From be88022bfab74fdcf2f7895823b87c135624969a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Odle <kenneth.odle@kjodle.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2026 11:33:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit

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 .gitignore  |  20 ++++++++++
 README.md   |   5 +++
 walking.tex | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 README.md
 create mode 100644 walking.tex

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+Covers
+*bklt*
+*.aux
+*.log
+*.out
+*.synctex.gz
+*.toc
+*.dvi
+*.odt
+metric*
+*.mx1
+*.abc
+*.bak
+*wc*
+*drafts*
+/build/*
+*/build/*
+*/spoken/*
+**/*.pdf
+004/build/cover-004.pdf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Walking
+
+A zine about my walks and what I've seen on them.
+
+As always, I learn best by doing, so this zine is an effort to both get back some of the botanical knowledge I learned long ago and to also experiment with the memoir class in LaTeX. 
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+\documentclass[9pt,openany]{memoir}
+
+%% Generic packages
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage{lipsum}
+\usepackage{ninecolors}
+
+%%% Page layout (half letter) %% Specific to Memoir class
+% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/758505/245702
+\setstocksize{222.3mm}{142.9mm}
+\settrimmedsize{222.3mm}{142.9mm}{*}
+%\settrims{3.2mm}{3.2mm}
+\setlrmarginsandblock{15mm}{15mm}{*}
+\setulmarginsandblock{25mm}{25mm}{*}
+
+%%% Chapter titles %% Specific to Memoir class
+\makechapterstyle{kchap}{
+\renewcommand*{\chapterheadstart}{\vspace*{\beforechapskip}}
+\renewcommand*{\printchaptername}{}
+\renewcommand*{\chapternamenum}{\space}
+\renewcommand*{\printchapternum}{\hfill\chapnumfont Chapter \thechapter}
+\renewcommand*{\afterchapternum}{\par\nobreak\vskip \midchapskip\color{black}\hrule\vspace{5mm}}
+\renewcommand*{\printchapternonum}{}
+%\renewcommand*{\printchaptertitle}[1]{\chaptitlefont #1}
+\renewcommand*{\afterchaptertitle}{\par\nobreak\vskip \afterchapskip}
+\renewcommand*{\chapnamefont}{\normalfont\normalsize}
+\renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\normalfont\large\color{green4}\itshape}
+\renewcommand*{\chaptitlefont}{\normalfont\Huge\scshape}
+\setlength{\beforechapskip}{0mm}
+\setlength{\midchapskip}{2mm}
+\setlength{\afterchapskip}{10mm}
+}
+
+%%% Page styles %% Specific to Memoir class
+%\newcommand{\kinfo}{{\footnotesize Chapter \thechapter{} • \S{} \rightmark{}}}
+\newcommand{\kinfo}{{\footnotesize Chapter \thechapter: \leftmark{} • \rightmark}}
+\makepagestyle{kpage}
+\makeevenhead{kpage}{\textsc{Walking}}{}{\kinfo}
+\makeoddhead{kpage}{\kinfo}{}{\textsc{Walking}}
+\makeevenfoot{kpage}{}{\thepage}{}
+\makeoddfoot{kpage}{}{\thepage}{}
+\makeheadrule{kpage}{\textwidth}{0.1mm}
+\makefootrule{kpage}{\textwidth}{0.1mm}{2mm}
+\makepsmarks{kpage}{
+	\nouppercaseheads
+	\createmark {chapter}{left}{nonumber}{}{}
+	\createmark {section}{right}{nonumber}{}{}
+}
+\makeatother
+
+%%% required if you have changed the settings! %% Specific to Memoir class
+\checkandfixthelayout
+
+%%% Multicolumns
+\usepackage{multicol}
+\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
+\def\columnseprulecolor{\color{brown9}}
+\setlength{\columnsep}{5mm}
+
+%%% Fonts
+\usepackage{mathptmx}
+%\usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath}
+
+
+%%% Get it started
+\checkandfixthelayout
+\begin{document}
+
+\pagestyle{kpage}
+\chapterstyle{kchap}
+
+
+\chapter{Herbaceous Plants}
+
+\begin{multicols}{2}
+\noindent{}Thus, it begins.
+
+\lipsum[1-10]
+\section{Gentian}
+\noindent{}This is the section title: ``''.
+
+\lipsum[11-15]
+\section{Bluebonnet}
+\lipsum[16-20]
+\end{multicols}
+
+
+\chapter{Non-Seed Bearing}
+
+\begin{multicols}{2}
+\noindent{}\lipsum[21-25]
+\section{Ferns}
+\lipsum[26-30]
+\section{Mosses}
+\lipsum[31-40]
+\end{multicols}
+
+
+\chapter{Monocots}
+
+\begin{multicols}{2}
+\lipsum[41-42]
+\section{Grasses}
+\lipsum[43-45]
+\end{multicols}
+
+\end{document}
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