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Using Custom Style File

Create style file (~.sty)​

Create new command​

\newcomand and \renewcommand allow you to define new command.

\newcommand{\command-name}[argument-number][default]{definition}
\renewcommand{\command-name}[argument-number][default]{definition}

Example:

\newcommand{\myfig}[4][width=5cm]{
  \begin{figure}[H]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[#1]{#2}
    \caption{#3}
    \label{fig:#4}
  \end{figure}
}

Create new environment​

  • \newenvironment and \renewenvironment allow you to define new environment.
\newenvironment{environment-name}[argument-number][default]{before}{after}
\renewenvironment{environment-name}[argument-number][default]{before}{after}

Example:

\definecolor{code-bg}{rgb}{0.95, 0.95, 0.95}

\newenvironment{code}[2][]
{\VerbatimEnvironment\begin{minted}[breaklines, frame=lines, bgcolor=code-bg, #1]{#2}}
{\end{minted}}

Add style files​

Put your file under /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex and execute mktexlsr as a root user.

cd /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/mypkg
sudo mktexlsr

Tip: Where to put the files​

You can get the path of texmf.conf like this.

$ kpsewhich -all texmf.cnf
/etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf

When you look inside the file, you will found the following description.

...
73 % Local additions to the distribution trees.
74 TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/share/texmf
...
232 % p(La)TeX.
233 TEXINPUTS.ptex          = .;$TEXMF/tex/{ptex,plain,generic,}//
234 TEXINPUTS.platex        = .;$TEXMF/tex/{platex,latex,generic,}//  
...

According to these descriptions you can get a correct position.