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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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