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I'm going to start writing my D&D campaigns in latex because I'm more comfortable with it than Microsoft Word. I also want to use biblatex to make references for monsters used throughout, like this:
@monster skeleton,
name = Skeleton,
size = medium,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 30ft,
blah blah blah...
So that I could say Something something skeletonciteskeleton and click on citation to quickly see a stat block. Yes I am a genius.
Is there a way to put something in some files somewhere so that would enable latex to understand what I'm trying to do?
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I'm going to start writing my D&D campaigns in latex because I'm more comfortable with it than Microsoft Word. I also want to use biblatex to make references for monsters used throughout, like this:
@monster skeleton,
name = Skeleton,
size = medium,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 30ft,
blah blah blah...
So that I could say Something something skeletonciteskeleton and click on citation to quickly see a stat block. Yes I am a genius.
Is there a way to put something in some files somewhere so that would enable latex to understand what I'm trying to do?
biblatex
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I'm going to start writing my D&D campaigns in latex because I'm more comfortable with it than Microsoft Word. I also want to use biblatex to make references for monsters used throughout, like this:
@monster skeleton,
name = Skeleton,
size = medium,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 30ft,
blah blah blah...
So that I could say Something something skeletonciteskeleton and click on citation to quickly see a stat block. Yes I am a genius.
Is there a way to put something in some files somewhere so that would enable latex to understand what I'm trying to do?
biblatex
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I'm going to start writing my D&D campaigns in latex because I'm more comfortable with it than Microsoft Word. I also want to use biblatex to make references for monsters used throughout, like this:
@monster skeleton,
name = Skeleton,
size = medium,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 30ft,
blah blah blah...
So that I could say Something something skeletonciteskeleton and click on citation to quickly see a stat block. Yes I am a genius.
Is there a way to put something in some files somewhere so that would enable latex to understand what I'm trying to do?
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It is possible to do this with biblatex (people have done all sorts already: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-3/tb111fischer.pdf), but this might not be the most comfortable way to deal with this. biblatex offers a lot of things you won't need and it might be complicated to redefine and opt out of certain things you don't want and get the things you'd like to have instead. In particular it could be painful to obtain a tabular stats block.
There are other tools that can read in data and display it according to your wishes. datatool comes to mind, but Lua (of LuaLaTeX fame) could also offer you some possibilities.
Have a look at How can I create entirely new data types with BibLaTeX/Biber? for the details of defining a new entry type and its driver.
RequirePackagefilecontents
beginfilecontents*jobname.bib
@monstergazebo,
name = Gazebo,
size = large,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 5ft,
endfilecontents*
beginfilecontentsdnd.dbx
DeclareDatamodelEntrytypesmonster
DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field,datatype=literal]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
DeclareDatamodelEntryfields[monster]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
endfilecontents
documentclass[english]article
usepackagebabel
usepackagecsquotes
usepackage[datamodel=dnd,style=authoryear,backend=biber]biblatex
usepackagehyperref
addbibresourcejobname.bib
DeclareFieldFormatalignmentmkbibparens#1
DeclareFieldFormatacACspace#1
DeclareFieldFormathp#1addspace HP
DeclareFieldFormatspeedSpeedaddcolonspace#1
DeclareBibliographyDrivermonster%
usebibmacrobibindex%
usebibmacrobegentry%
printfieldname%
setunitaddspace%
printfieldalignment%
newunitnewblock
printfieldsize%
newunitnewblock
printfieldac%
newunitnewblock
printfieldhp%
newunitnewblock
printfieldspeed%
newunitnewblock
usebibmacrofinentry
renewbibmacro*citeprintfield[bibhyperref]name
begindocument
Then Eric was attacked by a citegazebo
printbibliography[title=Monsters]
enddocument
Depending on how interactive you'd like your document to be maybe PDF is not the right medium and you want a more dynamic HTML page instead? Markdown might be a lighter alternative to LaTeX markup when you don't need most of LaTeX's advanced (especially mathematical and general typographic) features.
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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up vote
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It is possible to do this with biblatex (people have done all sorts already: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-3/tb111fischer.pdf), but this might not be the most comfortable way to deal with this. biblatex offers a lot of things you won't need and it might be complicated to redefine and opt out of certain things you don't want and get the things you'd like to have instead. In particular it could be painful to obtain a tabular stats block.
There are other tools that can read in data and display it according to your wishes. datatool comes to mind, but Lua (of LuaLaTeX fame) could also offer you some possibilities.
Have a look at How can I create entirely new data types with BibLaTeX/Biber? for the details of defining a new entry type and its driver.
RequirePackagefilecontents
beginfilecontents*jobname.bib
@monstergazebo,
name = Gazebo,
size = large,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 5ft,
endfilecontents*
beginfilecontentsdnd.dbx
DeclareDatamodelEntrytypesmonster
DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field,datatype=literal]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
DeclareDatamodelEntryfields[monster]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
endfilecontents
documentclass[english]article
usepackagebabel
usepackagecsquotes
usepackage[datamodel=dnd,style=authoryear,backend=biber]biblatex
usepackagehyperref
addbibresourcejobname.bib
DeclareFieldFormatalignmentmkbibparens#1
DeclareFieldFormatacACspace#1
DeclareFieldFormathp#1addspace HP
DeclareFieldFormatspeedSpeedaddcolonspace#1
DeclareBibliographyDrivermonster%
usebibmacrobibindex%
usebibmacrobegentry%
printfieldname%
setunitaddspace%
printfieldalignment%
newunitnewblock
printfieldsize%
newunitnewblock
printfieldac%
newunitnewblock
printfieldhp%
newunitnewblock
printfieldspeed%
newunitnewblock
usebibmacrofinentry
renewbibmacro*citeprintfield[bibhyperref]name
begindocument
Then Eric was attacked by a citegazebo
printbibliography[title=Monsters]
enddocument
Depending on how interactive you'd like your document to be maybe PDF is not the right medium and you want a more dynamic HTML page instead? Markdown might be a lighter alternative to LaTeX markup when you don't need most of LaTeX's advanced (especially mathematical and general typographic) features.
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
It is possible to do this with biblatex (people have done all sorts already: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-3/tb111fischer.pdf), but this might not be the most comfortable way to deal with this. biblatex offers a lot of things you won't need and it might be complicated to redefine and opt out of certain things you don't want and get the things you'd like to have instead. In particular it could be painful to obtain a tabular stats block.
There are other tools that can read in data and display it according to your wishes. datatool comes to mind, but Lua (of LuaLaTeX fame) could also offer you some possibilities.
Have a look at How can I create entirely new data types with BibLaTeX/Biber? for the details of defining a new entry type and its driver.
RequirePackagefilecontents
beginfilecontents*jobname.bib
@monstergazebo,
name = Gazebo,
size = large,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 5ft,
endfilecontents*
beginfilecontentsdnd.dbx
DeclareDatamodelEntrytypesmonster
DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field,datatype=literal]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
DeclareDatamodelEntryfields[monster]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
endfilecontents
documentclass[english]article
usepackagebabel
usepackagecsquotes
usepackage[datamodel=dnd,style=authoryear,backend=biber]biblatex
usepackagehyperref
addbibresourcejobname.bib
DeclareFieldFormatalignmentmkbibparens#1
DeclareFieldFormatacACspace#1
DeclareFieldFormathp#1addspace HP
DeclareFieldFormatspeedSpeedaddcolonspace#1
DeclareBibliographyDrivermonster%
usebibmacrobibindex%
usebibmacrobegentry%
printfieldname%
setunitaddspace%
printfieldalignment%
newunitnewblock
printfieldsize%
newunitnewblock
printfieldac%
newunitnewblock
printfieldhp%
newunitnewblock
printfieldspeed%
newunitnewblock
usebibmacrofinentry
renewbibmacro*citeprintfield[bibhyperref]name
begindocument
Then Eric was attacked by a citegazebo
printbibliography[title=Monsters]
enddocument
Depending on how interactive you'd like your document to be maybe PDF is not the right medium and you want a more dynamic HTML page instead? Markdown might be a lighter alternative to LaTeX markup when you don't need most of LaTeX's advanced (especially mathematical and general typographic) features.
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
It is possible to do this with biblatex (people have done all sorts already: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-3/tb111fischer.pdf), but this might not be the most comfortable way to deal with this. biblatex offers a lot of things you won't need and it might be complicated to redefine and opt out of certain things you don't want and get the things you'd like to have instead. In particular it could be painful to obtain a tabular stats block.
There are other tools that can read in data and display it according to your wishes. datatool comes to mind, but Lua (of LuaLaTeX fame) could also offer you some possibilities.
Have a look at How can I create entirely new data types with BibLaTeX/Biber? for the details of defining a new entry type and its driver.
RequirePackagefilecontents
beginfilecontents*jobname.bib
@monstergazebo,
name = Gazebo,
size = large,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 5ft,
endfilecontents*
beginfilecontentsdnd.dbx
DeclareDatamodelEntrytypesmonster
DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field,datatype=literal]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
DeclareDatamodelEntryfields[monster]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
endfilecontents
documentclass[english]article
usepackagebabel
usepackagecsquotes
usepackage[datamodel=dnd,style=authoryear,backend=biber]biblatex
usepackagehyperref
addbibresourcejobname.bib
DeclareFieldFormatalignmentmkbibparens#1
DeclareFieldFormatacACspace#1
DeclareFieldFormathp#1addspace HP
DeclareFieldFormatspeedSpeedaddcolonspace#1
DeclareBibliographyDrivermonster%
usebibmacrobibindex%
usebibmacrobegentry%
printfieldname%
setunitaddspace%
printfieldalignment%
newunitnewblock
printfieldsize%
newunitnewblock
printfieldac%
newunitnewblock
printfieldhp%
newunitnewblock
printfieldspeed%
newunitnewblock
usebibmacrofinentry
renewbibmacro*citeprintfield[bibhyperref]name
begindocument
Then Eric was attacked by a citegazebo
printbibliography[title=Monsters]
enddocument
Depending on how interactive you'd like your document to be maybe PDF is not the right medium and you want a more dynamic HTML page instead? Markdown might be a lighter alternative to LaTeX markup when you don't need most of LaTeX's advanced (especially mathematical and general typographic) features.
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
It is possible to do this with biblatex (people have done all sorts already: https://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb35-3/tb111fischer.pdf), but this might not be the most comfortable way to deal with this. biblatex offers a lot of things you won't need and it might be complicated to redefine and opt out of certain things you don't want and get the things you'd like to have instead. In particular it could be painful to obtain a tabular stats block.
There are other tools that can read in data and display it according to your wishes. datatool comes to mind, but Lua (of LuaLaTeX fame) could also offer you some possibilities.
Have a look at How can I create entirely new data types with BibLaTeX/Biber? for the details of defining a new entry type and its driver.
RequirePackagefilecontents
beginfilecontents*jobname.bib
@monstergazebo,
name = Gazebo,
size = large,
alignment = lawful evil,
ac = 13,
hp = 13 (2d8+4),
speed = 5ft,
endfilecontents*
beginfilecontentsdnd.dbx
DeclareDatamodelEntrytypesmonster
DeclareDatamodelFields[type=field,datatype=literal]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
DeclareDatamodelEntryfields[monster]
name,
size,
alignment,
ac,
hp,
speed,
endfilecontents
documentclass[english]article
usepackagebabel
usepackagecsquotes
usepackage[datamodel=dnd,style=authoryear,backend=biber]biblatex
usepackagehyperref
addbibresourcejobname.bib
DeclareFieldFormatalignmentmkbibparens#1
DeclareFieldFormatacACspace#1
DeclareFieldFormathp#1addspace HP
DeclareFieldFormatspeedSpeedaddcolonspace#1
DeclareBibliographyDrivermonster%
usebibmacrobibindex%
usebibmacrobegentry%
printfieldname%
setunitaddspace%
printfieldalignment%
newunitnewblock
printfieldsize%
newunitnewblock
printfieldac%
newunitnewblock
printfieldhp%
newunitnewblock
printfieldspeed%
newunitnewblock
usebibmacrofinentry
renewbibmacro*citeprintfield[bibhyperref]name
begindocument
Then Eric was attacked by a citegazebo
printbibliography[title=Monsters]
enddocument
Depending on how interactive you'd like your document to be maybe PDF is not the right medium and you want a more dynamic HTML page instead? Markdown might be a lighter alternative to LaTeX markup when you don't need most of LaTeX's advanced (especially mathematical and general typographic) features.
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
answered 2 hours ago
moewe
75.9k797287
75.9k797287
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