The previous version was built primarily for people using R, Sweave, and LaTeX. Therefore, this version is created for people who need a straight-forward LaTeX template for TRB papers.
And the details on how to use it are at
More instruction and details about the project can be found inside the trb_template.tex.
You're right, will need to update the content of the document. But like you said, latexmk trb_template.tex -pdf -pvc -shell-escape should still work. Will wait for your pull request.
According to the README,
And the details on how to use it are at
But the template still has R and sweave instructions. https://github.com/chiehrosswang/TRB_LaTeX_tex/blob/master/trb_template.tex#L196
The instructions in the README
seems to work fine.
I'll send a pull request once I've verified that the other instructions work.