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README
sides - Typesetting stageplays with LaTeX2e, Version 1, 5/9/2005 Copyright (c) 2005 Wing L. Mui http://www.wingie.org WHAT IS SIDES? sides is a class package for typsetting stage plays in LaTeX2e. In theater-jargon, ``sides'' are the (imcomplete) copies of the script used for auditions and rehearsals. This class package was based on the package ``plari'' written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho in 1998. HOW TO USE SIDES Simply start your document off with \documentclass[12pt]{sides}. Within the sides class, all text are single spaced and paragraphs are not indented. The document is divided into acts and scenes. They each have their own counters. Starting a new act starts a new page as well. The commands are listed below and as comments in the class code. ``sides-sample.tex'', included with this package, shows example usage of every command in sides in a real playwriting context. \newact creates a new act with heading Act N, N is act number in Roman num \newactnamed{actname} creates a new act with heading actname, does not increment counter this is useful for interludes, prologues, etc. \newscene creates a new scene with heading Scene M, M is scene number \newscenenamed{scname} creates a new scene with heading scname, does not increment counter \repl{charname} diag outputs a line with text diag spoken by charname \stagedir{dir} outputs italized stage directions dir \chara{charname} outputs charname in smallcaps, as in repl \paren{remark} inserts an italized parenthetical remark into the text \pause an alias for \paren{Pause.} \castpage, \castpagelatin inserts a cast section, which in reality is just an unnumbered scene \castpagelatin outputs ``dramatis personae'' instead of boring English \cast{charname}{desc} outputs an entry with character charname and description desc \notes inserts a section for playwright's notes, does not start a new page \castpage and \notes are just shorthands, one can always just use \newscenenamed{title} to accomplish the same thing. LICENSE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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README | 3063 | 2005-05-09 16:56 | |
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sides – A LaTeX class for typesetting stage plays
This is a LaTeX class for typesetting stage plays, based on the plari class written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho in 1998. It has been updated and several formatting changes have been made to it—most noticibly there are no longer orphans.
Package | sides |
Licenses | GNU General Public License |
Copyright | 2005 Wing L. Mui |
Maintainer | Wing L Mui |
Contained in | TeX Live as sides MiKTeX as sides |
Topics | Drama script |
See also | dramatist |