This repository contains the most recent development build of our LaTeX class. In normal circumstances, there is no need for book authors and editors to interact with this repository. If you'd like to start working on your monograph, edited volume, or paper in a collection, please have a look at our latex-skeletons repository, which contains ready-to-use templates.
class options of langscibook.cls
option
values (defaults in bold face)
meaning
babelshorthands
use shorthands defined for German
biblatex
use BibLaTeX (default)
biblatexbackend
biber | bibtex
the backend of BibLaTeX
booklanguage
english | chinese | french | german | portuguese
language the book is written in
classicfloatnumbers
true / false
Restore float and equation numbering to <chapter no>.<id> in edited volumes. If set to false (default) the label will just be <id>. Only applied in edited volumes.
collection
for making the book an edited volume
collectiontoclong
more detailed table of content in edited volumes
copyright
CC-BY | CC-BY-ND | CC-BY-SA
choice of copyright
decapbib
true / false
If you want to have a booklanguage other than English, but still have English language settings in your bibliography, e.g. if you have a lot of English sources and/or want to decapitalise the bibliography. (This assumes biblatex=true).
draftmode
switch to draft mode (adds: draft stamp, indication of overlong lines, date)
minimal
A speed-optimised mode - it disables generation of the cover and does not load font files.
multiauthors
change editor suffix to (eds.)
nobabel
do not load the babel package (load it manually instead and include custom languages)
nonflat
switch paths when using the langsci folder
nonewtxmath
suppress newtxmath (default)
newtxmath
activate newtxmath
number
<number>
number of the book within the series
oldstylenumbers
Global option for old style ("lowercase", "medieval") numerals within the scope of serif \textsc and \scshape
openreview
switch to open review mode
output
book | inprep | paper | guidelines | cover | coverbodsc| coverbodhc | covercreatespace
different output formats
proofs
show line numbers in the margin of the output PDF
series
sidl | eotms | ...
the series code (see series.def for a list of abbreviations)
showindex
show index commands on margin
smallfont
use 10pt as fontsize
spinewidth
the width of the spine, used for cover creation
undecapitalize
do not change the casing of titles in the list of references
uniformtopskip
disable Donald Arseneau's procedure for automatic widow and orphan control. This procedure results in different \topskips on different pages. This is undesirable when you want each page to have exactly the same number of lines in the type area.
\patchcmd{\mkbibindexname}{\ifdefvoid{#3}{}{\MakeCapital{#3} }}{\ifdefvoid{#3}{}{#3 }}{}{\AtEndDocument{\typeout{mkbibindexname could not be patched.}}}