https://github.com/srvanderplas/cv-template

Template for using R to build a CV from a spreadsheet
https://github.com/srvanderplas/cv-template

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Template for using R to build a CV from a spreadsheet

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/srvanderplas/cv-template
• Owner: srvanderplas
• Created: 2024-02-08T20:43:20.000Z (11 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-15T19:54:31.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T21:21:35.520Z (3 months ago)
• Language: R
• Size: 2.07 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Build a CV with a spreadsheet and some R code!

## Files required

- spreadsheet of entries in your CV    

An example/template can be found [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11S8-U4vasXgPbW-IKQPCy1nO-1UsmvzNLz7GvdONN_w/edit?usp=sharing)

- [bib file of publications](CV.bib)

- CV TeX file

CV templates from overleaf for `moderncv` and `moderntimeline` are provided in templates. `CV.tex` is a highly modified form of the `moderntimeline` template.

## Software required

- `latexmk` (comes with texlive/tinytex)

- `xelatex`

- `biber`

- `moderncv` and `moderntimeline` latex packages

## How it works

1. `code/build_functions.R` contains functions to formulate tables of CV information as latex code

2. `code/build_tex_files.R` uses the functions in `code/build_functions.R`, parses the google sheet with the CV info, and generates `_XXX.tex` files for each section of the CV which is programmatically generated.

3. `CV.tex` includes each of the `_XXX.tex` files built in the previous step

4. `CV.tex` generates publication lists by parsing `CV.bib` using `biber` (a more advanced biblatex). This usually requires the document to compile multiple times. 

5. `CV.pdf` is generated from `CV.tex`