default.tex

% this is my very-messy-but-it-works default .tex template for use with pandoc

\documentclass[$if(fontsize)$$fontsize$,$endif$$if(lang)$$lang$,$endif$$if(papersize)$$papersize$,$endif$$for(classoption)$$classoption$$sep$,$endfor$]{$documentclass$}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath}
\usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{fixltx2e} % provides \textsubscript
% use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
\ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
$if(euro)$
  \usepackage{eurosym}
$endif$
\else % if luatex or xelatex
  \ifxetex
    \usepackage{mathspec}
    \usepackage{xltxtra,xunicode}
  \else
    \usepackage{fontspec}
  \fi
  \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase}
  \newcommand{\euro}{€}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,a4paper,tmargin=4cm,bmargin=2cm,lmargin=4cm,rmargin=6cm}
\setmainfont{Source Sans Pro}
\newfontfamily\quotefont{Source Sans Pro Italic}
\AtBeginEnvironment{quote}{\quotefont}
\usepackage{color}
\let\footruleskip\undefined
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\cfoot{\fontsize{9}{11}\selectfont \thepage}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{lhred}{HTML}{EF234D}
\definecolor{lhblue}{HTML}{49A8E0}
\definecolor{solarbase00}{HTML}{657b83}
\setmonofont[Color={solarbase00}]{Source Code Pro}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.0pt}
\newfontfamily\titlefont{Source Sans Pro Bold}
\newfontfamily\authorfont[Color={lhred}]{Source Sans Pro}
\makeatletter
\def\maketitle{%
  \null
  \thispagestyle{empty}%
  \includegraphics[width=3em]{red_corner.png}
  \vfill
  \begin{flushleft}\leavevmode
    \titlefont
    {\LARGE \@title\par}%
    \authorfont
    \vskip 1cm
    {\normalsize \@author\par}%
    \normalfont
    \vskip 2cm
    {\normalsize \@date\par}%
  \end{flushleft}%
  \vfill
  \begin{flushright}
      \includegraphics[width=3em]{green_corner.png}
  \end{flushright}%
  \null
  \cleardoublepage
  }
\makeatother

\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}
  {\LARGE\titlefont} % format
  {}                % label
  {0pt}             % sep
  {\LARGE}           % before-code

% use microtype if available
\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{\usepackage{microtype}}{}
$if(natbib)$
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{$if(biblio-style)$$biblio-style$$else$plainnat$endif$}
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
\usepackage{biblatex}
$if(biblio-files)$
\bibliography{$biblio-files$}
$endif$
$endif$
$if(listings)$
\usepackage{listings}
$endif$
$if(lhs)$
\lstnewenvironment{code}{\lstset{language=Haskell,basicstyle=\small\ttfamily}}{}
$endif$
$if(highlighting-macros)$
$highlighting-macros$
$endif$
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
$endif$
$if(tables)$
\usepackage{longtable}
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{18pt}
%\rowcolors{2}{gray!25}{white}
$endif$
$if(graphics)$
\usepackage{graphicx}
% Redefine \includegraphics so that, unless explicit options are
% given, the image width will not exceed the width of the page.
% Images get their normal width if they fit onto the page, but
% are scaled down if they would overflow the margins.
\makeatletter
\def\ScaleIfNeeded{%
  \ifdim\Gin@nat@width>\linewidth
    \linewidth
  \else
    \Gin@nat@width
  \fi
}
\makeatother
\let\Oldincludegraphics\includegraphics
{%
 \catcode`\@=11\relax%
 \gdef\includegraphics{\@ifnextchar[{\Oldincludegraphics}{\Oldincludegraphics[width=\ScaleIfNeeded]}}%
}%
$endif$
\ifxetex
  \usepackage[setpagesize=false, % page size defined by xetex
              unicode=false, % unicode breaks when used with xetex
              xetex]{hyperref}
\else
  \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
\fi

\hypersetup{colorlinks,%
citecolor=lhblue,%
filecolor=lhblue,%
linkcolor=lhblue,%
urlcolor=lhblue,%
breaklinks=true}
$if(url)$
\usepackage{url}
$endif$
\urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls
$if(links-as-notes)$
% Make links footnotes instead of hotlinks:
\renewcommand{\href}[2]{#2\footnote{\url{#1}}}
$endif$
$if(strikeout)$
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
% avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref:
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
$endif$
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em}  % prevent overfull lines
$if(numbersections)$
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
$else$
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}
$endif$
$if(verbatim-in-note)$
\VerbatimFootnotes % allows verbatim text in footnotes
$endif$
$if(lang)$
\ifxetex
  \usepackage{polyglossia}
  \setmainlanguage{$mainlang$}
\else
  \usepackage[$lang$]{babel}
\fi
$endif$
$for(header-includes)$
$header-includes$
$endfor$

$if(title)$
\title{$title$}
$endif$
$if(subtitle)$
\subtitle{$subtitle$}
$endif$
\author{$for(author)$$author$$sep$ \and $endfor$}
\date{$date$}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
$if(title)$
\maketitle
$endif$
\end{titlepage}

$for(include-before)$
$include-before$

$endfor$
$if(toc)$
{
\hypersetup{linkcolor=black}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{$toc-depth$}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
}
$endif$
$body$

$if(natbib)$
$if(biblio-files)$
$if(biblio-title)$
$if(book-class)$
\renewcommand\bibname{$biblio-title$}
$else$
\renewcommand\refname{$biblio-title$}
$endif$
$endif$
\bibliography{$biblio-files$}

$endif$
$endif$
$if(biblatex)$
\printbibliography$if(biblio-title)$[title=$biblio-title$]$endif$

$endif$
$for(include-after)$
$include-after$

$endfor$
\end{document}