Authors
Typesetting
Authors should write their articles in Markdown
and name them index.md. (Yes, just that. “Index” here is not a placeholder
standing for anything else.) You should use this template
, which
lists the typesetting features we currently support.
Markdown can be opened by any text editor. You can send your bibliography
(.bib/.bibtex) and figures as separate files.
Length
The editor assigned to you by the board will let you know how many pages long your article can be. Each page contains 400 words. Huge block elements such as illustrations usually take 100 words worth of space. Smaller bock elements, such as equations and tables, occupy a variable amount of space. Please work together with your editor to figure out the details.
Designers
Have the technical supervisor help you when setting up your machine. They can contact their predecessor in case you both run into trouble.
Prerequisites
Please:
- install Scribus
(
1.7.*or higher); - install Pandoc ;
- install
Texlive(or any other $\LaTeX$ distribution with GhostScript andpdflatex); - download and extract
scribus-writer.lua, folder from the…button at the top of the linked page, on the right. - download 100_latex.xml , which contains our $\LaTeX$ custom preamble.
Ensuring LaTeX works on your computer
From within Scribus, “Insert”/“Render Frame” should allow you to create $\LaTeX$ content.
On MacOS, Scribus might have some trouble detecting your $\LaTeX$
installation. Go to “File” (or “Scribus” on MacOS),
“Preferences”/“External Tools”. If “Rescan” is not enough, type which gs in
your
terminal
,
and replace gs with the output in the first textbox. Then, select $\LaTeX$
under “Render Frames”/“Configurations”, and click “Change…”. You need to
replace pdflatex in the resulting textbox with the output of typing which pdflatex in your terminal. You should still leave --interaction nonstopmode.
Adding custom $\LaTeX$ preamble
Within Scribus, open “File” (or “Scribus” on MacOS),
“Preferences”/“External Tools”. Under “Render Frames”/“Configurations”, you
should remove the current $\LaTeX$ entry and then use the “Add” button on the
right. Click it to inspect where the current
100_latex.xml file is, and then replace it with
the one you just downloaded from outside Scribus (making a backup of the old
file for safety).
Template
The board will share the template with you as a .sla file to be openend in
Scribus, together with the necessary fonts to be installed. The .sla file
already defines all the necessary styles to import the authors'
articles as explained
here
.