heike/cv-template

Template for using R to build a CV from a spreadsheet

Build a CV with a spreadsheet and some R code!

Files required

• spreadsheet of entries in your CV
  An example/template can be found here
• bib file of publications
• CV TeX file

CV templates from overleaf for moderncv and moderntimeline are provided in templates. CV.tex is a highly modified form of the moderntimeline template.

Software required

• latexmk (comes with texlive/tinytex)
• xelatex
• biber
• moderncv and moderntimeline latex packages

How it works

1. code/build_functions.R contains functions to formulate tables of CV information as latex code
2. code/build_tex_files.R uses the functions in code/build_functions.R, parses the google sheet with the CV info, and generates _XXX.tex files for each section of the CV which is programmatically generated.
3. CV.tex includes each of the _XXX.tex files built in the previous step
4. CV.tex generates publication lists by parsing CV.bib using biber (a more advanced biblatex). This usually requires the document to compile multiple times.
5. CV.pdf is generated from CV.tex