HaTeX
About HaTeX
HaTeX is a package wich lets you to write LaTeX code from Haskell.
HaTeX page: http://ddiaz.asofilak.es/packages/HaTeX
Here a link to the package in Hackage: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/HaTeX
How to use HaTeX
If you know how to use LaTeX, you will easily understand how to use HaTeX. Otherwise, you will need to read well the documentation.
A first step may be to know the LaTeX file structure.
LaTeX file structure
A LaTeX file has two parts:
- A header where you define general settings (document class, page style, use of extern packages, ...) of your document.
- The document's content.
A simple example
We're going to write an example, the best for understanding.
- Function
documentclass
is used for determining if our document is anarticle
, abook
, areport
, etc.
- Function
author
is used for specify document's authory.
- Function
title
for document's title.
Then, with this three functions, we will define a header in the LaTeX
monad.
LaTeX
is a writer monad that concatenates the text generated by the programmer.
Usually, the text is generated simply writing it, or by functions.
example = do documentclass [] article
author "Daniel Diaz"
title "Example"
The first argument of documentclass
is used for change certain settings of the class.
For example, you can set the document's main font size to 12pt, writing:
documentclass [pt 12] article
Or set paper size to A4:
documentclass [pt 12,a4paper] article
Now, I will write a content:
hello = "Hello, world!"
To insert the content into the document, we have the function document
. Completing our first example:
example = do documentclass [] article
author "Daniel Diaz"
title "Example"
document $ do maketitle
hello
At first glance, it seems that author
, title
or document
receive a String
as argument.
Really, they require a LaTeX
argument. LaTeX
is the type that represents texts in HaTeX.
So, I recommend to use Overloaded Strings
(See [1]).
Enriching your text
There are numerous functions to enrich your document. One feature is change your font format. For example, in:
texttt "Hello!"
texttt
sets as monospaced font his content. Or composing:
texttt $ textbf "Hello!"
textbf
sets as bold font the monospaced font of "Hello!"
.
If you only want "ll"
with bold format:
texttt $ do "He"
textbf "ll"
"o!"
Applying the function to only part of the text, we achieve modify just that part.
Performing monadic computations
All computations in HaTeX take place in the LaTeXT
monadic transformer.
To includes a monadic computation, use mlx
.
gtime = do t <- mlx getClockTime
...
Some IO
computations are predefined in Text.LaTeX.IO.
Adding sections
Commands to adding sections are included in Text.LaTeX.Commands. Examples are section
or paragraph
.
If you want sections without number, use section_
. This also avoid showing the section into the table of contents.
If you want title of section to be different in the context than in the table of contents, use sectiontab
.
HaTeX Support
You can report any bug or suggestion at:
danieldiaz@asofilak.es