# school

This repository is designed to organize and make portable all of Holden Rohrer's school work from the 2019-20 school year.

```
- README.md                % the file you're reading right now
- .gitignore               % exactly what you expect
- mla8.tex                 % a general mla formatter for typical written assignments
- citations.tex            % a citation generator and aggregator for MLA 8th Edition
- sort.py                  % a Python script which sorts sort.tex when called
- example.tex              % an example of the capability of mla8.tex
```

Class directories have internal READMEs which cover their content

## Compilation

To compile files, run `pdftex --shell-escape /dir/to/file` from this directory.

## MLA8 Formatting Usage

Because files are called from this directory, the relative path is `mla8.tex`, which should be included in TeX documents with `\input mla8.tex` (this method is used to allow `mla8.tex` to call `citations.tex`).

In-document, `mla8.tex` provides a few facilities:
- fonts (`\large` makes text 14pt, `\it` italicizes text, `\bf` bolds text; default 12pt roman Times New Roman)
- a running page-numbered header which can be enabled on the first page with `\numberfirstpage`
- blockquotes (`\blockquote{Long quote}`)
- titles (`\title{Title}`)
- document headers (`\name{Forename}\last{Surname}\teacher{Teacher}\clas{Class}\header`, with an optional `\date{12 July 2019}` to use a different date than today; internal registers like `\day` can also be set as numbers).

`citations.tex`, referenced by `mla8.tex` provides `\cite`, which has internal sub-commands:
- `\name{Author Last name for inline citation}{Author Full Name (e.g. Zinsser, William) for citation at end}`
- `\title{Chapter/Paper Title}`
- `\contain{Book or Journal Title}` (note that `\title` should not be used with full books for citation structure)
- `\version` for book version if notable
- `\relnums` for journal issue or volume number
- `\publish` for the publisher
- `\pubdate` for the date of publication
- `\locator` for the page numbers (if chapter) or web address
- `\pagenum` for inline citation.

Internal options are:
- `\nameinline` which includes the name in the inline citation (or title if no author)
- `\newcitation` to prevent double citing in the final.
Python scripts alphabetize the citations.