Extract LaTeX macros into separate repository as git submodule

[Copilot]

• Investigated failing CI checks
• Identified spellcheck failures due to new submodule-related terminology
• Added missing words to inst/WORDLIST (LaTeX, gitmodules, recurse, submodule, submodules)
• Fixed spellcheck workflow configuration

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• Fixes extract my latex macros into a separate repo and use it here as a git submodule #304

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[d-morrison]

@copilot I want the new repo to be called macros

[Copilot]

@copilot I want the new repo to be called macros

Done! Updated the repository name to macros in commit 918d03a. The .gitmodules and SUBMODULE_SETUP.md now reference https://github.com/d-morrison/macros.git.

[d-morrison]

import https://github.com/d-morrison/macros as a git submodule

[d-morrison]

@copilot import https://github.com/d-morrison/macros as a git submodule

[Copilot]

@copilot import https://github.com/d-morrison/macros as a git submodule

Done! The submodule has been imported from https://github.com/d-morrison/macros in commit 722ac1a. The latex-macros directory now properly tracks the remote repository at commit 902bab8.

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[d-morrison]

@copilot fix failing checks

[Copilot]

@copilot fix failing checks

Fixed in commit 5b3532e. The check-spelling.yaml workflow was missing the submodules: recursive configuration in the checkout step, which prevented it from accessing the macros.qmd file in the latex-macros submodule.

[d-morrison]

fix checks

[Copilot]

fix checks

Fixed in commit 1a34c02. The spellcheck was failing because new terminology (LaTeX, gitmodules, recurse, submodule, submodules) wasn't in the WORDLIST. Added these words to inst/WORDLIST.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR extracts LaTeX macros from the repository into a separate git submodule to enable reuse across multiple projects. The change relocates the macros.qmd file to a dedicated repository (https://github.com/d-morrison/macros.git) and references it as a git submodule at latex-macros/.

Key changes:

• Moved LaTeX macros to external repository as git submodule
• Updated all 52 .qmd file includes to reference latex-macros/macros.qmd
• Configured GitHub Actions workflows to recursively checkout submodules
• Added documentation for cloning and updating the submodule

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 61 out of 61 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
.gitmodules	Defines the new latex-macros submodule configuration
latex-macros	Git submodule reference pointing to commit 902bab8
macros.qmd	Removed (moved to submodule repository)
shared-config.qmd, notation.qmd, etc. (52 files)	Updated include paths from macros.qmd to latex-macros/macros.qmd
.github/workflows/*.yml	Added submodules: recursive to checkout actions
inst/WORDLIST	Added submodule-related terms for spellcheck
SUBMODULE_SETUP.md	New documentation for submodule setup and usage
README.Rmd	Added getting started section with submodule instructions

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