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diff --git a/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis/README.md b/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis/README.md index 9ead4e57e0..10e958264e 100644 --- a/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis/README.md +++ b/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis/README.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ #mitthesis --- A LaTeX template for an MIT thesis# - v1.11 dated 2023/11/02 + v1.17 dated 2024/11/02 ####Overview#### This class provides a LaTeX template to format an MIT thesis according to - the requirements of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (as posted in 2023): + the requirements of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (as posted in 2024): [https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/thesis-specs/](https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/thesis-specs/) This template is appropriate for MIT theses of all types. - This template works with either pdfLaTeX or unicode engines such as luaLaTeX. The bibliography can be prepared with either biblatex (default) or natbib/bibtex. The class is based on current LaTeX distributions, ideally 11/2022 or later, but compatible with distributions back to 2020. This template replaces the older version of mitthesis.cls, which was first composed in the 1980s. + This template works with either pdfLaTeX or unicode engines such as luaLaTeX. The bibliography can be prepared with either biblatex (default) or natbib/bibtex. The class is based on current LaTeX distributions, ideally 11/2022 or later, but compatible with distributions back to 2020 (for now). This template replaces the older version of mitthesis.cls, which was first composed in the 1980s. With minor adjustments, this template can be adapted for use at other institutions (see the documentation for details). @@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ abstract.tex -- put your abstract in this file acknowledgments.tex -- put your acknowledgments in this file biosketch.tex -- put your biosketch in this file (optional) - chapter1.tex -- put your first chapter in this file (etc.) - appendixa.tex -- put your first appendix in this file (etc.) + chapter1.tex -- sample first chapter + committee_members.tex -- sample thesis committee members page (optional) + appendixa.tex -- sample appendix with code listing + appendixb.tex -- sample appendix with multipage table mitthesis-sample.bib -- a sample bibliography file with many examples mydesign.tex -- an optional file to load packages for document design fontsets/ -- a subdirectory of input files that load optional fonts @@ -53,9 +55,57 @@ --- ####Change log#### + + v1.17 (2 November 2024) + - change default copyright to All Rights Reserved rather than Creative Commons + - define mathoperators for erf and erfc + - modification of dcolumn in Appendix B to use text font for figures + - edit documentation and committee_members.tex + - protect punctuation in titles for transfer to xmp metadata + - replace libertine fontset by libertinus fontset + - add lmodern fontset + - extensive edits to fira-newtxsf fontset file: rescale firasans, change typewriter font, use tabular lining figures, use text font for math operators + - adjust font sizes in hero-stix2, termes, and termes-stix fontset files + - update font sample files + - ensure \cs_gset:Npe is defined, for backward compatibility + - change some link targets in frontmatter and nomenclature, for future tagged pdf + + v1.16 (06 September 2024) + - Same as v1.15, but now with the correct version of MIT-Thesis.tex + + v1.15 (31 August 2024) + - add an example for the longtable package (App. B) + - add sample Thesis Committee page (optional) + - load microtype package, enable tracking for capitalized strings (degree name[s], institution name) + - fix typo in MIT-Thesis.tex + - edit documentation + - edit pdfauthor string to separator authors with semicolon, not comma (per Dublin Core recommendation) + - define \\@author and \\@title in case needed + + v1.14 (19 July 2024) + - add backward compatibility code for \\text\_titlecase\_all:n + - adjust supervisor and acceptor titles used on sample cover pages + - format J/psi as \\symbfit in sample chapter 1 and regenerate font samples + - edit documentation + + v1.13 (03 July 2024) + - same as v1.12, except now includes the correct documentation + + v1.12 (02 July 2024) + - add logic for one degree issued by two departments + - fix missing space in abstract block for multiple departments + - adjust second department layout on title and abstract pages + - table of contents revised + - revise documentation + - switch default citation style to numeric (from IEEE). Provide examples for IEEE and author/year styles. + - add \\AtEndPreamble{..} to mitthesis-newtx-sans-text.tex to accommodate v1.731 of newtx + - in chapter1.tex, replace \\text by \\textrm; fix nested link in section heading + - remove obsolete hyperref option from xcolor + - minor changes to log notes of fontset files + - code clean up v1.11 (02 November 2023) - - Revise all skips on cover page to better group material while allowing for glue compression as content increases; increase font size of author name; provide user macros for control cover page spacing and author name font. + - revise all skips on cover page to better group material while allowing for glue compression as content increases; increase font size of author name; provide user macros for control cover page spacing and author name font. - use \\mdseries for linenumbers in all cases, rather than using the locally active series - remove \\raggedright in favor of \\bibsetup for bibliography in MIT-Thesis.tex - add backward compatibility for alt tag of \\includegraphics for pre-2021/11/15 distributions, add alt tag in chapter1.tex |