FRANKENSTEIN
A Collection of Macros for LaTeX and BibTeX
available at
CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/*
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CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
DOCUMENTATION
PACKAGE DESCRIPTIONS
abbrevs
compsci
dialogue
achicago
titles
attrib
lips
moredefs
slemph
blkcntrl
NOTES
configuration files
unsupported packages
DISTRIBUTION CONDITIONS
TERMINOLOGY
AUTHOR
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OVERVIEW
"Frankenstein" is the whimsical name for a collection of 14 LaTeX
packages and a BibTeX bibliography style that I have written.
Frankenstein helps you do a variety of things with LaTeX. You can
use just a part of Frankenstein if you want, or you can use all the
parts together. You should download this whole directory, however,
to make sure you will have all the parts you might need. To use
certain packages, you will also need the non-Frankenstein packages
"relsize.sty", "url.sty", and/or "verbatim.sty". See the file
INSTALL for full details.
The package descriptions below will tell you briefly what they can
help you do. Happy TeXing!
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DOCUMENTATION
This file contains general information on the Frankenstein bundle
and brief descriptions of its packages and bibstyle.
Installation instructions are in the file INSTALL.
Full documentation of each LaTeX package X is in the file X.dvi:
CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/X.dvi
TDS:/texmf/doc/latex/frankenstein/X.dvi
Full documentation of the achicago BibTeX bibliography style is in
the file achicago-bst.dvi:
CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/achicago-bst.dvi
TDS:/texmf/doc/bibtex/achicago-bst.dvi
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PACKAGE DESCRIPTIONS
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abbrevs
abbreviation macros
(Frankenstein's briefs)
"Abbreviation macros" expand to defined text and insert following
space intelligently, based on context. They can also expand to one
thing the first time they are used and another thing on subsequent
invocations. Thus they can be abbreviations in two senses, in the
source and in the document. Useful applications include the
abstraction of textual elements such as names without fussing over
spacing and the automatic expansion of abbreviations and acronyms at
their first use. The initial and subsequent expansions of an
abbreviation macro are available at any time via explicit commands.
Abbreviation macros are grouped into categories; there are hooks
applicable to each category. Categories can be reset so that
subsequent abbreviation macros in that category behave as if used
for the first time again.
A generic facility is also provided for suffixes like 1900 B.C. and
6:00 P.M., which correctly handles following periods.
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compsci
macros for writing about macros
(Frankenstein's conscience)
Compsci is useful whenever writing about programming, but especially
when writing about TeX and especially when used as a supplement to
the ltxdoc class to document LaTeX macros in a literate programming
style with .dtx files.
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dialogue
dialogue environment
(Frankenstein's mouth)
The dialogue environment is for citing short passages of scripted
dialogue. It is not for typsetting a long script.
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achicago
Chicago Manual A-style (but author-date) citations
(Frankenstein's references)
A bibliography style based on _The Chicago Manual of Style_. The
style is mostly style A, but borrows the author-date reference
system from style B. Requires accompanying BibTeX bibliography
style "achicago".
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titles
titling macros
(Frankenstein's pedigree)
Macros that typeset the titles of books, journals, etc. and handle
following spacing and punctuation intelligently, based on context.
Useful for bibliographic databases. Also includes other markup like
\word, \defn, \phrase, etc.
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attrib
attribution of block elements
(Frankenstein's hat)
\attrib attributes block elements, for example when citing a
reference after a block quotation.
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lips
text ellipses
(Frankenstein's lips)
The \lips command generates text ellipses that are closer to what
_The Chicago Manual of Style_ suggests than what \dots produces. It
does the right thing in most circumstances, and so is easy to use.
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moredefs
more defining commands
(Frankenstein's brain)
A collection of defining, expansion, and debugging commands for
programming in LaTeX and writing LaTeX packages and classes.
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newclude
a new system for including files
(Frankenstein's backbone)
Provides a backwards-compatible reimplementation of \include and
\includeonly. The principal new features are: (1) the restriction
that \clearpage's must surround an included file is removed, (2) the
restriction that \include's cannot be nested is removed, and (3) the
provision of hooks executed before and after the contents of an
included file. Newclude accomplishes the first two by using a
single .aux file instead of many. Newclude also provides the
experimental functionality of the former package includex, which
allows you to include partial contents of independent LaTeX files
that can also be processed on their own (that is, files that contain
\documentclass, \begin{document}, etc.).
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slemph
slanted emphasis
(Frankenstein's gait)
Defines \itswitch, \slswitch, \textitswitch, and \textslswitch,
which switch between slanted or italic type and upright type. Can
be used to represent emphasis with slanted type.
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blkcntrl
block element hooks
Inserts hooks into certain block elements and footnotes. Also
provides a command to set block quotations one size smaller than the
main text.
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NOTES
configuration files
A standard configuration file <package>.cfg is included in the
abbrevs, compsci, slemph, and titles package filesets. If you want
to alter a configuration file, make a copy of it, put it the copy in
the LaTeX search path prior to the distributed configuration file,
and alter the copy.
unsupported packages
Several additional unsupported Frankenstein package filesets are in
the subdirectory:
CTAN:/macros/latex/contrib/supported/frankenstein/unsupported
See the file README-unsupported in that directory for further
information.
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DISTRIBUTION CONDITIONS
All Frankenstein filesets are copyrighted by Matthew Swift and
released under the conditions of the GNU General Public License
contained in the file COPYING.
I am willing to specially license this code; please simply contact
me with your proposal.
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TERMINOLOGY
fileset: A group of files related to a single LaTeX package, LaTeX
class, or BibTeX bibliography style and any accompanying
option or configuration files. The files in a package or
class fileset have the same root name but different
filename extensions. In bibstyle filesets, some root names
differ by a "-bst" suffix.
CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: a system of TeX-related
file archives available via FTP (see
ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/CTAN.sites) and often
reproduced on CDROMs.
TDS: TeX Directory Structure: a recommended directory structure
for TeX installations. See
ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/tds.
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AUTHOR
Matt Swift
<swift@alum.mit.edu>
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