The LaTeX Template Generator

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The LaTeX Template Generator Dr. Oliver Kopp JabRef Maintainer https://github.com/koppor/

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2 About Me  LaTeX since beginning of 2000  JabRef developer since 2011  Maintainer of JabRef  Maintainer of LaTeX templates

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3 Scientific Thesis Template http://latextemplates.github.io/scientific-thesis-template/

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4 LNCS Template https://latextemplates.github.io/LNCS/

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5 IEEE https://latextemplates.github.io/IEEE/

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6 University of Stuttgart Dissertation Template

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7 University of Applied Sciences Esslingen

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8 Template Confusion https://github.com/johannesbottcher/templateConfusion

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9 Creative CV Template

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10 What about minimal working examples for each package?

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11 Proposed Solution

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12 Roles and Artifacts of Proposed Solution microtype hyperref cmap selnolig babel hypcap LNCS IEEE Master Thesis Dissertation main.tex README.md .latexmkrc .gitignore package expert tooling expert template expert content expert latexmk

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14 User Experience

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15 Installation  Install NodeJS  Windows with Chocolatey: choco install nodejs  npm install -g yo generator-latex-template

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16 User experience: Start generator

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17 User experience: Choice of LaTeX Compiler

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18 User experience: Choice of BibTeX tool

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19 User experience: Document language

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20 User experience: Use Cleveref?

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21 User experience: File generation

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22 LaTeX Compilation

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23 Implementation How to Contriute?

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24 Technical Details: Use Yeoman As Template Generator Context and Problem Statement We want to generate the template automatically Considered Options  Yeoman - proposed by @miwurster. Currently in use in different projects  Andi-Lo/generator-latex  LeoColomb/generator-latex  Jinja2 - recommended by @mfa, also because of http://eosrei.net/articles/2015/11/latex-templates-python-and-jinja2-generate-pdfs  Cheetah - recommended at tex.stackexchange.com/q/41875/9075  Apache Velocity - recommended by http://tex-talk.net/2012/03/generating-latex-code- with-a-template-engine  lualatex - recommended by @Stefan-Kottwitz at http://tex- talk.net/2012/03/generating-latex-code-with-a-template-engine/#comment-231 Decision Outcome Chosen option: “Yeoman”, because it seems to be the most easy to use generator.

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25 Templates for README.md README.en.md README.de.md Template syntax: https://ejs.co/

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26 Template for main.tex

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27 Template: cleveref.en.preamble.tex

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28 Template: figure.en.example.tex

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29 Questions: Listed in index.js

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30 Result: main.tex

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31 Summary and Outlook

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32 Roles and Artifacts of Proposed Solution microtype hyperref cmap selnolig babel hypcap LNCS IEEE Master Thesis Dissertation main.tex README.md .latexmkrc .gitignore package expert tooling expert template expert content expert latexmk

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33 Summary and Outlook https://github.com/latextemplates/generator-latex-template | https://github.com/koppor/

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34 Summary and Outlook https://github.com/latextemplates/generator-latex-template | https://github.com/koppor/ • First MVP • Release on npm • Support • LNCS • IEEE • LNI • Dissertation • Scientific Thesis Template