Concerning options that can be passed to document classes.
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Global configuration files in LaTeX
Just wanna know if there is posible to have some kind of "configuration file" on LaTeX. Like a properties file on Java.
Recently I changed my email address, so i need to replace it on every document ...
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testing for a documentclass option
I know that there are lots of similar question, but none of those have helped me so far - and I did google a lot. So my question is: I have a document class (emulateapj) which accepts a few options.
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Lyx - Editing the document class [closed]
I am using LyX Beamer but want to the option [t]. Using Document -> Settings -> Document Class if I choose presentation (beamer) and put the [t] in custom it does not compile. Is there a way to define ...
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How to define default options to a class?
I do not undestand how to pass options to the parent class when writting a child class. I tried several possibilities but I never get flush left aligned equations.
I do understand the difference ...
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How to detect whether “I'm on arXiv.org”?
I write a class. I'm interested in having a different page headers (and eventually make some other small differences) based on whether the class is used on the site arXiv.org or not. Minimal example ...
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Default options in custom memoir class
I can't get default arguments to work with my custom class based on memoir. I want to be able to define some default options (a4paper,danish) but I want to be able to override them when I call ...
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When writing my own document class, certain options don't get passed to base class. Why?
I'm trying to create my own class using scrbook as a base class, and biblatex as for my bibliography. Consider this MWE:
\documentclass[bibliography=totoc,fontsize=12]{scrbook}
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How can I stop the “setspace” package from processing a “doublespacing” documentclass option?
LaTeX does not behave as I expected with the following files.
First file:
\documentclass[doublespacing]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum} % for dummy text only
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}
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What does the font size documentclass option actually do?
When using e.g. the [12pt] option for a document class like
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
what does (Xe)LaTeX actually do/set?
I noticed that for example a multicols environment behaves different ...
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How to set class options that can have multiple values?
Title says it all, but here's an example: the KOMA-Script classes provide the option toc which can have multiple values that don't interfere with each other, like values that enable the Bibliography ...
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Stop my class passing options on to article class
I have a class file which declares some options. One of them is called draft. This places a watermark on all pages that says DRAFT.
\DeclareOption{draft}{
\RequirePackage{draftwatermark}
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Add option to class with command
Is it possible add at the loaded class some options? look at the example below:
\documentclass{scrbook}
\AddOptionsToClass{headinclude,footinclude}% something like this command
\begin{document}
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What unit of measure is pt in the documentclass?
I would like to know what is the meaning of 13pt in here:
\documentclass[a4paper,13pt]{article}
My first guess was that it was the size of the characters, but changing the number does not seem to ...
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Mark key-value class options as used
I have written a wrapper for the scrartcl class in the following way:
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{mycls}[2012/08/23]
\RequirePackage{kvoptions}
\DeclareStringOption{title}
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Svmono hack. How to change font size in Springer Verlag Class?
I am writing my Ph.D. thesis with svmono class of Springer-Verlag, but the default size is 10pt and seems to me too difficult to read. I would like to change to 11pt or 12pt. This two option are ...
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Possibility to pass options to packages
I am searching for a possibility to give additional options to another package.
I have tried it with \PassOptionsToPackage.
My idea was that I can use something like ...
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article wrapper class that locks down some options, passes others through
I'm writing a wrapper document class that starts with article and adds a bunch of customizations (required for a particular journal style). One of the requirements is to lock down certain options:
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ProcessOptions and ProcessKeyvalOptions
\ProcessOptions and \ProcessKeyvalOptions
Which comes first? Does it matter?
\ProcessOptions\relax or \ProcessOptions*
What's the difference? Apparently for keyval there is only the starred ...
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Is it possible to use \PassOptionsToClass into a package?
Context: I'm building a new package for my university. I need to set a lot of options for the document class, like twoside, a4paper, 12pt, or firstpagenum=chapter.
I would like to set them by default ...
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Will LaTeX3 improve freedom of package ordering and reduce “options clash”?
A prefatory afterthought: you may think this question better asked on the LaTeX3 mailing list, but I believe there may be a more general interest in the rather Byzantine rules for package load order. ...
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LaTeX3 from Package Options to Class Options
Howdy please consider the following expample:
\RequirePackage{ expl3 , xparse , l3keys2e , xfrac }
\ProvidesExplPackage
{somewhat}
{2012/04/29}
{1}
{descrr}
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Two different text outputs depending on some parameter definition
I am using the astronomy and astrophysics class aa.cls.
I use it with either of the two options: structabstract or referee.
The first produces 2-column text, the second one-column text.
I have some ...
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How to pass a string to a class
I have a class file where I load hyperref. Now I'd like to change the content of hyperref's \pdftitle from the main .tex file on:
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{myclass.cls}
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own class with twocolumns activated in \ifdefined for KOMA and xelatex
I want to do something like in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1465665/passing-command-line-arguments-to-latex-document.
For better explanation I'll show a minimal running example:
My test.cls:
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Defining a wrapper class for a set of document classes
Until now, I have been collecting my "frequently used packages", custom macros, and configurations in a personal style file. However, some of those configurations depend on the use of one of the ...
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Best practice for setting package options through class options?
I want to process my class options so as to create a (potentially long) options list for package(s) I'm loading, e.g.
% set default package options here somehow
\DeclareOption{myvariant}{
% set a ...
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What point (pt) font size are \Large etc.?
In the preamble I have:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Arial}
What can be inferred about the real font pt size for the following?
\tiny, \scriptsize, ...
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Name clash when defining a class based on article class
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesClass{funny-class}
%%
% Pass any options to the underlying class.
\DeclareOption*{%
\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article} % (could be another class)
}
% ...
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votes
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Changing the default options of a document class?
I would like to define some base-class.cls, with some options and their defaults, and then provide some mechanism so that other derived classes can reuse the existing options and change the defaults. ...
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LaTeX3: \ProcessKeysOptions hangs while processing global (class) option
The code of the trivial package mypkg.sty below defines key draft. If draft is given as a class option, LaTeX hangs at the command \ProcessKeysOptions. This seems to be a bug. Or is there something ...
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How do I conditionally execute something based on a documentclass option?
I'd like to conditionally do some things (like input a file) depending on if a specific class option was passed. For example, I'd like to have an "instructor" option to the class that would input a ...
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Setting class options after \documentclass
Context: I'm working on my thesis, and the formatting requirements are pretty godawful. In addition to the version I submit to the grad school, I would like to also create a properly formatted version ...
