add script for live code

book/features/directories.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import os
+import json
+
+def list_file_types(directory):
+    file_types = set()
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(directory):
+        for file in files:
+            _, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
+            if ext:  # Only include files with extensions
+                file_types.add(ext)
+    return sorted(file_types)
+
+def format_file_types(file_types):
+    formatted = [f"**/*{ext}" for ext in file_types]
+    return formatted
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    book_directory = r"c:\Users\tomvanwoudenbe\Git\book\book"
+    file_types = list_file_types(book_directory)
+    formatted_file_types = format_file_types(file_types)
+    print("File types in the directory (formatted):")
+    print(json.dumps(formatted_file_types))

book/features/live_code.ipynb

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "The `html_js_files` link calls for some required javascript files. `use_thebe_lite` makes sure you initiate our adapted sphinx thebe extensions. The `exclude_patterns` makes sure you import all files so that they can be accessed from your code, except for the files matching the patterns shown.\n",
     "\n",
     ":::{note}\n",
-    "If you've a lot of big files which are not used by the code, the build book repository might grow a lot in size. Include unnecessary filetypes like images (i.e. `\"**/*.png`) to `exclude_patterns`. Make sure you use proper markdown or MyST syntax for referencing to images. Using HTML code might lead to figures not being available in the final book.\n",
+    "If you've a lot of big files which are not used by the code, the build book repository might grow a lot in size. Include unnecessary filetypes like images (i.e. `\"**/*.png`) to `exclude_patterns`. Make sure you use proper markdown or MyST syntax for referencing to images. Using HTML code might lead to figures not being available in the final book. You can use [this python script](./directories.py) to list all filetypes in your book.\n",
     ":::\n",
     "\n",
     "By `launch_buttons` you initiate the {fa}`rocket` --> {guilabel}`Live Code` on the top right corner of every page generated from a `.ipynb` file. \n",