memo file.md double selects custom_magazine, a two-column Eisvogel
derivative with TeX Gyre Pagella body text, sans-serif headings, 19 mm margins,
an 8 mm gutter, compact paragraphs, and a full-width article title.
memo file.md single retains custom_eisvogel.
Install custom_magazine.latex alongside custom_eisvogel.latex in the Pandoc
user data directory's templates/ folder, and filters/magazine.lua in its
filters/ folder. The template source is maintained in
~/git/dotfiles/pandoc/templates/custom_magazine.latex.
A leading H1 becomes the title when no YAML title is provided. Its link target
is retained and remaining headings move up one level. Explicit YAML titles
leave body headings unchanged. Horizontal rules become short editorial rules.
These transformations run only when memo selects custom_magazine.
Optional YAML settings:
---
title: Article title
subtitle: A short introductory deck
author: Author name
magazine-running-title: Short title for the running header
column-sep: 8mm
column-rule: 0pt
fontsize: 10pt
linestretch: 1.08
---The template uses XeLaTeX and TeX Live fonts. It is intended for articles,
not books or slides. It uses an inline title instead of a separate cover;
titlepage options do not create a cover. Existing table handling is unchanged:
tables span both columns using the installed twocolumn-tables.lua filter,
with its existing caption and multipage limitations.
Put \onecolumn or \twocolumn on a line of its own to switch layout for
the pages that follow; each switch starts a new page. Typical use: a two-column
introduction, then \onecolumn before reference sections with wide code
blocks and tables, and \twocolumn to return. Tables in one-column regions
render inline as usual; only tables in two-column regions are turned into
spanning floats.
To use the previous double-column style:
memo --template custom_eisvogel file.md doubleFor direct Pandoc use, also pass -V classoption=twocolumn -M memo-magazine:true --lua-filter=/path/to/filters/magazine.lua.