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%% musical.sty version 3.1 (April 2020)
%% Created by and copyright Dave Howell, February 2018
%% Email: dh.musical@howell.seattle.wa.us
%% This is a "maintained" package.
%% Inspired primarily by stage.cls from Robert Jahrling
% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3
% The latest version of this license is in
% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
% version 2005/12/01 or later.
% This work consists of the files musical.sty and musical.pdf
% Version 1.x: 2018/03/20
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{musical}[2020/04/06 Manuscript Format for stage plays]
% We provide a friendly warning when an option is specified;
% since musical provides no options, all options return an error.
\DeclareOption*{%
\ClassWarning{stage}{Unknown option `\CurrentOption'}%
}
% Required to process options, or not process them, I suppose.
\ProcessOptions\relax
\RequirePackage{ifthen}
\RequirePackage{fancyhdr}
\RequirePackage{etoolbox}
\RequirePackage{xspace}
\newtoggle{stagedir} % true when we're inside a stage direction
\newtoggle{dialog} % true when we're inside dialog
\newtoggle{scaplyrics}
\togglefalse{scaplyrics} % use \toggletrue{scaplyrics} to set lyrics in Cap/small cap style.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%% PAGE FORMATTING
% use fancy pagestyle
\pagestyle{fancy}
% Redefining \chapter and \section for acts and scenes.
\RequirePackage{titlesec}
\newcommand{\scripttitles}{% redefine \scripttitles to change how chapters/acts and sections/scenes' headers look.
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0cm}{0cm}%
\titleformat{\chapter}[block]{\center}{\LARGE\sc Act \Roman{actcounter}}{0pt}{}%
\titlespacing*{\section}{0pt}{0pt plus 1\baselineskip}{0pt}%
\titleformat{\section}[display]{\center}{\Large\sc Scene \arabic{scenecounter}}{4pt}{\sc}%
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1} % include acts and scenes in the Table of Contents
}
% If titlecontents for sections is
\titlecontents{chapter}[2em]{\pagebreak[2]\addvspace{1ex plus 2ex}}{}{}{\hfill}[\nopagebreak]%
% page numbers are {act}--{scene}--{pagenumber}
\newcommand{\themusicalpage}{\Roman{actcounter}--\arabic{scenecounter}--\arabic{page}}
%%% Running heads
\fancypagestyle{scriptheader}{%
\fancyhf{}% Reset headers and footers to blank to start
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\themusicalpage}%
\fancyhead[RE,LO]{\it Act \Roman{actcounter}, Scene \arabic{scenecounter}%
\ifx\sectionname\undefined\else
: \sectionname
\fi%
}%
}
% empties center foot; otherwise, the page number would display here.
\cfoot{}
% Wrapped around the actual play's text. Prob. should
% include Dramatis Personae, but currently doesn't. Hmm.
\newenvironment{script}{%
\begingroup
\setcounter{actcounter}{0}
\let\thepage=\themusicalpage
\scripttitles
\pagestyle{scriptheader}%
}{\endgroup
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%% ACTS AND SCENES (CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS)
% Counts acts
\newcounter{actcounter}
% We need to initialize actcounter for page numbering.
\setcounter{actcounter}{0}
% Counts scenes per act
\newcounter{scenecounter}[actcounter]
% \act creates an act header with roman numerals, and redefines
% the running heads to use theatrical-style page numbers
\newcommand{\act}{%
\stepcounter{actcounter}%
\newpage
\chapter[Act \Roman{actcounter}]{}
}
% \scene creates a scene header with arabic numerals
% There's an optional title for the scene, and a required set description, so
% \scene{George's Office}
% \scene[Mad Hatter's Tea Party]{Mad Hatter's House, exterior}
% if the required parameter is empty, (i.e. \scene{} ) then the Set:#2 won't appear.
% Start a new page for each scene except the first
\newcommand{\scene}[2][\relax]{%
\gdef\sectionname{#1}
\stepcounter{scenecounter}%
\ifthenelse{\value{scenecounter} > 1}{\newpage}{}%
\noindent
\section{#1}%
\def\setdescription{#2}% this holds the setting for the scene
\ifdefempty{\setdescription}{}{\stdir{Set: #2}\par}%
}
\newcommand{\rehe@rsalmark}[1]{%
{(\textit{Rehearsal Mark} \fbox{#1})}%
}
% In sheet music, rehearsal marks are usually boxed letters, so we box it here to match.
% An alternative would be to use \marginpar to float the rehearsal marks in the margin.
\newcommand{\rehearsalmark}[1]{%
{\raggedleft\small
\vspace{1ex}%
\rehe@rsalmark{#1}\par
\vspace{1ex}%
}
}
% To denote a transition of some kind. The optional parameter invokes \rehearsalmark on the same line.
\newcommand{\transition}[1][\relax]{%
\noindent\hbox to \textwidth{\hfil*\hspace{2em}*\hspace{2em}*\hfil
\if#1\relax
\else
\hbox to 0pt{\hss\rehe@rsalmark{#1}}%
\fi
}\par
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%% PARAGRAPH-LEVEL COMMANDS
% How far to inset dialog.
% Lyrics are inset twice the speech margin.
\newlength{\speechmargin}
\setlength{\speechmargin}{2em}
% tcolorbox is probably overkill, but it made for such an easy solution to the problem.
% It provides a
% Character Name, continued
% header for dialog that crosses a page break.
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\tcbuselibrary{breakable,skins}
% standard dialog is inset by \speechmargin on both sides
\newtcolorbox{spokentext}{breakable,frame hidden,interior hidden,boxrule=0pt,
boxsep=0pt,top=0pt,bottom=0pt,center title,
title={\charactername\strut },title after break={\center\charactername~(cont.)\strut },
colback=white,left={\speechmargin},right={\speechmargin},colbacktitle=white,coltitle=black,colframe=white
}
% lyrics ares inset by twice the \speechmargin on the left,
% but in order to reduce awkward breaks mid-lyric, the right margin
% goes to the page margin. Because the actual box is now offset to the right,
% the title (aka the name of the character speaking) has to be offset the other way to
% keep it centered on the page.
\newtcolorbox{lyrictext}{breakable,frame hidden,interior hidden,boxrule=0pt,
boxsep=0pt,top=0pt,bottom=0pt,center title,
title={\charactername\hspace{2\speechmargin}\strut},title after break={\center\charactername~(cont.)\hspace{2\speechmargin}\strut},
colback=white,left={2\speechmargin},right={0pt},colbacktitle=white,coltitle=black,colframe=white
}
% jiggery-pokery to try to make footnotes work reasonably close to usefully.
\usepackage[symbol,perpage,para,ragged,flushmargin]{footmisc}
\DefineFNsymbols{dave}[text]{*†‡¤{**}{††}{‡‡}{¤¤}}
\setfnsymbol{dave}
\renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\fnsymbol{mpfootnote}}
% I've tried a couple of different things to get footnotes to come out right.
% Currently, I'm letting everything operate 'normally.'
% If you want footnotes at the bottom of the dialog box, rather than the bottom of the page,
% uncomment the \let command in the \dialog command.
\let\di@logfootnotetext=\relax
\newcommand{\dialogfootnote}[1]{%
\gdef\di@logfootnotetext{#1}%
\footnotemark
}
% \dialog sets the character's name above their speech.
% the text is inset \speechmargin from the text margins.
\newcommand{\dialog}[2]{%
%\let\footnote=\dialogfootnote
\toggletrue{dialog}%
\def\charactername{\textsc{#1}}% used by the spokentext environment
\vspace{1ex}%
\if\di@logfootnotetext\relax\else
\footnotetext{\di@logfootnotetext}%
\let\di@logfootnotetext=\relax
\fi
\begin{spokentext}
\raggedright
#2
\end{spokentext}%
\togglefalse{dialog}%
}
% getting \obeylines to work on the input to \lyrics is tricky.
% It has to be done *before* the command picks up the input.
% so I pick up the first parameter (the speaker's id) and set
% it aside, then invoke \obeylines, and have \@lyrics work on
% what's left.
\newcommand{\@lyrics}[1]{%
\toggletrue{dialog}% change behavior of \stdir
\def\@lyricontents{{#1\par}}% pick up the lyrics
\vspace{1ex}%
\begin{lyrictext}
\raggedright
\iftoggle{scaplyrics}{\scshape}{}
\@lyricontents% put the lyrics down inside the lyrictext box
\end{lyrictext}%
\togglefalse{dialog}%
\egroup
}
\newcommand{\lyrics}[1]{\bgroup
\def\charactername{{\textsf\lyricsymbol} \textsc{#1} {\textsf\lyricsymbol}}%
\obeylines\@lyrics
}
% \spacer is intended to use inside \lyrics commands to maintain the structure of stanzas
% across different speakers. Put whatever was spoken by a previous speaker inside the \spacer
% parameter, and the current text will be offset by that distance.
\newbox\music@lbox
\newcommand{\spacer}[1]{
\setbox\music@lbox\hbox{#1}%
\noindent\hbox to \wd\music@lbox{\strut\hfil}%
}
\newcommand{\stdir}[1]{%
\begingroup
\toggletrue{stagedir}%
\iftoggle{dialog}{% we're inside a dialog or lyric.
(\textit{#1})%
}{% or we're NOT inside a dialog or lyric.
\vspace{1ex}%
\raggedright
\noindent\textit{#1}\par%
}%
\endgroup\xspace
}
% Musical cue
\newcommand{\music}[1]{%
{\raggedleft\small
\vspace{1ex}%
\addcontentsline{los}{section}{#1}%
\textit{Music Cue: “#1”}\par
\vspace{1ex}%
}
}
%Dance cue
\newcommand{\dance}[1]{% a dance cue
{\raggedleft\small
\vspace{1ex}%
\addcontentsline{lod}{section}{#1}%
\textit{Dance Cue: “#1”}\par
\vspace{1ex}%
}
}
% \pause is just convenient.
\newcommand{\pause}{\stdir{pause}}
% \dialogue, for people who like that spelling better
\newcommand{\dialogue}[1]{\dialog{#1}}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%% TABLES OF CONTENTS, CAST LIST, AND OTHER LISTS
\newcommand{\listofsongs}{% generates a list of musicial cues
\section*{List of Songs}%
\@starttoc{los}%
}
\newcommand{\listofdances}{% generates a list of dance cues
\section*{List of Dances}%
\@starttoc{lod}%
}
% Yes, the following commands internally use "cast" when they're actually referring to
% the characters that cast members are playing. But "cast" is way shorter than "character,"
% and "character" is much more likely to run into namespace collisions.
\newsavebox{\c@stbox}
\newlength{\c@stboxwidth} % how wide do the character name boxes need to be?
\newlength{\c@stdescwidth} % the width of the box for the character's descriptive text.
\setlength{\c@stboxwidth}{0pt} % default value to start
\gdef\s@vedcastboxwidth{0pt} % the max width from the previous run
% \@recallcastboxwidth is called from the .aux files as they're read back in.
% When they're all processed, \s@vedcastboxwidth will contain the largest value
% passed to any of the \@recallcastboxwidth commands..
\def\@recallcastboxwidth#1{%
\ifdim#1>\s@vedcastboxwidth
\setlength\c@stboxwidth{#1}%
\gdef\s@vedcastboxwidth{#1}
\fi}
\newcommand{\addcharacter}[3][\relax]{%
% If the optional parameter is present, we need to define a command with that name.
% Normally, that command is equivalent to \dialog{Character Name}.
% If it appears in the body of a \dialog or \lyrics command, then it's just
% the character name (the 1st required parameter). If it's inside \stdir, then
% it's the character name in small caps.
\if#1\relax\else% do we need to define the \charactername because the nickname parameter is present?
\expandafter\gdef\csname #1\endcsname{%
\iftoggle{stagedir}{% inside a stdir command
\textsc{#2\strut}\xspace% it's in small caps
}{\iftoggle{dialog}{% inside a dialog or lyrics command
#2\xspace% we leave the formatting to the environment it's in.
}{% if it's in none of these, then it's being used AS a \dialog shortcut.
\dialog{#2}%
}%
}%
}%
\fi
% The \addcharacter command also typesets the Dramatis Personae list where it's used.
% Name on left, comments/explanations on right. To make page breaks simple, tables and tabs are
% avoided. Instead, names are measured in the first pass, and that width info is used on the
% second pass to make the alignment consistent.
% put the final form of the character's name in a box for measuring
\sbox\c@stbox{\hspace{\parindent}\textsc{#2}\emspace\strut}%
% save the measured minimum width to determine \s@vedcastboxwidth for the next run
\protected@write\@auxout{}{\string\@recallcastboxwidth{\the\wd\c@stbox}}%
% check if this character's required box width is greater
% than the width of the box we used for the previous character
\ifdim\wd\c@stbox>\c@stboxwidth \setlength{\c@stboxwidth}{\wd\c@stbox}\fi
% check if the max box width from the last run is bigger than the current one
% (If the .aux files are read before this .sty file is loaded, this could be done just
% once. Are they?)
\ifdim\s@vedcastboxwidth>\c@stboxwidth \setlength{\c@stboxwidth}{\s@vedcastboxwidth}\fi
\setlength{\c@stdescwidth}{\textwidth}%
\addtolength{\c@stdescwidth}{-\c@stboxwidth}%
\medskip
\noindent\hbox to \c@stboxwidth{\usebox\c@stbox\hfill}%
\parbox[t]{\c@stdescwidth}{\raggedright #3}%
}
% used to add an all-caps/small-caps character name to stage directions
\newcommand{\character}[1]{\textsc{#1}}
% For adding comments into the script. Useful when some of the people working on the script
% don't know TeX very well. The \comment{} command works like all the other TeX commands, instead
% of having to remember to start EVERY line of a comment with a % sign.
\def\comment#1{}
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