README.md

langscibook

This repository contains the most recent development build of our LaTeX class. In normal circumstances, there is no need for book authors and editors to interact with this repository. If you'd like to start working on your monograph, edited volume, or paper in a collection, please have a look at our latex-skeletons repository, which contains ready-to-use templates.

class options of langscibook.cls

option	values (defaults in bold face)	meaning
babelshorthands		use shorthands defined for German
biblatexbackend	biber | bibtex	the backend of BibLaTeX
booklanguage	english | chinese | french | german | portuguese | spanish	language the book is written in
classicfloatnumbers	true / false	Restore float and equation numbering to <chapter no>.<id> in edited volumes. If set to false (default) the label will just be <id>. Only applied in edited volumes.
collection		for making the book an edited volume
collectiontoclong		more detailed table of content in edited volumes
copyright	CC-BY | CC-BY-ND | CC-BY-SA	choice of copyright
decapbib	true / false	If you want to have a booklanguage other than English, but still have English language settings in your bibliography, e.g. if you have a lot of English sources and/or want to decapitalise the bibliography. (This assumes biblatex=true).
draftmode		switch to draft mode (adds: draft stamp, indication of overlong lines, date)
minimal		A speed-optimised mode - it disables generation of the cover and does not load font files.
multiauthors	(automatically determined)	manually change editor suffix to (eds.). Usually no user action required as the value is obtained automatically.
nobabel		do not load the babel package (load it manually instead and include custom languages)
oldstylenumbers		Global option for old style ("lowercase", "medieval") numerals within the scope of serif \textsc and \scshape
openreview		switch to open review mode
output	book | inprep | paper | guidelines | cover | coverbodsc| coverbodhc | covercreatespace	different output formats
proofs		show line numbers in the margin of the output PDF
showindex		show index commands on margin
smallfont		use 10pt as fontsize
spinewidth		the width of the spine, used for cover creation
uniformtopskip		disable Donald Arseneau's procedure for automatic widow and orphan control. This procedure results in different \topskips on different pages. This is undesirable when you want each page to have exactly the same number of lines in the type area.

defined environments, commands, etc.

name	type	descrition	usage
issueandeditor	cmd	print issue title in bibliography	\PassOptionsToPackage{issueandeditor=true}{biblatex}
patch mkbibindexname	cmd	disable capitalisation of last names in the index	\patchcmd{\mkbibindexname}{\ifdefvoid{#3}{}{\MakeCapital{#3} }}{\ifdefvoid{#3}{}{#3 }}{}{\AtEndDocument{\typeout{mkbibindexname could not be patched.}}}
nycot	cmd	sort bibliography by cite order	\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{sorting=nycot}