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This is a Typst template for a rebuttal/response letter. It allows authors to respond to feedback given by reviewers in a peer-review process on a point-by-point basis. This template is based heavily on the LaTeX template from Zenke Lab (see here).

Usage

You can use this template in the Typst web app by clicking “Start from template” on the dashboard and searching for bamdone-rebuttal.

Alternatively, you can use the CLI to kick this project off using the command

typst init @preview/bamdone-rebuttal

Typst will create a new directory with all the files needed to get you started.

Configuration

This template exports the rebuttal function with the following named arguments:

  • title: (content), something like “Response Letter” (the default) or “Rebuttal”.
  • authors: (content), list of author names the top of the first column in boldface.
  • date: (content), defaults to datetime.today().display()
  • paper-size: Defaults to us-letter. Specify a paper size string to change the page format. Specifying this will configure numeric, IEEE-style citations.

The function also accepts a single, positional argument for the body of the letter.

In addition, the template exports the configure function which accepts the following named arguments corresponding to the text color of various pieces of the letter:

  • point-color: defaults to blue.darken(30%), the text color for reviewers’ points
  • response-color: defaults to black, the text color for the authors’ responses
  • new-color: defaults to green.darken(30%), the text color for changes/additions to the manuscript (i.e., within a quote block to show what’s changed from the initial submission)

The template will initialize your package with a sample call to the rebuttal function in a show rule.

// Optional color configuration
#let (point, response, new) = configure(
  point-color: blue.darken(30%),
  response-color: black,
  new-color: green.darken(30%)
)

// Setup the rebuttal
#show: rebuttal.with(
  authors: [First A. Author and Second B. Author],
  // date: ,
  // paper-size: ,
)

// Your content goes below
We thank the reviewers...