Questions tagged [documentclass-writing]
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How to compile front matter without the document body?
In my custom class, I would like to compile separately the front matter of a document and generate the whole document itself (with the front matter in it). Is there a way to remove the content of the ...
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etoolbox conditionals with kvoptions string options
I'm writing my first LaTeX class. After some research I've found that kvoptions seems to be the most recommended for key value class options, and etoolbox is recommended over ifthen for conditionals.
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Tweaking section and body text font size in class file for conference paper [closed]
I was invited to submit conference paper for September 2025. I was instructed to follow the template / class cls file. However, it seems the class set up very small fonts which not so beautiful for ...
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How to safely define custom row macros with `&` for `tabularray` in a LaTeX class?
I'm building a LaTeX class to standardise minutes of meetings. I want to define a reusable tabular environment (based on tabularray) with a macro \person to format individual participant rows. The ...
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What are double percent signs %% in .dtx?
When documenting LaTeX packages in .dtx files with doc, I sometimes see double percentage signs %% in the code. What does that do? If I understand correctly, when running latex <pkg>.dtx to ...
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\IfPackageLoadedT doesn't allow empty lines
Why doesn't \IfPackageLoadedT allow empty lines inside its argument?
Suppose I have:
\documentclass{article}
\IfPackageLoadedT{amsmath}{
\newcommand{\foo}{}
}
\begin{document}
a
\end{document}
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Printing a variable list of values in title
I am creating a cls based on scrbook. I would like the user to be able to print a variable set of values in the title, where each value is on its own line. It should be possible to handle any number ...
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How can I pass the languages to my custom documentclass?
I am creating a documentclass for which I want to be able to define the languages used in a customization section.
The current approach is loading the customized languages too late so that they are ...
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How to get the release info of a custom class?
I would like to get the release info of my custom class, so I can add this information in the PDF metadata. In other words, if I have a class that starts like this:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\...
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How to set \baselineskip in a class file?
I want to change the length of \baselineskip for my latex documents. This is my test document:
\documentclass{testlayout}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. ...
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Semantic versioning for a project of a collection of document classes?
I am planning to write some document classes for use in a company. So far, my idea is to write an article class based on scrartcl and respecting our CI/CD, and to write some specific classes for ...
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How to send option to package from class option OR order of option processing with \PassOptionsToPackage?
I’m developing a combination of classes and packages, where the package is used to define a color set (that should be usable in different classes) and has an option color-mode=cmyk|rgb|gray to device ...
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Why \IfPackageAtLeastTF{⟨package⟩}{⟨date⟩}{\PassOptionsToPackage{⟨option⟩}{⟨package⟩}}{} doesn't pass ⟨option⟩ to ⟨package⟩?
My current version of parskip is 2021-03-14 so:
\IfPackageAtLeastTF{parskip}{2018-08-24}{\PassOptionsToPackage{indent}{parskip}}{}
\usepackage{parskip}
should pass the indent option to parskip. But ...
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Personal .sty and .cls files creation
I have recently been more and more interested in the LaTeX dark side (i.e. developping commands, packages, globally playing and trying stuff for fun and knowledge - so jk I know it is not that dark (: ...
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Help with automatic text formatting in class files!
I'm relatively new to LaTeX (within a year or so). I found an attempt at a legal document file online, and have been modifying it to work as I'd like, and attempting to change the functionality around....
