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Purpose

This crate does not, in any way, even remotely cover the vast variety of things you can do with latex. Instead, it attempts to provide a friendly API for some of the most basic functions. Furthermore, it does not catch most latex errors.

It's also my first foray into the open-source world, so constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated.

Basics

• The primary type is Document, which you populate per your whims and fancies. This can be written to a file like so:

let mut q = File::create("file.tex")?;
// let doc = Document::new(DocumentClass::new("book"));
let doc = document!("book");
write!(q, "{}", doc.to_string())?

• The document can be filled with Components, Packages and Commands. They can be created using both functions and macros.
• Component is an enum, with each variant containing a separate struct. If a component impls the Populate trait, you can fill it with more Components, then install it in the Document like so:

let mut p1 = Part::new("one");
p1.attach(Component::Chapter(Chapter::new("c1")))?
    .attach(Component::Chapter(Chapter::new("c2")))?;

p1.attach_vec(vec![chapter!("c3"); 2])?;

doc.new_component(Component::Part(p1));

• Commands can be created and installed like so:

doc.new_command(Command::new("brak", 1, "\\ensuremath{\\left(#1\\right)}"));

• And commands can be called in-text like so:

let mut p1 = section!("one");
p1.attach(Component::Command(
    doc.get_command("brak")?.call(vec!["hello"])?,
))?;
p1.attach(command!(doc, "brak", "there"))?;

• Will add ability to generate stuff like ensuremath from code eventually.
• Packages can be created and installed like so:

// let mut p1 = Package::new("parskip");
// p1.add_option("parfill");
let mut p1 = package!("parskip", "parfill");
doc.new_package(p1);

• Also has trait Opt, which allows for adding options to a command (like usepackage and documentclass, for now).

Future

• Add subsubsections
• Add new componnt variant for description lists
• Maybe some handy mathy shortcuts (like the aforementioned ensuremath)