Supplemental Material, Figure Credits, and modernization

[codydunne]

I apologize in advance for such a large PR, and for inadequate commit messages. My changes snowballed and ended up being rather intertwined :-/. Please let me know if you need parts of this separated out.

Please see the template.tex file compiled using pdflatex here: template.pdf. It is also on Google Drive as tvcg-journal-latex-template-2022-12-23.pdf, where viewers can comment on parts of it.

Here are the changes I made, excerpted from vgtc.cls:

• author-facing changes and documentation
  • added Supplemental Materials and Figure Credits sections at the end.
  • added supplemental materials instructions and goals, an example project on OSF, and an OSF link in abstract.
  • replaced paper count figure with newly-made ones and the source files and instructions for creating them. This goes along with the supplemental material examples.
  • added \authororcid command and instructions for adding hyperlinked ORCID ID icons for each author.
  • moved figures to /fig folder.
  • expanded discussion of figures, esp. vector graphics.
  • added figure credits for CypressView after digital archaeology to track it down.
  • added an example appendix and consolidated troubleshooting advice there.
  • changed to hyperlink DOIs by default, but removed URL hyperlinking of references. Additionally, only hyperlinks on the DOIs themselves.
  • more emphasis on asking for DOIs by default.
  • added cleveref package and instructions for use, rather than using autoref.
  • changed cross references to point to the top of the target float, rather than the caption.
  • added blue hyperlink coloring, now that electronic has long been the default.
  • added subcaption package and instructions for using it for subfigures and referencing them.
  • lists are now more compact.
  • widereview option now works without errors.
  • simplified the example .tex file
  • simplified instructions for which class options to use.
    • applied automatic then manual formatting to .cls file to increase readability.
    • moved \ifpdf decisions to .cls file.
    • moved loading standard classes, where possible, to .cls file.
    • no longer need to call \vgtcinsertpkg in the .tex file.
    • replaced lorem ipsum text with content and calls to \lipsum from the lipsum package.
  • removed sample.pdf & sample.eps.
  • removed Google Scholar fields from template.bib.
  • updated Readme.md and added Overleaf links. NOTE: I did not test readme.md makefile instructions.
• non-author-facing changes
  • eliminated redundant hyperref code (which removed the need for \vgtcinsertpkg in the .tex file).
  • consolidated errors for using old commands like \vgtcinsertpkg.
  • eliminated the unused electronic option (which has been the default) but kept its code.
  • the widereview option fix motivated the class-wide change to using etoolbox toggles rather than plain LaTeX if statements to avoid unexpected problems: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/5896.
  • applied automatic then manual formatting to .cls file to increase readability, esp. for nested if statements.
  • removed commented code that seemed to no longer serve a purpose.
  • added comments with my name for potential future code to remove.
  • tested all changes with the options in the template.tex file using both pdflatex and dvips from MikTeX on Windows 11.

One change that I did not make, but would like to, would be to switch to BibLaTeX rather than BibTeX.

[mattbrehmer]

also tested changes in overleaf and successfully reproduced equivalent of PDF provided in Google Drive

[codydunne]

See follow-up PR at https://github.com/ieeevgtc/tvcg-journal-latex/pull/2