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chet
The chet package provides a streamlined LaTeX2ε setup inspired by Paul Ginsparg's harvmac. It gives papers the typographic look and feel of harvmac while using standard LaTeX2ε commands and environments.
See doc/chetdoc.pdf for full documentation and examples.
Contents
| File | Description |
|---|---|
chet.sty |
Main style file |
chetref.bst |
BibTeX bibliography style |
doc/chetdoc.tex |
Documentation and example |
doc/chetdoc.pdf |
Compiled documentation |
Installation
Via TeX Live / MiKTeX: The package is on CTAN and is included in both distributions.
Manually: Copy chet.sty and chetref.bst into your project folder (or anywhere on your TeX path).
Usage
Add to your preamble:
\usepackage{chet}
Then compile with pdflatex and BibTeX:
pdflatex paper && bibtex paper && pdflatex paper && pdflatex paper
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
mcite |
Enable grouped citations via mciteplus: \cite{a, *b, *c} |
british |
Print "Acknowledgements" instead of "Acknowledgments" |
macrosonly |
Load only equation/section macros, without page layout (for conference proceedings) |
Key commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
\eqn{...}[label] |
Display equation, numbered only if label given |
\eqna{...}[label] |
Aligned equation with single centred number |
\twoseqn, \threeseqn, \fourseqn |
Numbered subequation groups |
\newsec{title}[label] |
Section with optional label |
\subsec{title}[label] |
Subsection with optional label |
\subsubsec{title}[label] |
Subsubsection with optional label |
\rcite{key} |
Citation (shows key on margin in \draftmode) |
\draftmode |
Show equation/section labels in margins |
\toc |
Table of contents |
\foot{...} |
Footnote |
\ack{...} |
Acknowledgments section |
\email{addr} |
Email footnote (horizontal layout) |
\emailV{addr} |
Email footnote (vertical layout) |
\emails{addrs} |
Single email footnote with no mark |
\preprint{id} |
Preprint number (top right of title page) |
Labels defined with the optional argument are also available as \labelname in subsequent text.
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (195.2k).
chet – LaTeX layout inspired by harvmac
The package aims to streamline the work of typesetting, and to provide the look and feel of harvmac for readers.
The package name stands for “Class for High Energy Theory”, as the majority of individuals using harvmac for their papers were primarily working in high energy theory, a subfield of theoretical physics.
| Package | chet |
| Version | 2.3a 2026-04-26 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3 |
| Copyright | 2011–2026 Andreas Stergiou |
| Maintainer | Andreas Stergiou |
| Contained in | TeX Live as chet MiKTeX as chet |
| Topics | Layout |
