        set outpathy to my createEmptyFile(outpathy)
        save active presentation in outpathy as save as PDF -- save in same folder
        close active presentation saving no
        set start up dialog to theDial
    end tell
end run

on createEmptyFile(f)
    do shell script "touch " & quoted form of POSIX path of f -- create file (this command do nothing when the PDF file exists)
    return (POSIX path of f) as POSIX file
end createEmptyFile