% % This file is designed to contain the macros etc for my thesis % -- David Kennedy 1997 % % with updates by Martin Cartwright % Peter Gallagher % Fergal Crawford % % % Note that some the macros in this file have been laid out over several lines % simply to make the code more readable, especially when used with the LaTeX % highlighting available in Nedit. It also makes it easier to follow the format % for less experienced LaTeX users who want to make a change or three. % % This doesn't work so well with the macros intended to insert text into a body % of text, i.e. macros like \km, \eg, \ion{}{} With this type of macro a line % break can sometimes be important inside the command, be sure to test it % before laying it out just so that it looks nice! % \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesClass{mythesis}[1997/09/09] \typeout{ } \typeout{---------------------------------------------------------} \typeout{-------OOOOO----OO----OOOOOO---OOOO--OOOOO---OOOO--------} \typeout{-------O-------O--O---O-------O------O------O------------} \typeout{-------OOO----OOOOOO--OOOOO---O------OOOO----OOOO--------} \typeout{-------O------O----O--O-------O------O-----------O-------} \typeout{-------O------O----O--O-------O------O------O----O-------} \typeout{-------O------O----O--OOOOOO---OOOO--OOOOO---OOOO--------} \typeout{---------------------------------------------------------} \typeout{ } \typeout{ A simple LaTeX style file by David Kennedy, Sept. 1997. } \typeout{ For help on the new commands please see the help files: } \typeout{ thesis-template.tex } \typeout{ thesis-help.tex } \typeout{ } % For the \documentclass[printdraft]{mythesis} option. \DeclareOption{printdraft}{\AtEndOfClass{\RequirePackage[light,first,bottomafter]{draftcopy}}} \DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}} \ProcessOptions \LoadClass[12pt,a4paper]{report} \newcommand{\version}{v1.3 (with some changes...)} % % Adjust the paper size to make the printed area larger. QUB asks for left % margin of 4cm, all other margins 2 cm. This should be close enough. Have to % allow for roman numerals on content pages etc. Use absolute values in case % the 'report' class defaults change. % % \setlength{\topmargin}{-1.5cm} \setlength{\marginparwidth}{0cm} \setlength{\marginparsep}{0cm} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{1.7cm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{1.7cm} \setlength{\textheight}{24.5cm} \setlength{\footskip}{0.8cm} \setlength{\textwidth}{14.6cm} \setlength{\headheight}{1cm} \usepackage{mathptm} %%%causes major tremblings under Linux. Not good. % % Include several useful packages. % \newif\ifAMStwofonts \AMStwofontstrue % allows more sizes and types of fonts % \RequirePackage{plain} % allows doublespacing control \RequirePackage{setspace} % allows doublespacing control \RequirePackage{graphicx} % .eps figure inclusion \RequirePackage{lscape} % a landscape environment \RequirePackage{amssymb} % extended mathematical character set \RequirePackage{wasysym} % some astronomical symbols \RequirePackage{longtable} % multipage table package \RequirePackage{fancyhdr} % nice headed pages \RequirePackage{xspace} % automatic macro spacing \RequirePackage{multicol} % mix 1 and 2 column text \RequirePackage{fancybox} % fancy boxes, oddly enough \RequirePackage{calc} % Allow maths on LaTeX params % eg., in a figure can do % [width=\textwidth-1cm] \RequirePackage{epsfig} % chapter .eps figure inclusion \RequirePackage{graphics} % um, a graphics thing? \RequirePackage{minitoc} % \usepackage{supertabular} % super tabular % % If you have problems getting the Table of Contents to display the correct % pages (I had this problem with the List of Figures page), then run ./thesis % and then edit your thesis.toc file to contain the correct page numbers. Now % uncomment the following line (\nofiles) and run ./thesis one last time. Your % Table of Contents will read the old thesis.toc (which you have edited and % should therefore be correct). All references throughout the thesis will be % undefined, but you have an accurate Table of Contents which you can put in % your final Thesis draft. Simple. If anyone comes up with a nicer solution, % I'd like to hear about it. Fergal, April 2000. % %\nofiles % % Show this many sectional units in the Table of Contents. % \setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} % % Float handling improved. % May have figures, tables and text on same page. % \renewcommand\floatpagefraction{.8} \renewcommand\topfraction{.9} \renewcommand\bottomfraction{.85} \renewcommand\textfraction{.15} % % A \thesishead command - declare lots of details away from the user. % \newcommand{\thesishead}[0]% {% \setcounter{page}{0} \setcounter{chapter}{0} \pagestyle{fancy} \renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{##1}{}} \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ ##1}} \fancyhf{} \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage} \fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\rightmark} \fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\leftmark} \begin{document} \pagenumbering{roman} } % % A \thetitlepage command {title}{name}{date} % \newcommand{\thetitlepage}[3]% {% \begin{titlepage} \begin{centering} \vspace*{1cm} \LARGE \textup{\bf {#1}}\\ \large \vspace*{2cm} \textup{A thesis submitted for the degree of}\\ \textup{Doctor of Philosophy}\\ \vspace*{2cm} \textup{by}\\ \vspace*{2cm} \Large \textup{#2}\\ \large \vspace*{2cm} \textup{Faculty of Science and Agriculture}\\ \vspace*{1cm} \textup{Department of Pure and Applied Physics}\\ \textup{Queen's University Belfast}\\ \textup{Belfast, Northern Ireland}\\ \vspace*{2cm} \textup{#3}\\ \end{centering} \end{titlepage} } % % A dedication environment % \newcommand{\dedication}[1]% {% \begin{titlepage} \begin{centering} \vspace*{7cm} \textbf{#1\\} \end{centering} \end{titlepage} } % % An abstract environment. % \newenvironment{theabstract}[0]% {% % \appendix \chapter*{Abstract} \markboth{Abstract}{Abstract} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} \doublespacing }% % % An acknowledgements environment % % The three (four?) lines of gibberish below produce the little 'Made with LaTeX' % tag. Yes, I know it's stupid! %\makeatletter %\def\ps@LaTeX{\def\@oddhead{}\def\@evenhead{}\def\@oddfoot{\hfill \tiny %\ovalbox{\LaTeX\ style file \texttt{mythesis} %\version}\hfill}\def\@evenfoot{\LaTeX}} % % An acknowledgements environment. % \newenvironment{acknowledgements}[0]% {% \newpage \chapter*{Acknowledgements} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements} % \thispagestyle{LaTeX} }% {% % No command }% % % A \thesiscontents command - declare more details away from the user. % \newcommand{\thesiscontents}[0]% {% \onehalfspacing \tableofcontents \listoftables \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables} \listoffigures \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures} } % % A publications environment, single spaced. % \newenvironment{publications}[0]% {% %\appendix \chapter*{Publications} \markboth{Publications}{Publications} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Publications} \singlespacing A list of publications resulting from work presented in this thesis is given below. }% {% } \newenvironment{refereed}[0]% {% \section*{Refereed Publications} \begin{enumerate} }% {% \end{enumerate} } \newenvironment{nonrefereed}[0]% {% \section*{Non-refereed Publications} \begin{enumerate} }% {% \end{enumerate} } % % A \thesisbody command - declare even more details away from the user. % \newcommand{\thesisbody}[0]% {% \pagenumbering{arabic} \setcounter{page}{1} \setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip/2} \doublespacing } % % A \thesischapter command - simply includes a newpage % \newcommand{\thesischapter}[1]% {% \chapter{#1} \newpage } % % A references environment. The {description} environment is _not_ % perfect - I was looking for a macro that would give me a hanging % indent. So you need to stick in a \hspace of -2mm for every item, % i.e. \item\hspace{-2mm}Keenan, F.P. \etal 19xx, blah blah % \newenvironment{references}[0]% {% \appendix \chapter*{References} \markboth{References}{References} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References} % \singlespacing \onehalfspacing \begin{description} }% {% \end{description} }% {% \newpage } % % An \appendices command - set up new chapter numbering and adds a sectional % title to the Table of Contents (With the \chapter and \addcontentsline bits % commented out, you can get rid of the page saying Appendices and the Table of % Contents line saying the same... % \newcommand{\appendices}[0]% {% %\chapter*{Appendices} %\addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Appendices} \appendix } % % A \thesisappendix command, sorts out automatic headers too. % \newcommand{\thesisappendix}[1]% {% \chapter{#1} \newpage \markboth{Appendix \thechapter}{Appendix \thechapter} } % % Note - xspace puts a space in if the next character isn't a .,;: or similar. % Dead clever. % Using \@\xspace will mean that the preceding character is a lower case letter % for spacing purposes, as in e.g.\@\xspace % % % A kms macro. % \newcommand{\km}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{\,\textup{km\,s}^{-1}}\xspace} % % A cm^{x} macro. % \newcommand{\cm}[1]{\unskip\ensuremath{\,{\rm cm}^{#1}}\xspace} % % A macro to keep et al. tidy, % \newcommand{\etal}[0]{{\em et~al}.\@\xspace} % % Macros for eg, cf and ie Probably no need to use long syntax here! % \newcommand{\eg}[0]{{\em e.g}.\@\xspace} \newcommand{\cf}[0]{{\em cf}.\@\xspace} \newcommand{\ie}[0]{{\em i.e}.\@\xspace} \newcommand{\etc}[0]{{\em etc}.\@\xspace} % % Keep the reduction section consistent % \newcommand{\prog}[1]{\textsc{#1}} \newcommand{\rout}[1]{\texttt{#1}} % % Degree, arcmin and arcsec symbols % \newcommand{\degr}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{\circ}}\xspace} \newcommand{\arcmin}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{\prime}}\xspace} \newcommand{\arcsec}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{\prime\prime}}\xspace} % % Hour, minute and second symbols % \newcommand{\hour}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{h}}\xspace} \newcommand{\minute}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{m}}\xspace} \newcommand{\second}[0]{\unskip\ensuremath{^{s}}\xspace} % % A solar subscript - a mass of $\sim\,15\,M\sol$ % \newcommand{\sol}[0]{\ensuremath{_{\odot}}\xspace} % % A T_eff macro % \newcommand{\teff}[0]{\ensuremath{T_{\rm eff}}\xspace} % % A log g macro % \newcommand{\logg}[0]{\ensuremath{\log g}\xspace} % % A command to make HI etc easier, \ion{H}{i} % \DeclareRobustCommand{\ion}[2]{\relax\ifmmode \ifx\testbx\f@series {\mathbf{#1\,\mathsc{#2}}}\else {\mathrm{#1\,\mathsc{#2}}}\fi \else\textup{#1\,{\mdseries\textsc{#2}}}% \fi} % % Rh % \newcommand{\rh}[0]{\ensuremath{R_{\rm h}}\xspace} % % Afrho macro % \newcommand{\afrho}[0]{\ensuremath{Af\rho}\xspace} % % reff % \newcommand{\reff}[0]{\ensuremath{r_{\rm eff}}\xspace} % %mol s-1 % \newcommand{\molsec}[0]{\ensuremath{\rm mol\,s^{-1}}\xspace} % %erg cm-2 s-1 % \newcommand{\ecms}[0]{\ensuremath{\rm erg\,\ cm^{-2}\,\ s^{-1}}\xspace} % %erg cm-2 s-1 A-1 % \newcommand{\ecmsa}[0]{\ensuremath{\rm \ecms\,\ \AA^{-1}}\xspace} % %magnitudes % \newcommand{\m}[1]{\unskip\ensuremath{\,m_{#1}}\xspace} % % A quick way to note SIMBAD, QUB and STARLINK, IRAF, DIPSO % \newcommand{\simbad}{\mbox{\sc simbad}\xspace} \newcommand{\qub}{\mbox{Q.U.B.}\xspace} \newcommand{\starlink}{\mbox{\sc starlink}\xspace} \newcommand{\iraf}{\mbox{\sc iraf}\xspace} \newcommand{\dipso}{\mbox{\sc dipso}\xspace} % % Poncy new font commands % \newcommand{\pand}{\usefont{OT1}{panr}{b}{n}} % % Dave got bored one day and added some lines to the chapter title pages. % Martin got boreder and added more, and the piccy... Just delete this whole % section if you don't want these lines. % \def\@makechapterhead#1{% \thispagestyle{empty} \vspace*{50\p@}% %the \sf causes a sans-serif font on the chapter pages -- remove to return to serif. % {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont \sf {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont \sl \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne % comments out the bit that makes the 'CHAPTER #' bit bold % \vspace*{-20mm} \Huge\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter & \\ \vspace*{-20mm} \Huge \@chapapp\space \thechapter & \\ % & \includegraphics{chapter_pic.eps} \\ DRW % & \vspace{10mm}\includegraphics{figures/chapterhead/chapter_pic.eps} \\ %& \vspace{10mm}\shadowbox{\includegraphics[width=1.2in]{figures/chapterhead/magstar2.eps}} \\ & \vspace{10mm}\shadowbox{\includegraphics[width=1.2in]{figures/chapterhead/sun-crnr.ps}} \\ % & \includegraphics[draft]{chapter_pic.eps} \\ \fi \end{tabular*} \rule{\textwidth}{1mm}\vspace*{-7.5mm} \rule{\textwidth}{0.5mm}\par \vspace{3mm} \raggedleft \interlinepenalty\@M % \huge \bfseries #1\\[5pt] %makes the chapter titles normal thickness \huge #1\\[5pt] \rule{\textwidth}{0.5mm}\vspace*{-16.0mm} \rule{\textwidth}{1mm}\par \vskip 40pt } \newpage } \def\@makeschapterhead#1{% \vspace*{50\p@}% {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont \interlinepenalty\@M \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak \vskip 40\p@ }} % % This bit added by Peter to make subsections italic % \renewcommand{\subsection}{\@startsection {subsection}% {2}% {0mm}% {-\baselineskip}% {0.5\baselineskip}% {\bfseries\large\itshape}} % % And to make 'Figure' and 'Table' bold % \def\fnum@figure{{\bf Figure \thefigure}} \def\fnum@table{{\bf Table \thetable}} % % Just another hyphen to stop overfull lines... Add a - wherever you want a % break. % \hyphenation{Oster-brock Mc-Kenna} % % END %