This is an example project, which shows all of the formatting styles and custom LaTeX commands I use to format Troika! adventures into reasonably well-presented PDFs.
I strongly recommend using Overleaf for your LaTeX projects. It's free to use, and massively reduces the headache of manually configuring LaTeX.
Once you have an account on Overleaf, and have created your first blank project, you can download
all the files in this GitHub repository as a zip file from
this link. You
can also clone the repository, using: git clone https://github.com/MikeKneeB/Troika-Example-Project/
if you don't have git installed I suggest downloading the zip file.
After downloading and extracting the contents of the zip file to a sensible location, you can
upload them all to your blank project in Overleaf. (You will need to delete the existing main.tex
file if it exists in your blank project.) Now you can start looking through the project, adding your
own content, and hacking the layout elements to pieces to make something you're happy with!
I've included comments in these files for how the different commands work, and how they can be changed.
This example project is not a beginner's guide. For a full run-down of how to use LaTeX in general I recommend the Overleaf documentation.
The markdown files in this project are licensed under the BSD Zero Clause License. In summary, this means you can make use of these files in any way you like, with no restrictions of any kind. You are not required to give any attribution to me, however, if you found the files useful and would like to give an attribution it would be appreciated. You can include the following in your LaTeX document (perhaps on a copyright page if someone had usefully provided an environment for just that purpose):
\latex formatting setup files by \bhref{https://gentlyrotting.online/}{Mike Knee}.Again, this is optional, and you are under no obligation to include this message.
My Troika! adventures so far have used these (or earlier incarnations of) setup/predoc and main files to
get started.
You can see them "in action" in:
If you create a project using these setup files, and would like it to be included in this list, please drop me a message at gently.rotting.prd@gmail.com.
I can't provide direct LaTeX support to anyone, so please don't raise issues against this repository or email me with issues unless you are certain they are related to the files in this project as provided.
I am happy to take any suggestions or feedback via issues raised here.