Return-Path: Received: from hee.speech.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19372; 24 Jan 94 14:47:14 EST Received: from hee.speech.cs.cmu.edu by HEE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09849; 24 Jan 94 14:46:06 EST To: bovik@cs.cmu.edu Reply-To: roni@CMU.EDU Subject: Writing a thesis in (La)TeX Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 14:45:58 EST Message-ID: <9845.759440758@HEE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Roni_Rosenfeld@HEE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU My good doctor, Enclosed are responses to a question I recently posted on 'general': ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My post: > >How does one use LaTeX to write one's thesis? > >A few years ago several people posted pointers to their own .sty files, but >the paths are no longer valid. Is there a thesis.sty out there, or should I >use some other standard style? > >Thanks. > >-Roni > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return-Path: Received: from INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24231; 20 Jan 94 15:37:15 EST Received: from PO4.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01020; 20 Jan 94 15:36:53 EST Received: from localhost (postman@localhost) by po4.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) id PAA08138 for roni+@INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU; Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:45 -0500 Received: via switchmail; Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from mms.4.60.Nov..4.1993.10.47.44.sun4c.411.EzMail.PC.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c.411 via MS.5.6.pcs13.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4c_411; Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:36:01 -0500 (EST) From: Phyllis Reuther To: Roni Rosenfeld Subject: Re: TeX .sty for thesis? Cc: In-Reply-To: There is one in /usr/andrew/local/tex/localstyles (I think this is the right path, if not it is similar) Return-Path: Received: from U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24515; 20 Jan 94 16:23:01 EST Received: from U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU by U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10015; 20 Jan 94 16:22:55 EST From: Tim Freeman To: roni+@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Thesis in tex Date: Thu, 20 Jan 94 16:22:53 EST Message-ID: <10013.759100973@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU> Sender: Timothy_Freeman@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU Recycled relevant post: From: Olin.Shivers@BRONTO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: cmu.cs.tex Subject: LaTeX style files; doing theses in LaTeX Date: 19 Jul 91 01:46:46 GMT Distribution: cmu Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Original-To: BBoard.Maintainer@CS.CMU.EDU /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/shivers/lib/tex contains a bunch of LaTeX style files that I use for various things, like writing dissertations. You may find them useful, too. -Olin =============================================================================== Theses: A brief word on theses, if you're wondering about what the official CMU thesis style is. As far as I can tell, CMU doesn't have one. None of this stupid, stone-age stuff about doublespaced text or anything. Being an enlightened place, they assume you have heard of word processors and laser printers. In short, the standard report and book documentstyles seem to be fine. So that is why when you poke around you will see horrible style files called suthesis.sty and mitthesis.sty, but no cmuthesis.sty. However, see scs-titlepage.sty below for more on the title page for T.R.'s and theses. =============================================================================== Here's a briefly annotated list of some of the files in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/shivers/lib/tex These files are commented in my usual style: copiously. Poke around; see what you turn up. acmconf2.sty A conference proceedings style. Takes a style option [preprint] that runs off the paper with page numbers, headers, and a "to appears" notice in the copyright space at the bottom of page 1/col 1. bob.sty J. R. "Bob" Dobbs boxedminipage.sty Like minipage, but with a boxed border. Useful for figures. catmac.tex catmactest.tex John Reynolds category theory macros. cmu-note.sty A nice style option for writing working papers or notes so you can hand them out to your friends or advisor. The right thing for a paper while it's growing up into a T.R. or conference submission. Needs cmulogo1.ps. cmulogo.ps cmulogo1.ps Two Postscript tilted-square CMU logos. The cmulogo.ps square is hollow; The cmulogo1.ps square is shaded. code.sty Weak verbatim mode for doing code. You can still do LaTeX stuff inside. ct.sty Replaces ugly Courier font with nicer, denser cmtt font for \tt, even when you use Postscript font styles (e.g., [times]). drafthead.sty Headers for paper drafts. Includes "draft" in a box, and the time & date the file was TeX'd. fletter.sty Letter style for friendly (non-business) letters. hax.tex Bunch of stuff I use in my papers. my-art.sty Basically, cmu-art that doesn't add those periods after section numbers. scs-ltr.sty A CMU letter style that is compatible with the standard letter style (cmu-ltr is gratuitously incompatible). Will fake up letterhead or let you use letterhead stationery. Has a \fax{...} command. scs-titlepage.sty A title-page style for SCS tech reports and theses. cmu-titlepage.sty has some problems. The title page is numbered page 0, which is an even number. But it's a right hand page. Right hand pages are supposed to have *odd* page numbers. LaTeX will get the margins backwards if you are using the [twoside] option. Furthermore, commands like \cleardoublepage don't work right. scs-titlepage.sty numbers the title page from 1, not 0. (This means you must do a \setcounter{page}{1} after you're done with the title page stuff and are ready to start the paper body.) Also, the paper title has to be *physically* centered on the page so it'll be centered in the little cut-out window of the cheesy cardboard covers that publications slaps on as a front cover. But if the left and right margins aren't equal, \begin{center}...\end{center} won't do the right thing. scs-titlepage.sty physically centers the title box. Books and long papers (e.g., theses) have two numbering sequences: one for the "front matter" (title page, abstract, dedication, preface, acknowlegements, table of contents, list of figures, etc.), and one for the main body of the book. The front matter is numbered in roman, the main body in arabic. The title page is part of the front matter numbering sequence. scs-titlepage.sty has discussion of this in the comments to help you figure it all out. This style also provides a \submittedPhD macro that each of you should use once while at CMU. Return-Path: Received: from INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01383; 21 Jan 94 10:21:44 EST Received: from ESPRESSO.MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU by INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01553; 21 Jan 94 10:20:56 EST To: roni+@INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: TeX .sty for thesis? Newsgroups: cmu.cs.general In-Reply-To: Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 10:20:34 EST From: sdc@ESPRESSO.MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU Sender: sdc@ESPRESSO.MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU In article you write: > >How does one use LaTeX to write one's thesis? > >A few years ago several people posted pointers to their own .sty files, but >the paths are no longer valid. Is there a thesis.sty out there, or should I >use some other standard style? > >Thanks. > >-Roni > Check out the archive at pip.shsu.edu for any of the following and adjust it for yourself if necessary: Name: USCthesis.sty Description: LaTeX document-style for typesetting Theses or Dissertations in accordance with the University of Southern California Regulations for Format and Presentation of Theses and Dissertations. It provides some alternative ``bells and whistles'' such as support for multi-volume documents. Keywords: LaTeX, thesis, dissertation Author: Steven Douglas Cochran Supported: yes Latest Version: v2.2, 29 Jun 1992 Archives: shsu* Note: Requires Stephen Page's `doublespace' style option (or equivalent) in addition to the standard LaTeX `report' style. See also: techreport.sty Name: techreport.sty Description: LaTeX document-style option to the USCthesis style for converting a thesis or dissertation into a technical report. Keywords: LaTeX, technical report Author: Steven Douglas Cochran Supported: yes Latest Version: v1.6, 23 Mar 1991 Archives: shsu* Note: Requires Tomas Rokicki's `rotate' style option (or equivalent) if the spine-art option is used. See also: USCthesis.sty Name: ucthesis.sty Description: LaTeX document style for University of California theses. Keywords: LaTeX, thesis Author: Rusty C. Wright Supported: ??? Latest Version: 20 Jun 1988 Archives: ymir, shsu Note: Comes with a readme file, ucthesis.doc. Name: uct10.sty Description: 10 point document-style option for use with ucthesis.sty. Keywords: LaTeX, report, thesis Author: Rusty C. Wright Supported: ??? Latest Version: 20 Jun 1988 Archives: ymir, aston, stuttgart See also: uct11.sty, uct12.sty, ucthesis.sty Name: uct11.sty Description: 11 point document-style option for use with ucthesis.sty. Keywords: LaTeX, report, thesis Author: Rusty C. Wright Supported: ??? Latest Version: 20 Jun 1988 Archives: ymir, aston, stuttgart See also: uct10.sty, uct12.sty, ucthesis.sty Name: uct12.sty Description: 12 point document-style option for use with ucthesis.sty. Keywords: LaTeX, report, thesis Author: Rusty C. Wright Supported: ??? Latest Version: 20 Jun 1988 Archives: ymir, aston, stuttgart See also: uct10.sty, uct11.sty, ucthesis.sty Name: utdiss.sty Description: LaTeX/AMS-LaTeX document style for typeseting dissertation for the University of Texas at Austin. Keywords: LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, thesis, dissertation Author: Young U. Ryu Supported: yes Latest Version: v2.1, Mar 1992 Archives: ftp.cc.utexas.edu [192.12.26.23]:pub/young/ Note: Comes with a documentation file (utdiss.doc) and a sample file (sampdiss.tex). Name: uw-thesis.sty Description: LaTeX document style for University of Washington theses. Keywords: LaTeX, thesis Author: Jim Fox Supported: ??? Latest Version: v1.5, 30 May 1990 Archives: ymir Name: mitthesis.sty Description: LaTeX document-style option for MIT theses. For use with report.sty. Keywords: LaTeX, report, thesis Author: Stephen Gildea Supported: yes Latest Version: 12 Sep 89 Archives: ymir*, shsu Name: suthesis.sty Description: LaTeX document-style option for the Stanford University Ph.D. thesis style. Keywords: LaTeX, thesis Author: Joseph Pallas Supported: ??? Latest Version: 13 Sep 88 Archives: ymir, utrecht, shsu Name: thesis.texinput Description: TEXT1 format for Washington State University graduate school theses. Keywords: plain TeX, TEXT1, thesis Author: Dean Guenther , Supported: yes Latest Version: 15 Jun 1987 Archives: cougar.csc.wsu.edu* [134.121.1.2], ymir Note: Includes a model input file, thesis.texmodel. -- Steven Douglas Cochran, Digital Mapping Laboratory Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Email: Steven_Cochran@CS.CMU.EDU (128.2.222.173) Phone: (Office) 412-268-5654 (Home) 412-422-4350 From: Shai Geva To: Roni Rosenfeld Subject: Re: TeX .sty for thesis? Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 11:26:14 EST Sender: Shai_Geva@FINE.MESS.CS.CMU.EDU Roni, Apparently there's no CMU thesis style, because there are no silly requirements for double spacing, etc that some other schools have. Just use a report or book document style. I'm in the process of writing, but can't point you to a sufficiently stable version yet. You can look at Olin Shivers thesis organization and various advice in /afs/cs/user/shivers/{lib/tex/diss-structure/,text/diss/} (but you don't have to tread exactly in his footsteps). There were also some related posts on the tex bboard in July 93. If you can't find them, I can easily locate them and forward them to you. Good luck! -- Shai Return-Path: Received: from INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU by B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08034; 21 Jan 94 14:33:32 EST Received: from MIXO.SOAR.CS.CMU.EDU by INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01612; 21 Jan 94 14:32:43 EST From: Richard Lewis Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 14:31:43 EST To: Roni Rosenfeld In-reply-to: roni+@INCISIVE.SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU's message of Thu, 20 Jan 1994 15:10:44 -0500 Subject: TeX .sty for thesis? Roni-- At your own risk, feel free to browse /afs/cs/project/soar/member/rick/thesis/doc The root file is diss.tex, and the chapters are in subdirectories. The formats and structures are based on Olin Shiver's thesis. If you want to see what it looks like, take a look at the tech report which just came out, CS-93-226. (I'm no longer around locally.) The coolest thing I hacked up was this macro to do big first letters to start off chapters. -rick