Quetzalcoatl

A pandoc template for everyday typesetting.

The original pandoc template is, by most respects, passable, but not exactly great; it's mediocre at best. So, I went ahead and made a template for myself. It's nothing fancy---there isn't any beamer functionality or anything built into it, and I'm yet to define a color palette for it---but overall it's useable.

More work is needed, but, for now, it works.

List of parameters

Parameter	Function	Value
stixFonts	uses StixTwo for the serif font	true or false
notoSans	uses Noto Sans for the sans-serif font	true or false
erewhonFonts	use the Erewhon font	true or false
kpFonts1	use the KpSerif font
paperSize	changes paper size	Standard paper sizes
twoSided	makes the page double-sided	true or false
titlepage	adds a titlepage	true or false
defaultTitle	uses default LaTeX title for documents without a titlepage	true or false
customType	uses custom typefaces input by the user	see quetzacoatl.tex
useEndnotes	use endnotes instead of footnotes	true or false
language	sets the documents language	name of a language (defaults to English)
fullpage	uses the whole page of a document	true or false
lineno	adds line numbers to the text	true or false
lineStretch	sets line spacing	Float
draft	gives the document a draft watermark	true or false
geometry	sets up page geometry	see the LaTeX geometry.sty documentation
listings	uses the listings package	true or false
linkAsNotes	uses footnotes instead of hotlinks for URLs	true or false
numberSections	number sections in the document	true or false
verbatimInNote	allows verbatim text in footnotes	true or false
title	document title	text
author	document author	text/your name
date	date	yyyy-mm-dd preferably
headerIncludes	put stuff in the header	text
sansTitle	makes the title sans serif	true or false
parIndent	sets the paragraph indentation	float
raggedLines	uses ragged instead of justified paragraphs	true or false
parSpacing	sets the length between paragraphs	float
includeAtPreamble	put whatever you want in the preamble	TeX code
abstract	your document abstract	text
tableOfContents	include table of contents in your document	true or false
ruleColor	color of the horizontal rule on the titlepage	HTML color code
reportNo	text on top of the horizontal rule---generally thought to be a report number for cataloging purposes	text
institution	text on the side of the horizontal rule---generally thought to be the institution	text
sansDefault	set the body text to a sans font	true or false
urlMarkColor	set the color for the url mark	HTML color
urlMarkSymbol	set the mark for urls	unicode character

Useful documentation

• diffcoeff package
• braket package

Custom macros

Dependencies

• TeXlive or MikeTeX (a full installation is expected, but not necessary)
• Pandoc
• XeTeX

TODO

• Make a custom titlepage.

That's done for now, but I'm not sure if I'm happy with the results. I'll just have to see if I want to keep it or not.

• Fix the overall geometry of the output pdf---it feels a bit fishy for whatever reason.

• Work on an XCharter otf mathfont. (Kill me.)

In some good news, an XCharter math typeface has finally been made---and I didn't even have to do anything. Huge thanks to Daniel Flipo for his work on the typeface. It's not perfect yet, but it's a dramatic improvement from what I previously had to work with.

• Fix spacing issues with the quotes and tables.

I hope that part's done.

• Write comprehensive documentation covering each variable/feature of the template.

Footnotes

1. I don't like the font pairings to be honest, I just included KpFonts for use in a different template. ↩