The LaTeX style file used in Music for Geeks and Nerds

gistfile1.tex

\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{moresize}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage[Sonny]{fncychap}
\usepackage[margin=1in, paperwidth=6.69in, paperheight=9.61in]{geometry}
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\setmainfont[Mapping=tex-text]{Minion Pro}
\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=0.85]{Inconsolata}
%\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=0.75]{DejaVu Sans Mono}
%\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=0.75]{Consolas}
%\setmonofont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=0.8]{TheSansMono}
\usepackage{wallpaper}

\setlength{\headheight}{15pt}

\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}

\newcommand{\cover}{
  \includegraphics{cover}
}

\@ifundefined{fancyhf}{}{
  % Use \pagestyle{normal} as the primary pagestyle for text.
  \fancypagestyle{normal}{
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\thepage}}
    \fancyfoot[LO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\rightmark}}}
    \fancyfoot[RE]{{\py@HeaderFamily\nouppercase{\leftmark}}}
    \fancyhead[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily \@title}}
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
    \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
  }
  % Update the plain style so we get the page number & footer line,
  % but not a chapter or section title.  This is to keep the first
  % page of a chapter and the blank page between chapters `clean.'
  \fancypagestyle{plain}{
    \fancyhf{}
    \fancyfoot[LE,RO]{{\py@HeaderFamily\thepage}}
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
    \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}
  }
}

Thanks for that!

It's maybe a stupid question but ... how do you tell Sphinx to use your custom LaTeX style? I don't see any straightforward way to do it. Am I missing something?

@vjousse see this: https://github.com/coot/sphinx_latex
Maybe will help you. I didn't try yet.

Thanks for that!

It's maybe a stupid question but ... how do you tell Sphinx to use your custom LaTeX style? I don't see any straightforward way to do it. Am I missing something?

Although 6 years later ... still relevant (I guess)

See the gist for the Makefile, it contains -D latex_elements.preamble=\\usepackage{mfgan-bw}. Here: https://gist.github.com/kroger/3856862

Notice the double \\. The post by Pedro Kroger shows only 1 backslash when referencing the options in the Makefile and that's possibly confusing. Here: https://pedrokroger.net/using-sphinx-write-technical-books/

Another option is to set the preamble directly in the conf.py of your project

latex_elements = {
    'preamble': r'\usepackage{mfgan-bw}',
    'other_options': '...',
}

Pedro Kroger is using the Makefile route, to be able to produce a paperback and a screen version of the book by just issuing the proper make xxx command, without having to change conf.py