build and installable

README.md

@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ is a simple command line tool to generate invoices for freelance work. It uses a
 on `jinja2` to generate the
 invoice in HTML and then converts it to a PDF using `xhtml2pdf`.
 
-## inatallation
+## Install
 
 Use python venv:
 
 ```bash
-python -m venv venv
+python -m venv .venv
-source venv/bin/activate
+source .venv/bin/activate
 ``` 
 
-Install the requirements:
+Build and install executable:
 
 ```bash
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+python setup.py build
+python setup.py install
+```
+
+See where it is installed:
+```bash
+which invoice
 ```
 
 ## usage
@@ -136,13 +142,11 @@ options:
 ## example
 
 ```bash
-python src/main.py -b test_data -i invoice.yaml -e envelope.yaml -t test_data/templates
+invoice -b test_data -i invoice.yaml -e envelope.yaml -t test_data/templates
 ```
 
 ## to do
 
-- make image path in invoice.yaml relative to invoice.yaml
-- find out how to move an image to the right place in the pdf
 - give more structure to code 
 - make code testable
 

setup.py

@@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
         # Add more classifiers as needed
     ],
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'invoice = main:main',
+        ]
+    }
 )