poemscol Cheat Sheet
John Burt
Dependencies
general geometry,ifthen,keyval,mparhack,makeidx, multicol if footnotes [para,ruled] manyfoot (or bigfoot)
if prose sections [left,modulo]lineno if cropmarks [letter,pdftex,cam]crop if “longpoem” page style etex, emarks
Setup
\makeverselinenumbers
to turn off line numbering \global\verselinenumbersfalse marks stanza break at page turn \stanzaatbottom{*}
\nostanzaatbottom{\relax} titles for running headers \leftheader{}
\rightheader{}
modulo for line numbers \setverselinemodulo{}
for endnote sections \maketextnotes \puttextnotes \makeemendations \putemendations
\makeexplanatorynotes \putexplanatorynotes \global\includeaccidentalstrue
\global\includetypescriptstrue indexing \indexingontrue \putpoemindex for footnotes \textnotesatfoot
\emendationsatfoot \explanationsatfoot
footnotes with multiple paragraphs \global\textfootnotesparafalse
\global\emendationfootnotesparafalse \global\explanfootnotesparafalse \global\sourcesfootnotesparafalse contents setup \makepoemcontents
print contents (put this one first) \putpoemcontents
Poetic elements
titles \poemtitle{}
\poemsectiontitle{} \poemsubtitle{}
\poemtitlefirstline{} \poemtitlemiddleline{} \poemtitlelastline{} \sequencetitle{}
\sequencefirstsectiontitle{} \sequencesectiontitle{} \sequencesectiontitlefirstline{} etc.
\sequencesubsectiontitle{} \prosesectiontitle{}
epigraphs etc. \epigraph{} \headnote{} \attribution{}
\dedication{}
main text \begin{poem} \end{poem} \begin{stanza} \end{stanza} \begin{prosesection} \end{prosesection} \verseline \brokenline \versephantom{} \stanzalinestraddle \linebend \verseindent \begin{rightflushverse} \rightflushversebegin cross references \poemlinelabel{} \proselinelabel{}
Notes
\textnote[label]{} \emendation[label]{} \explanatory[label]{} \sources{}
\accidental{} \tsvariant{} \tsentry \sameword \missingpunct
\literalexplain{} \literalemendation{}
\prosetextnote[end label]{beginning label}{} etc.
\definenewnotetype{cmd}{extension}{running head entry} {title}{contents}
Collections
\begin{volumetitlepage} \end{volumetitlepage}
\volumetitle{} \volumetitlefirstline{} \volumesubtitle{} \volumeepigraph{} \volumeattribution{}
\volumededication{} Annotation by Paragraph
and Sentence Number
\pmsentence \pmpara
\pmsentencebypara \sentencelabel{} \pmtextnote[]{} \pmexplanatory[]{}
