mnras

MNRAS Pandoc Template

Generate a tex file with:

pandoc demo.md -s --template mnras_template.tex -o demo.tex -F pandoc-crossref --citeproc --lua-filter=filters/acknowledgments.lua --natbib

Go straight to the pdf with:

pandoc demo.md -s --template mnras_template.tex -o demo.pdf -F pandoc-crossref --citeproc --lua-filter=filters/acknowledgments.lua --pdf-engine=xelatex

The demo.md file contains a sample article describing the use of this template in generating MNRAS output via pandoc.

Usage Notes

• If you want to include macros in anything contained within the YAML header, those must be put in a separate macro file that is incorporated via \include{} or \input{} above the title. This is demonstrated in demo.md.

• To get references formatted for journals, first convert the Markdown to TeX (as demonstrated above) with the --natbib switch. The resulting TeX file can then be processed with pdflatex and bibtex as usual. The template is constructed in such a way that this will result in correctly formatted references (using the mnras.bst file).

Collaborations

• For collaborations, authors will be grouped until there is a collaboration: entry in the YAML header. If a co-author that is not part of a listed collaboration is listed before co-authors that are part of collaborations, put nocollaboration: 1 in the YAML header to signify as such and avoid them being grouped with the later batch. See demo.md for an example.

Known Issues

• The MNRAS template requires manual enumeration and de-duplication of affilations but this likely requires construction of a pandoc filter to properly handle. For now, all affilations are given the same superscript code and the user must manually adjust to suit.
• MNRAS table environments pass through to LaTeX without trouble. But note that these will not translate to other outputs (HTML, epub, etc.). So consider what your desired outputs will be before you put lots of effort into tables. Or write a pandoc filter to handle tables.
• The MNRAS bibliography format is not part of the Zotero (citation) Style Repository so citeproc does not have access to the correct citation style. This means that using pandoc to output directly to PDF will not result in the correct reference formatting. See above for a method to get PDF output with journal-compatible references.