add front matter to the PDF version

makefile

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $(title).pdf:
 		--toc                     \
 		--number-section          \
 		--latex-engine=xelatex    \
+		--data-dir=$(root)/pandoc \
 		-H $(root)/pandoc/options.tex \
 		-o $(root)/$(title).pdf
 
@@ -31,3 +32,6 @@ $(title).epub:
 		--epub-cover-image=$(root)/pandoc/cover.png \
 		--epub-embed-font='$(src)/fonts/*.woff'     \
 		-o $(root)/$(title).epub
+
+clean:
+	rm $(root)/$(title).{pdf,epub}

pandoc/templates/default.latex

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+\documentclass[$if(fontsize)$$fontsize$,$endif$$if(lang)$$lang$,$endif$$if(papersize)$$papersize$,$endif$$for(classoption)$$classoption$$sep$,$endfor$]{$documentclass$}
+$if(fontfamily)$
+\usepackage{$fontfamily$}
+$else$
+\usepackage{lmodern}
+$endif$
+$if(linestretch)$
+\usepackage{setspace}
+\setstretch{$linestretch$}
+$endif$
+\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
+\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
+\usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript
+\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
+  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+$if(euro)$
+  \usepackage{eurosym}
+$endif$
+\else % if luatex or xelatex
+  \ifxetex
+    \usepackage{mathspec}
+    \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
+  \else
+    \usepackage{fontspec}
+  \fi
+  \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase}
+  \newcommand{\euro}{€}
+$if(mainfont)$
+    \setmainfont{$mainfont$}
+$endif$
+$if(sansfont)$
+    \setsansfont{$sansfont$}
+$endif$
+$if(monofont)$
+    \setmonofont[Mapping=tex-ansi]{$monofont$}
+$endif$
+$if(mathfont)$
+    \setmathfont(Digits,Latin,Greek){$mathfont$}
+$endif$
+\fi
+% use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
+\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
+% use microtype if available
+\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{%
+\usepackage{microtype}
+\UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
+}{}
+$if(geometry)$
+\usepackage[$for(geometry)$$geometry$$sep$,$endfor$]{geometry}
+$endif$
+\ifxetex
+  \usepackage[setpagesize=false, % page size defined by xetex
+              unicode=false, % unicode breaks when used with xetex
+              xetex]{hyperref}
+\else
+  \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
+\fi
+\hypersetup{breaklinks=true,
+            bookmarks=true,
+            pdfauthor={$author-meta$},
+            pdftitle={$title-meta$},
+            colorlinks=true,
+            citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$blue$endif$,
+            urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$blue$endif$,
+            linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$magenta$endif$,
+            pdfborder={0 0 0}}
+\urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls
+$if(lang)$
+\ifxetex
+  \usepackage{polyglossia}
+  \setmainlanguage{$mainlang$}
+  \setotherlanguages{$for(otherlang)$$otherlang$$sep$,$endfor$}
+\else
+  \usepackage[shorthands=off,$lang$]{babel}
+\fi
+$endif$
+$if(natbib)$
+\usepackage{natbib}
+\bibliographystyle{$if(biblio-style)$$biblio-style$$else$plainnat$endif$}
+$endif$
+$if(biblatex)$
+\usepackage{biblatex}
+$for(bibliography)$
+\addbibresource{$bibliography$}
+$endfor$
+$endif$
+$if(listings)$
+\usepackage{listings}
+$endif$
+$if(lhs)$
+\lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
+$endif$
+$if(highlighting-macros)$
+$highlighting-macros$
+$endif$
+$if(verbatim-in-note)$
+\usepackage{fancyvrb}
+\VerbatimFootnotes
+$endif$
+$if(tables)$
+\usepackage{longtable,booktabs}
+$endif$
+$if(graphics)$
+\usepackage{graphicx,grffile}
+\makeatletter
+\def\maxwidth{\ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth\linewidth\else\Gin@nat@width\fi}
+\def\maxheight{\ifdim\Gin@nat@height>\textheight\textheight\else\Gin@nat@height\fi}
+\makeatother
+% Scale images if necessary, so that they will not overflow the page
+% margins by default, and it is still possible to overwrite the defaults
+% using explicit options in \includegraphics[width, height, ...]{}
+\setkeys{Gin}{width=\maxwidth,height=\maxheight,keepaspectratio}
+$endif$
+$if(links-as-notes)$
+% Make links footnotes instead of hotlinks:
+\renewcommand{\href}[2]{#2\footnote{\url{#1}}}
+$endif$
+$if(strikeout)$
+\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
+% avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref:
+\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
+$endif$
+\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
+\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
+\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
+\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
+  \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
+$if(numbersections)$
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
+$else$
+\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
+$endif$
+$if(verbatim-in-note)$
+\VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
+$endif$
+
+$if(title)$
+\title{$title$$if(subtitle)$\\\vspace{0.5em}{\large $subtitle$}$endif$}
+$endif$
+$if(author)$
+\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
+$endif$
+\date{$date$}
+$for(header-includes)$
+$header-includes$
+$endfor$
+
+% Redefines (sub)paragraphs to behave more like sections
+\ifx\paragraph\undefined\else
+\let\oldparagraph\paragraph
+\renewcommand{\paragraph}[1]{\oldparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
+\fi
+\ifx\subparagraph\undefined\else
+\let\oldsubparagraph\subparagraph
+\renewcommand{\subparagraph}[1]{\oldsubparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
+\fi
+
+\begin{document}
+
+%% BOOK COVER
+\clearpage
+%% temporary titles
+% command to provide stretchy vertical space in proportion
+\newcommand\nbvspace[1][3]{\vspace*{\stretch{#1}}}
+% allow some slack to avoid under/overfull boxes
+\newcommand\nbstretchyspace{\spaceskip0.5em plus 0.25em minus 0.25em}
+% To improve spacing on titlepages
+\newcommand{\nbtitlestretch}{\spaceskip0.6em}
+\pagestyle{empty}
+% Set background color of the cover
+\pagecolor[RGB]{252,250,246}
+\begin{center}
+\bfseries
+\nbvspace[2]
+\Huge
+{\nbtitlestretch\huge
+CATEGORY THEORY FOR PROGRAMMERS}
+
+\nbvspace[1]
+\small BY\\
+\Large BARTOSZ MILEWSKI\\[0.5em]
+
+\nbvspace[2]
+\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{../images/F73874609A.png}
+
+\nbvspace[3]
+\large
+2017
+\nbvspace[1]
+\end{center}
+
+\clearpage
+\pagecolor{white}
+
+\pagestyle{empty}
+
+\nbvspace[1]
+\begin{center}
+\Huge
+{\nbtitlestretch\huge
+Category Theory for Programmers}
+\end{center}
+\nbvspace[3]
+
+\clearpage
+
+\nbvspace[1]
+\small
+Copyright © Bartosz Milewski, 2017\\
+Originally appeared as a series of posts on "Bartosz Milewski's Programming Cafe"\\
+Released as an E-book by Michele Guerini Rocco using Pandoc and \XeTeX
+
+\clearpage
+\pagestyle{plain}
+\setcounter{page}{1}
+
+$for(include-before)$
+$include-before$
+$endfor$
+$if(toc)$
+{
+\hypersetup{linkcolor=$if(toccolor)$$toccolor$$else$black$endif$}
+\setcounter{tocdepth}{$toc-depth$}
+\tableofcontents
+}
+$endif$
+$if(lot)$
+\listoftables
+$endif$
+$if(lof)$
+\listoffigures
+$endif$
+$body$
+
+$if(natbib)$
+$if(bibliography)$
+$if(biblio-title)$
+$if(book-class)$
+\renewcommand\bibname{$biblio-title$}
+$else$
+\renewcommand\refname{$biblio-title$}
+$endif$
+$endif$
+\bibliography{$for(bibliography)$$bibliography$$sep$,$endfor$}
+
+$endif$
+$endif$
+$if(biblatex)$
+\printbibliography$if(biblio-title)$[title=$biblio-title$]$endif$
+
+$endif$
+$for(include-after)$
+$include-after$
+
+$endfor$
+\end{document}