Directory macros/latex/contrib/minimalist
minimalist
bundle: write you documents in a simple and clear way
The whole series have been rewritten with expl3
. Please note that the documentations are not yet up-to-date. The syntax of some commands have been changed since the last version, especially the declaration of theorem-like environments by \CreateTheorem
. For the moment, you can refer to the documentation of the package create-theorem
.
Introduction
minimalist
is a collection of styles and classes that helps you typesetting articles and books with a simple and clear design. It mainly consists of two parts.
- Main part:
minimalist.sty
: interface of the main styleminimalist-plain.sty
: the plain styleminimalist-classical.sty
: the classical style
minimart.cls
: class for typesetting articlesminimbook.cls
: class for typesetting books
They can be used with any major TeX engine. Currently they have native support to English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (European and Brazilian) and Spanish typesetting.
- Derivative part:
einfart.cls
: more advanced class for typesetting articlessimplivre.cls
: more advanced class for typesetting books
They are similar to the main classes, but have unicode support, thus can only be used with either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. Currently they have native support to Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Russian and Spanish typesetting, and also use more beautiful fonts.
How to get these files
You can get the .sty
and .cls
files mentioned above simply by compiling minimalist.ins
:
latex minimalist.ins
To get the .tex
source files of the documentation, compile minimalist-doc.ins
:
latex minimalist-doc.ins
Features
Compared with usual document classes, it has the following features:
- Native multi-language support: Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Russian and Spanish
- > the fonts of the corresponding glyphs can be automatically switched
- Ready-to-use theorem-like environments, also with multi-language support
- Support both the standard and the AMS writing fashion
In particular, for simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and Japanese,
License
This work is released under the LaTeX Project Public License, v1.3c or later.
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (132.0k).
minimalist – Write your articles or books in a simple and clear way
This package offers you a LaTeX style file and two classes to typeset articles or books in a simple and clear way. These classes currently have native support for English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), and Spanish typesetting. They compile with any major TeX engine.
You may also wish to consider the packages einfart and simplivre, which are enhanced versions of the classes provided here. They have unicode support, thus can only be used with either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. Currently they have native support for Chinese (both simplified and traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Russian and Spanish typesetting, and also use more beautiful fonts.
Package | minimalist |
Repository | https://github.com/Jinwen-XU/minimalist |
Version | 2022-06-16 |
Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c |
Copyright | 2021–2022 Jinwen XU |
Maintainer | Jinwen XU |
Contained in | TeX Live as minimalist MiKTeX as minimalist |
Topics | Article-like Class Experimental LaTeX3 Book publication Multi-lingual |
See also | einfart simplivre |
