12:32 a.m.
Hi everyone,
I wrote a LaTeX class file this evening that I recommend to use for
document submissions as it gives all submitted documents a uniform
layout that provides all required information. The layout has a large
right margin so that you can easily make notes on the printed out
document. I think I managed to set the default paper size to "letter",
but I’m not completely sure if it worked out. I think "letter" is the
best option, because A4 printers can print letter paper usually, but not
the other way round.
The LaTeX class file is available for download here:
https://github.com/Secretchronicles/documents/blob/master/gd/gd-document.cls
Click the "raw" button to download it from that page.
In order to use it, drop it into your local TEXMF tree
(~/.texmf/tex/latex on a default TeXLive distribution) and run
$ mktexlsr ~/.texmf
afterwards. Once done, the new class "gd-document" is available for
use. The class is not really different from standard article
(resp. KOMA-Script's modified scrartcl, which this class is based on),
but it provides the mentioned standardised layout and a useful title
page. For a usage example, see the sources of the 16/1 document, which I
made available here:
https://github.com/Secretchronicles/documents/blob/master/gd/documents/te...
Take care to fill in all the meta information before \maketitle and then
be sure to call \maketitle. You don’t need to supply the document number
if you submit the TeX sources rather than the PDF file, then I can fill
it in.
Typeset your document with "lualatex", not with "pdflatex" please.
The
class uses the fontspec package, which is incompatible with pdflatex.
Feel free to make any suggestions on additional commands to define in
that class file so that they’re available to everyone who wants to
submit documents.
Of course, you can continue submitting documents in any other format you
want, as long as it supports copy+paste. I can then transform it into
the unform layout. If however you chose to use this particular LaTeX
class, things will be easier for me.
Valete,
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2:34 a.m.
I would like my story principles document to remain in the current
format, since it has quite a bit of formatting already.
If I am missing information, I can add it if needed, but I'd really like
to avoid making more changes to it unless absolutely necessary, since it
burned up a reasonable amount of time already.
I can understand the desire to make things work well with printing, but
I honestly doubt most people will print the documents. I had originally
intended to use simple text format for my next document, since it really
has little need for formatting at all, unless I decide to add pictures.
If it's easy to plug the LaTeX class into TexMaker, I can take a look.
-datahead
9:38 a.m.
Chris Jacobsen <cjj_009(a)yahoo.com> writes:
I would like my story principles document to remain in the current
format, since it has quite a bit of formatting already.
Which is absolutely okay. This is an optional help, not a required
measure.
I can understand the desire to make things work well with printing,
but I honestly doubt most people will print the documents. I had
originally intended to use simple text format for my next document,
since it really has little need for formatting at all, unless I decide
to add pictures. If it's easy to plug the LaTeX class into TexMaker,
I can take a look.
I can see if it is possible, I haven’t used TeXMaker for quite some
time. I’ll try and give feedback.
And yes, you are of course free to submit plaintext! There is nothing
speaking against that. As said: Only an optional help.
-datahead
Vale,
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9:49 a.m.
I can see if it is possible, I haven’t used TeXMaker for quite some
time. I’ll try and give feedback.
TexMaker is actually an IDE for LaTeX. I can try to give it a run later.
I just meant that if it ends up requiring learning the LaTeX command
line tools,
I probably won't find time soon.
-datahead
10:14 a.m.
I just tried it. It appears TeXMaker works flawlessly with the
gd-document class. You just need to
1. Install the libertine fonts package with your distro's package manager.
2. Put the gl-document.cls file where I said in the OP
3. Set TeXMaker to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.
gd-document is a specification of the regular article-like class
scrartcl, which means you can simply treat it like an article document.
I tried by opening the 16-001.tex document I linked to in the OP. Looked
fine to me, although I’m obviously not a TeXMaker poweruser. TeXMaker
typeset it just fine (once I set it to XeLaTeX, didn’t find out how to
use LuaLaTeX).
Meanwhile I fixed the A4<->letter size paper problem. I forgot to pass
the option to the geometry package.
As for printing: I print these documents. Reading them on the screen is
tiring, and I like to pin notes to them (I did this with danfun’s
and your document already).
Vale,
Quintus
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10:36 p.m.
Sorry, I went to convert Skarfester's document to LaTeX, but it looks
like I'll need to spend some more time in getting new fonts (the
Libertine ones) to work with TexMaker/LaTeX.
I tried installing them through Windows 8, though it still does not find
them. I saw in your project example in GitHub that you did not install
fonts in a subdirectory in the project.
Perhaps I can try again later.
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