Templates

Templates are managed through the texforge-templates registry. The general template is embedded in the binary, so creating a project always works — even offline.

Commands

texforge template list              # installed + available in the registry
texforge template list --installed  # only locally installed templates
texforge template add <name>        # download a template from the registry
texforge template remove <name>     # remove an installed template
texforge template validate <name>   # verify template compatibility

Installed templates are cached under ~/.texforge/templates/.

Using a template

texforge new my-doc -t apa-general

Or pick one interactively with texforge init.

Placeholders

Templates declare placeholders (title, author, institution, …) in their manifest. When you create a project, texforge fills them from your answers and from your global configuration — so you don’t retype your name and institution for every document.

Writing your own template

A template is a directory with a manifest describing its files and placeholders:

• id, version, display_name, description
• files — include/exclude globs
• placeholders — name, type, description, required, default, choices
• post_generate — optional scripts to run after generation

The easiest way to start is to copy an existing template from the texforge-templates repository and run texforge template validate against it.