NOW UPDATE with templates..!!!
I build this program to generate a LaTeX code structure that I could use for my assignments at University. It comes with several options like margins, font size, document type, paragraphs formats, table of contents and bibliography. At present is in the early stages of development.
I plan to expand it in future releases. At the moment I am working towards using the template toolkit for the code generation as adviced by some of the perlmonks which are undoubtebly helpful.
History:
Now UPDATED to release version 0.08 (previous version 0.02)
Includes the template toolkit for code generation thanks to the advice and help of CountZero and linuxer were most helpful in this project.
The project is still in the development stages. However it has good functionality.
The Perl Code: latex-wizard-0.08-tt.pl
use Tk; use warnings; use strict; use Template; my ( $file, $title, $maketitle, $author ); my ( $type, $fontSizeCheckButton, $geometry ); my ( $pdftex, $paper, $font, $fontSize ); my ( @spinbox, $spinbox, $sizeSpin, $i ); my ( $frameIncludes, $margin, %margin, $includes, %includes ); my ( $contents, $frontmatter, $backmatter, $mainmatter, $citeExample); $i = 0; my $mw = MainWindow -> new; $mw -> bind('<Key-Escape>' => sub { exit } ); # use escape key to exit # **************** M A I N D E T A I L S F R A M E **************** my $frameMain = $mw -> Frame( -label => 'MAIN DETAILS', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove') -> pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x'); $frameMain -> Label( -text => 'LaTeX filename') -> pack(-side => 'left'); my $entryFile = $frameMain -> Entry( -textvariable => \$file) -> pack(-side => 'left', -fill => 'x', -expand => 1); $entryFile -> insert('end', "default.tex"); $entryFile -> focus; $frameMain -> Label( -text => 'Title') -> pack(-side => 'left'); my $entryTitle = $frameMain -> Entry( -textvariable => \$title) -> pack(-side => 'left', -fill => 'x', -expand => 1); $frameMain -> Label( -text => 'Author') -> pack(-side => 'left'); my $entryAuthor = $frameMain -> Entry( -textvariable => \$author) -> pack(-side => 'left', -fill => 'x', -expand => 1); # *************** D O C U M E N T C L A S S ***************** my $frameDocClass = $mw -> Frame( -label => 'DOCUMENT CLASS', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove') -> pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x'); my $frameType = $frameDocClass -> Frame(-label => 'TYPE', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove'); my $framePaper = $frameDocClass -> Frame(-label => 'PAPER (uncheck = d +efault)', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove'); my $frameFont = $frameDocClass -> Frame(-label => 'FONT SIZE', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove'); $frameDocClass -> Checkbutton( -text => 'use pdf', -variable => \$pdftex, -onvalue => "pdftex, ", -offvalue => "", ) -> pack(-side => 'left'); foreach (qw/article book report/) { $frameType -> Radiobutton( -text => $_, -value => $_, -variable => \$type) -> pack(-side => 'left'); } foreach (qw/a4paper letter/) { $framePaper -> Radiobutton( -text => $_, -value => $_.", ", -variable => \$paper) -> pack(-side => 'left'); } $frameFont -> Checkbutton( -text => 'customize', -variable => \$fontSizeCheckButton, -onvalue => "on", -offvalue => "off", -command => sub { if ($fontSizeCheckButton eq "on") { $sizeSpin -> configure(-state = +> 'normal') } else { $sizeSpin -> configure(-state = +> 'disabled') } } ) -> pack(-side => 'left'); $frameFont -> Label ( -text => '') -> pack(-side => 'left'); $sizeSpin = $frameFont -> Spinbox( -width => 6, -from => 10, -to => 14, -textvariable => \$fontSize, -state => 'disabled') -> pack(-side => 'left'); # ************************ G E O M E T R Y *************************** my $frameGeometry = $mw -> Frame; $frameGeometry = $mw -> Frame( -label => 'GEOMETRY', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove') -> pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x'); $frameGeometry -> Checkbutton( -text => 'customize', -variable => \$geometry, -onvalue => "on", -offvalue => "off", -command => sub { foreach (@spinbox) { if ($geometry eq "on") { $_ -> configure(-state => ' +normal') } else { $_ -> configure(-state => ' +disabled') } } } ) -> pack(-side => 'left'); foreach (qw/left right top bottom/) { $frameGeometry -> Label ( -text => $_) -> pack(-side => 'left'); $spinbox[$i] = $frameGeometry -> Spinbox( -text => 0, -textvariable => \$margin{$_}, -state => 'disable', -width => 6, -increment => .1, -from => 0, -to => 100) -> pack(-side => "left"); $i++ } # ********************* I N C L U D E S ****************************** $frameIncludes = $mw -> Frame; $frameIncludes = $mw -> Frame( -label => 'INCLUDES', -borderwidth => 2, -relief => 'groove') -> pack(-side => 'top', -fill => 'x'); foreach (qw/graphicx contents bibliography titledParagraph pdfBookmark +s/) { $frameIncludes -> Checkbutton( -text => $_, -variable => \$includes{$_}, -onvalue => 1, -offvalue => "") -> pack(-side => 'left');} $mw -> Button(-text => 'Execute', -command => \&execute ) -> pack(-side => 'bottom'); $frameMain -> pack(); $frameDocClass -> pack; $frameType -> pack(-side=>'left'); $framePaper -> pack(-side=>'left'); $frameFont -> pack(-side=>'left'); $frameGeometry -> pack; $frameIncludes -> pack; MainLoop; sub execute { &load_template_vars; &execute_template; } sub load_template_vars { if ( $title ) { $title = "\\title{"."$title"."}\n"; $maketitle = "\\maketitle\n"; } if ( $author ) { $author = "\\author{"."$author"."}\n"; } $geometry = "\\usepackage[left = $margin{left}cm, right = $margin{ +right}cm, top = $margin{top}cm, bottom = $margin{bottom}cm]{geometry} +\n" if $geometry; $includes{pdfBookmarks} = "\\usepackage[bookmarks, colorlinks, pla +inpages=false, pdfpagelabels]{hyperref}\n" if $includes{pdfBookmarks}; $includes{graphicx} = "\\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}\n" if $inclu +des{graphicx}; $includes{titledParagraph} = '\\makeatletter \\renewcommand\\paragraph{\\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\\z@}% {-3.25ex \\@plus-1ex \\@minus-.2ex +}% {0.5ex \\@plus0.2ex}% {\\normalfont\\large\\bfseries}} \\makeatother'."\n" if $includes{titledParagraph}; if ( $includes{contents} ) { $frontmatter = "\\frontmatter\n"; $mainmatter = "\\mainmatter\n"; $backmatter = "\\backmatter\n"; $contents = "\\tableofcontents\n"; } if ( $includes{bibliography} ) { $citeExample = "% Here is a Reference Example ~\\cite{example} +\n"; $includes{bibliography} = "\\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Bib +liography} \\begin{thebibliography}{99} \\bibitem{example} This is an example \\end{thebibliography}\n"; } } sub execute_template { my $config = { INTERPOLATE => 1, # expand "$var" in plain text POST_CHOMP => 1, # cleanup whitespaces EVAL_PERL => 1, # evaluate Perl code blocks }; my $tt = Template->new($config); my $input = 'latex.tt'; my $vars = { title => $title, maketitle => $maketitle, author => $author, pdftex => $pdftex, fontSize => $fontSize, paper => $paper, type => $type, geometry => $geometry, pdfBookmarks => $includes{pdfBookmarks}, graphicx => $includes{graphicx}, titlepar => $includes{titledParagraph}, contents => $contents, frontmatter => $frontmatter, mainmatter => $mainmatter, backmatter => $backmatter, cite => $citeExample, bibliography => $includes{bibliography} }; $tt->process($input, $vars, $file) || die $tt->error( ); exit }
The template file: latex.tt
\documentclass[[% pdftex %][% paper %][% fontSize %]pt]{[% type %]} [% geometry %] [% pdfBookmarks %] [% graphicx %] [% titlepar %] [% title %] [% author %] \begin{document} [% frontmatter %] [% maketitle %] [% contents %] [% mainmatter %] % H E R E B E G I N S Y O U R D O C U M E N T [% cite %] [% backmatter %] [% bibliography %] \end{document}
A sample output: default.tex
\documentclass[pdftex, a4paper, 11pt]{book} \usepackage[left = 3cm, right = 3cm, top = 2.5cm, bottom = 2.5cm]{geom +etry} \usepackage[bookmarks, colorlinks, plainpages=false, pdfpagelabels]{hy +perref} \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} \makeatletter \renewcommand\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}% {-3.25ex \@plus-1ex \@minus-.2ex}% {0.5ex \@plus0.2ex}% {\normalfont\large\bfseries}} \makeatother \title{My Book} \author{Milarepa} \begin{document} \frontmatter \maketitle \tableofcontents \mainmatter % H E R E B E G I N S Y O U R D O C U M E N T % Here is a Reference Example ~ te{example} \backmatter \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Bibliography} \begin{thebibliography}{99} \bibitem{example} This is an example \end{thebibliography} \end{document}
In reply to LaTeX Wizard by milarepa
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