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Author: Nils Freydank <nils.freydank@posteo.de>
Date:   Mon Sep 7 23:44:35 2020 +0200

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+# LaTeX templates
+This directory contains some LaTeX files to be used as general document
+preambles -- or as templates for [pandoc](https://pandoc.org).
+
+## preambles
+Preambles can be found in the *preambles* directory. Their respective contents
+should be somewhat self-explanatory, at least due to the comments.
+
+### intended structure
+The author of this documents organizes his files most time in the following
+ways:
+
+```bash
+├── cachedir
+│   ├── ...
+│   ├── document.pdf
+├── content
+│   ├── one.tex
+│   ├── titlepage.tex
+│   └── two.tex
+├── document.tex -> static-tex/document.tex
+├── latexmkrc
+├── static-tex
+│   ├── abbrev-German.tex
+│   ├── document.tex
+│   ├── heading-and-footer.tex
+│   └── preamble.tex
+└── var-tex
+    └── metadata.tex
+```
+
+## pandoc templates
+The pandoc templates reside in the *pandoc* directory. They contain a short
+description inside. To use, put them into ~/.pandoc/templates or specify the
+full path when calling pandoc.
+
+## authorship, copying, legal stuff and so on
+- Author: [Nils Freydank](mailto:nils.freydank@posteo.de)
+- Copying: Mostly open source, GPL or Creative Commons (BY-SA) as stated inside
+  the files
+- Contact: By email