I am trying to make a science magazine (free ebook) that will contain a collection of science and math articles from different authors. I have come with the following MWE:
Current test_style.sty
% !TEX root = main.tex
% \RequirePackage[banglamainfont=Kalpurush, % For writing Bangla. but not necessary for the MWE
% banglattfont=Kalpurush,
% ]{latexbangla}
% table of contents formatting
\RequirePackage{tocloft}
\def\cftchapteraftersnum{.} % Tried to put a full stop after chapter numbers in ToC. But not working!
% \renewcommand\cftchapafterpnum{\vskip-5pt} % Decreasing the line spacing between the names of chapters
\RequirePackage{placeins}
\RequirePackage{docmute}
\RequirePackage{amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb, amsthm}
%\RequirePackage{physics}
\RequirePackage{graphicx}
\RequirePackage{mathtools}
\RequirePackage{extarrows}
\RequirePackage{enumitem}
\RequirePackage{lipsum}
\RequirePackage{mwe}
\RequirePackage[papersize={5.5in, 8.5in}, margin=0.8in, headheight=14.72pt]{geometry}
\linespread{1.15}
\RequirePackage{csquotes} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/39285/114006
\RequirePackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks=true,
linkcolor=blue,
filecolor=magenta,
urlcolor=cyan,
}
\urlstyle{same}
% Adding header ann footer on pages
\RequirePackage{fancyhdr}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
\fancyhf{} % clear all header and footer fields
\lhead{\spaceskip=5pt\href{<url>}{Magazine Name}}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.5pt}
}
\RequirePackage{pdfpages}
\allowdisplaybreaks
\graphicspath{ {./img/} }
\RequirePackage{titling}
\RequirePackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\raggedright\normalfont\huge\bfseries}{{\Huge\S,}\ \thechapter}{20pt}{\Huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter} {0pt}{0pt}{40pt} % this alters "before" spacing (the second length argument) to 0
% Adding Chapter Authors after chapter title: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/156865/114006
\RequirePackage{suffix}
\newcommand\chapterauthor[1]{\authortoc{#1}\printchapterauthor{#1}}
\WithSuffix\newcommand\chapterauthor*[1]{\printchapterauthor{#1}}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\printchapterauthor}[1]{%
{\parindent0pt\vspace{-25pt}%
\linespread{1.1}\spaceskip=7pt\Large\scshape#1%
\par\nobreak\vspace{35pt}}
@afterheading%
}
\newcommand{\authortoc}[1]{%
\addtocontents{toc}{\vskip-10pt}%
\addtocontents{toc}{%
\protect\contentsline{chapter}%
{\hskip1.5em\mdseries\scshape\protect\footnotesize#1}{}{}}
\addtocontents{toc}{\vskip-5pt}%
}
\makeatother
% Command for chapter title photo % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/91620/114006
\newcommand{\chapterphoto}[1]{\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{#1}\vspace{0.5cm}}
Current test_title.tex
\title{
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{example-image}~\\[1cm]
A Collection of Articles}
\author{Edited by\\
Editor 1 Name\\
Editor 2 Name\\}
\date{}
\begin{titlepage}
\includepdf[pages=1, fitpaper]{cover}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\predate{\centering}
\postdate{\vfill\hfill \footnotesize{\Designed by \ Designer \ © \href{<url>}{Book Template Source}\}\hfill} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/199356/114006
\maketitle
\end{titlepage}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\newpage
\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\pagestyle{plain}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
Current main.tex
% !TEX program = xelatex
\documentclass[12pt, oneside]{book}
\usepackage{test_style}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\include{test_title}
\mainmatter
%article 1 ------------- edit its names as necessary
\chapter[Chapter One Title on ToC]{ % Short chapter title to show on the table of contents
\chapterphoto{example-image-golden}
\href{<chapter url>}{Chapter One Title: Introduction}} % Full chapter title to show on the chapter title page
\chapterauthor{\href{<author url>}{Author}} % Chapter author name with url
\newpage
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum
\end{document}
Now I want to configure the test_style.sty and test_title.tex, so that I can generate the same output with some more additional features by setting custom commands. The configuration should be in such a way that the main.tex can be like:
My desired main.tex
% !TEX program = xelatex
\documentclass[12pt, oneside]{book}
\usepackage{test_style}
\begin{document}
\bookcover{cover}
\booklogo{example-image}
\booktitle{A collection of Articles}
\bookeditor{Editor 1 Name\ Editor 2 Name}
\bookdesigner{Designer Name}
% These are currenly done in my `test_title.tex' file. but I want to get them by the above commands.
\pageheader{Book Name}
\bookurl{<book url>} % Hyperlink on the page header
\chapter[Chapter One Title on ToC]{Chapter One Title: Introduction}
\chapterphoto{example-image-golden} % The photo size should be optimized such that the chapter number, photo, name and author name always remain in the same page
\chapterurl{<chapter url>} % Hyperlink on the chapter title, link to the web version of the chapter, but this url should not be on ToC
\chapterauthor{Chapter Author Name} % Chapter author name
\chapterauthorurl{<author url>} % Hyperlink on the author name, link to the author website, but the url should not be on ToC
\newpage
\section{Introduction}
\lipsum
\end{document}
I think my question can be separated into two main parts:
- Making book-related custom commands
\book... - Making chapter-related custom commands
\chapter...
Basically, I wish to configure the style file and set those custom commands such that a user needs to work and edit in the main.tex file only, not necessarily in test_style.sty or test_title.tex. How to obtain these features? (And kindly don't miss reading the comments in main.tex).
Looking forward to get your answers! I know it has become a big question. But I felt that making these custom commands would be interconnected. So, I've put these questions together. But feel free to answer any specific portion of my question separately.
