toptesi update (30nov06)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@2853 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 156 insertions, 128 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
index 26f7a0b27d5..f74b747a6fa 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 % \iffalse
 %<*driver>
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
-\ProvidesFile{toptesi.dtx}[2006/04/16 v.4.03 Documented TeX file for
+\ProvidesFile{toptesi.dtx}[2006/08/22 v.4.05 Documented TeX file for
 the TOPtesi bundle]
 \GetFileInfo{toptesi.dtx}
 \title{The TOPtesi bundle}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %</driver>
 % \fi
 %
-% \CheckSum{2829}
+% \CheckSum{2833}
 %
 %% \CharacterTable
 %%  {Upper-case    \A\B\C\D\E\F\G\H\I\J\K\L\M\N\O\P\Q\R\S\T\U\V\W\X\Y\Z
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %<*topsty>
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesPackage{toptesi}%
-[2006/02/20 v. 4.00.01 Extension for toptesi.cls]%
+[2006/08/22 v.4.00.03 Extension for toptesi.cls]%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % We start with defining the debugging macros; these trace commands and macros
@@ -493,11 +493,12 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 \RequirePackage{graphicx}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 
-% L'altezza della pagina di testo viene impostata in modo da riempire bene
-% un foglio UNI A4; in any case the typesetting grid is set to an height of 585pt
-% and is then rounded to an integer number of lines depending on the size option
-% that has been chosen. The |\topmargin|, |\headheight| and |\headsep| parameters
-% have already been set in the size class option file, so that here just a small adjustment is made.
+% The text height gets set so as to cope with the standard UNI A4 size; in
+% any case the typesetting grid is set to an height of 585pt and is then
+% rounded to an integer number of lines depending on the size option
+% that has been chosen. The |\topmargin|, |\headheight| and |\headsep|
+% parameters have already been set in the size class option file, so that here
+% just a small adjustment is made.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \textheight 585pt
@@ -545,10 +546,11 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % but we leave it here without the bold face specification, so that in future versions
 % folios may be redefined in a common way with the other page styles.
 % Notice that in all page styles folios are always in the footers.
-% By letting |\lapagina| to be an alias to |\thepage| we can later on redefine |\lapagina|
-% the way we like; we actually do so with the option \texttt{classica}.
+% By defining |\lapagina| to be equivalent to |\thepage| we can later on
+% redefine |\lapagina| the way we like; we actually do so with the option
+% \texttt{classica}.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\let\lapagina\thepage
+\def\lapagina{\thepage}
 \mark{{}{}}
 \newbox\@intesta
 %
@@ -613,8 +615,9 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % of the document the default situation of front matter is established.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\frontmatter{\clearpage\ps@plain\pagenumbering{roman}%
-    \numeriromanitrue\frontmattertrue}
-\def\mainmatter{\clearpage\ps@headings\pagenumbering{arabic}%
+    \numeriromanitrue\frontmattertrue\@openrightfalse}
+\def\mainmatter{\if@twoside\@openrighttrue\fi
+    \clearpage\ps@headings\pagenumbering{arabic}%
     \numeriromanifalse\frontmatterfalse}
 \AtBeginDocument{\frontmatter}
 %    \end{macrocode}
@@ -654,20 +657,21 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % must define new names for localizing the package in a language different from
 % Italian and English.
 %
-% We have to modify the |\chpter| and |\part| commands so that as the user first issues
-% one of these commands the typesetting style is switched to the one for the main matter.
+% We have to modify the |\chapter| and |\part| commands so that as the user
+% first issues one of these commands the typesetting style is switched to the
+% one for the main matter.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \renewcommand\chapter{%
-  \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
   \iffrontmatter\mainmatter\fi
+  \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
   \thispagestyle{plain}%
   \global\@topnum\z@
   \@afterindentfalse
   \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
 %
 \renewcommand\part{%
-  \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
   \iffrontmatter\mainmatter\fi
+  \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
   \thispagestyle{empty}%
   \if@twocolumn\onecolumn\@tempswatrue\else\@tempswafalse\fi
   \null\vfil
@@ -765,7 +769,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % \texttt{interlinea} were defined so as to allow to set the line spread factor.
 % The experience has shown that students tend to use this command so as to typeset a poor
 % and thin thesis on more pages. Well, every instrument can be judiciously or maliciously used;
-% This is one of those double sided instruments.
+% this is one of those double sided instruments.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\interlinea#1{\linespread{#1}\selectfont}
 \def\endinterlinea{\par}
@@ -809,9 +813,10 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % One command that the default definition does not satisfy me very much is the caption command;
 % actually it is the internal |\@makecaption| macro that performs the job. The point is that
 % I prefer a narrower justified caption rather than a caption where the last line is just a short word
-% or the right segment of an hyphenated word. If one sete the |\finalhyphendemerits| counter
-% to an incredibly high value, one might succeed in avoiding hyphenation in the last word of a caption.
-% but this might lead to a very loose typesetting of the caption paragraph, especially
+% or the right segment of an hyphenated word. If one sets the
+% |\finalhyphendemerits| counter to an incredibly high value, one might succeed
+% in avoiding hyphenation in the last word of a caption;  but this might lead
+% to a very loose typesetting of the caption paragraph, especially
 % if the horizontal box that contains it hardly exceeds the caption width.
 % I initially set the caption width (a new length) to the overall text width diminished by 3em;
 % then if the caption text, inclusive of the caption type string and number, is shorter than
@@ -819,33 +824,40 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % it is set as a justified paragraph whose line with equals the established caption with;
 % but in any case the last line of the paragraph is measured and if it is shorter than one third
 % of the caption width, this width is shortened a little bit and the paragraph is set again
-% with this shortened caption width; in order to be sure that one iteration is sufficient, the shrinking
-% of the caption with must be computed according to the number of lines the paragraph occupies.
-% In order to count the number of lines the caption paragraph occupies it is necessary
-% to recall that the first line occupies a vertical space that equals |\topskip| while the
-% other lines occupy a vertical space equal to |\baselineskip|; the latter one is generally larger
-% than |\topskip| therefore the integer division of the height of the vertical box divided by the
+% with this shortened caption width; in order to be sure that one iteration is
+% sufficient, the shrinking of the caption width must be computed according to
+% the number of lines the paragraph occupies.
+% In order to count the number of lines the caption paragraph occupies it is
+% necessary to recall that the first line occupies a vertical space that equals
+% |\topskip| while the other lines occupy a vertical space equal to
+% |\baselineskip|; the latter one is generally larger than |\topskip| therefore
+% the integer division of the height of the vertical box divided by the
 % |\baselineskip| is truncated to count a line less than the true value.
-% in or case if the caption doe not stay in one line, its text is typeset in a vertical box
-% with a line spread of 0.95 so as to make the caption a little more compact than the regular text
-% The baseline skip is the a little shorter than the regular one, but it should sill exceed
-% the default |\topskip|; when we first typeset the caption in a vertical box we strip off the last line
+% In our case if the caption does not stay in one line, its text is typeset in a
+% vertical box with a line spread of 0.95 so as to make the caption a little
+% more compact than the regular text.
+% The baseline skip is a little shorter than the regular one, but it should
+% still exceed the default |\topskip|; when we first typeset the caption in a
+% vertical box we strip off the last line
 % and we must remember the presence of this line in our arithmetics.
-% if the stripped of last line is longer that one third of the caption width,
-% then the vertical box is recomposed by restacking the individual lines, but if this last line is shorter
-% than one third of the caption width, this width is recomputed in this way: let $N-1$ be the number of lines
-% obtained with the integer division, i.e.\ one line less than those actually
-% contained in the vertical box one. Let $x$ be the initial caption width and $X_2$ the last line
-% width; let $y$ be the new caption width; then the total length of the caption of width $x$
-% is $(N)x+x_2$ and this should be distributed over $N+1$ lines; if we obtained the new
-% caption width $y$ by dividing the total length by $N+1$ we should be able to typeset
-% the whole caption with all the lines of equal length. This does not actually take  place
-% because the new lines do not necessarily contain the same amount of inter word space, some words
-% might have been hyphenated in a different way, and so on. Moreover we do not want a caption that
-% barely exceeds the length of |\captionwidth| to be retyped into a two line caption with
-% is about one half of the width of the other captions. Therefore we allow for some white space in the last line
-% by computing the new caption width with the following formula
-% \[ y=\frac{(N+0,5)x + x_2}{N+1} \]
+% If the length of the stripped last line is longer that one third of the
+% caption width, then the vertical box is recomposed by restacking the
+% individual lines, but if this last line is shorter than one third of the
+% caption width, this width is recomputed in this way: let $N-1$ be the number
+% of lines obtained with the integer division, i.e.\ one line less than those
+% actually contained in the vertical box. Let $x$ be the initial caption
+% width and $x_2$ the last line width; let $y$ be the new caption width; then
+% the total length of the caption of width $x$ is $Nx+x_2$ and this should be
+% distributed over $N+1$ lines; if we obtained the new caption width $y$ by
+% dividing the total length by $N+1$ we should be able to typeset the whole
+% caption with all the lines of equal length. This does not actually take  place
+% because the new lines do not necessarily contain the same amount of inter word
+% space, some words might have been hyphenated in a different way, and so on.
+% Moreover we do not want a caption that barely exceeds the length of
+% |\captionwidth| to be retyped into a two line caption width is about one half
+% of the width of the other captions. Therefore we allow for some white space in
+% the last line by computing the new caption width with the following formula
+% \[ y=\frac{(N+0.5)x + x_2}{N+1} \]
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newdimen\captionwidth
 \long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
@@ -920,7 +932,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % For what regards footnotes nothing is changed except resetting the
-% line stretch to one, in case the current value is defined differently.
+% line spread to one, in case the current value is different.
 %    \begin {macrocode}
 \long\def\@footnotetext#1{\insert\footins{\linespread{1}\footnotesize
     \interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty
@@ -933,8 +945,8 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %
 % These last heterogeneous definitions are partly important and partly residues of
 % the good old times of MS-DOS v.3 when a Ctrl-Z character would be placed at the
-% end of files. It's a long time that version is not used, but some of old time files
-% might be still around.
+% end of files. It's a long time that such version is not being used, but some
+% old time files might still be around.
 %
 % The cryptic code that redefines the comma in math mode establishes that this
 % character is a normal math character, instead of a math punctuation mark;
@@ -950,21 +962,23 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % The TOPtesi bundle contains two new chapter like sections activated with
-% the commands |\sommario| and |\ringraziamenti| respectively. The infix string that
-% stats these sections depend on the used language.
+% the commands |\sommario| and |\ringraziamenti| respectively. The infix strings
+% that start these sections depend on the used language.
 %
 % Because of this it is necessary to extend the list of infix string definitions provided
-% the the |\captions|$\langle$\texttt{language}$\rangle$ macros provided by the
+% the |\captions|$\langle$\texttt{language}$\rangle$ macros defined by the
 % language description files of \texttt{babel}; for this purpose we define a macro for
 % adding new items for these two new sectioning commands. This macro receives three arguments:
 % the first is the babel language name, the second is the string for the summary name, and finally
 % the third is the string for the acknowledgements name; everything is contained within a group
 % and only the relevant captions macro is globally redefined. The token register `0' is normally
-% for scratch usage, but the fact that its values is restored upon exiting the group provides the
-% necessary protection against an involuntary reassignment to this register. At the same time
-% if a specifica language option was not specified, a warning message is issued, but compilations
-% goes on any way without the sectioning string names. For being sure no other undefined
-% error messages are issued, the |\summaryname| and |\acknowledgename| are let to |\empty|.
+% for scratch usage, but the fact that its value is restored upon exiting the
+% group provides the necessary protection against an involuntary reassignment
+% to this register. At the same time if a specific language option was not
+% specified, a warning message is issued, but compilations goes on any way
+% without the sectioning string names. For being sure no other undefined error
+% messages are issued, the |\summaryname| and |\acknowledgename| are let to
+% |\empty|.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \let\summaryname\empty
 \let\acknowledgename\empty
@@ -1000,13 +1014,16 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % \selectlanguahe{spanish}
 % ...
 % \end{verbatim}
-% and the rest of the thesis will be typeset correctly in Spanish. Remember that Italian is the default
-% Language and nothing is necessary for setting up the Italian defaults. If English is desired, then
-% after |\begin{document}| is is necessary to specify the default language; for ease of use the following macros are
-% defined so they can be used instead of the lengthy \texttt{babel} command; after the beginning of the document
-% it is then possible to specify |\inglese| or |\english|, and the default language turns into English.
-% These shorthand commands can be alternated so as to switch from one language to the other; nevertheless
-% remember that there are more correct ways to switch languages with the \texttt{babel} commands without changing
+% and the rest of the thesis will be typeset correctly in Spanish. Remember
+% that Italian is the default language and nothing is necessary for setting up
+% the Italian defaults. If English is desired, then after |\begin{document}| is
+% is necessary to specify the default language; for ease of use the following
+% macros are defined so they can be used instead of the lengthy \texttt{babel}
+% command; after the beginning of the document it is then possible to specify
+% |\inglese| or |\english|, and the default language turns into English.
+% These shorthand commands can be alternated so as to switch from one language
+% to the other; nevertheless remember that there are more correct ways to
+% switch languages with the \texttt{babel} commands without changing
 % the infix strings.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\italiano{\selectlanguage{italian}}%
@@ -1039,12 +1056,12 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %
 %</topsty>
 %    \end{macrocode}
-% \subsection{The package file \texttt{toptesi.sty}}
-% This file is input by \texttt{toptesi}, version 3.x, but it can be used as an independent
-% extension package.
+% \subsection{The package file \texttt{topfront.sty}}
+% This file is input by \texttt{toptesi}, version 4.x, but it can be used as an
+% independent extension package.
 %
 % It contains all the definition for the composition of just the title page
-% along the style requirements of \texttt{toptesi}, version 3.x.
+% along the style requirements of \texttt{toptesi}, version 4.x.
 % It makes use of an optional configuration file where the user can define
 % a lot of default information and all the infix language dependent strings
 % that are peculiar to this title page.
@@ -1055,7 +1072,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 %<*topfrn>
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2006/04/04 v.4.00.02 Title page for TOPtesi]
+\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2006/09/04 v.4.00.04 Title page for TOPtesi]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % The title page information depends on the type of ``thesis' that is being typeset.
@@ -1090,9 +1107,9 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % class option \texttt{autoretitolo} the thesis title is written together
 % with the author's name in the even side headings; if the thesis full title
 % is too long it produces overfull headlines with ugly results; a short title
-% solves the inconvenience. The |\sottotitolo| command is another way
-% to maintains a short title; all the supplementary title information may be typeset in
-% the subtitle.
+% may solve the inconvenience. The |\sottotitolo| command is another way
+% to maintain a short title; all the supplementary title information may be
+% typeset in  the subtitle.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\monografia#1{\global\laureatriennaletrue
       \global\dottoratofalse
@@ -1108,7 +1125,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % The |\materia| or its alias |\Materia| are used to specify the
-% subject ot the thesis; as a silly example a set of commands that reflect
+% subject of the thesis; as a silly example a set of commands that reflect
 % this subtle difference might be the following:
 % \begin{verbatim}
 % \materia{Applied Tetratricotomy}
@@ -1133,10 +1150,11 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % this may be called in whatever mode but here we assume his name is input
 % with the command |\tutore| even if ``tutor'' does not appear as the best choice;
 % in any case in Italian ``tutore'' does not have the same meaning as the English ``tutor''.
-% Most Doctoral Schools require in place to name the School's director or coordinator
-% This is why this person's name can be introduced with |\direttore| or |\coordinatore|;
-% the actual label printed over this person name is ``Direttore'' or ``Coordinatore''
-% but it can be changed with |\QualificaDirettore|.
+% Most Doctoral Schools require in place to name the School's director or
+% coordinator. This is why this person's name can be introduced with
+% |\direttore| or |\coordinatore|; the actual label printed over this person
+% name is ``Direttore'' or ``Coordinatore'' % but it can be changed with
+% |\QualificaDirettore|.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newif\ifDirettore \Direttorefalse
 \def\tutore#1{\gdef\@tutore{#1}}
@@ -1150,7 +1168,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % and/or authors of the same thesis, but some do; this is why this bundle
 % accepts up to three names for each category.
 % The |\second...| commands set the plural forms of the labels printed above
-% the name lists; For the candidates there are different commands to input
+% the name lists. For the candidates there are different commands to input
 % ladies or gentlemen names; according to the masculine (ending in `o') or feminine
 % (ending in `a') commands the appropriate truth values are assigned to the
 % boolean variable \texttt{femminile} and the labels are set accordingly.
@@ -1249,21 +1267,25 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % of the university; |\nomeateneo| gets the proper name of the university. In Italy Universities
 % are generally named after the city they are in; in large cities where there are several
 % universities, each one of them has a proper name. For example the generic name might be
-% ``Universit�di Roma'' and the proper name might be ``La Sapienza''.
-% |\facolta| receives an optional argument that is the uppercase roman numeral specific of the
-% faculty and a compulsory argument that corresponds to the type of faculty; for example,
+% ``Universit\`a di Roma'' and the proper name might be ``La Sapienza''.
+% |\facolta| receives an optional argument that is the uppercase roman numeral
+% specific of the faculty and a compulsory argument that corresponds to the
+% type of faculty; for example,
 % with |\facolta[II]{Ingegneria}| the package typesets in the title page
-% ``II Facolt�di Ingengeria''; if the optional argument is not specified non roman numeral
-% is typeset; the infix string \verb*+Facolt�di + may be changed with the configuration file
-% depending on the default language.
-% Finally |\logosede| gets the name of the graphic file that contains the information
-% relative to the university logo. If such logo is not available, the user does not specify
-% this command; if the user uses this command to insert the university logo but the file is not
-% available the usual \texttt{graphicx} package warning is issued but compilation goes on
+% ``II Facolt\`a di Ingengeria''; if the optional argument is not specified non
+% roman numeral is typeset; the infix string \verb*+Facolt\`a di + may be
+% changed with the configuration file depending on the default language.
+% Finally |\logosede| gets the name of the graphic file that contains
+% the information relative to the university logo. If such logo is not
+% available, the user does not specify this command; if the user uses this
+% command to insert the university logo but the file is not available the usual
+% \texttt{graphicx} package warning is issued but compilation goes on
 % without the logo.
-% The |\tutoreaziendale| macro is the last addition; several students who work on their
-% thesis or final project in a company want to have the company supervisor name printed in the
-% title page; this does not preclude expressing the student's deepest thanks in the acknowledgements
+% The |\tutoreaziendale| macro is the last addition; several students who work
+% on their thesis or final project in a company want to have the company
+% supervisor name printed in the
+% title page; this does not preclude expressing the student's deepest thanks in
+% the acknowledgements
 % section, but it does not harm ro name this person also in the title page.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\ciclodidottorato#1{\gdef\@ciclo{#1 \@cyclename}}%
@@ -1279,16 +1301,18 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \def\tutoreaziendale#1{\gdef\@tutoreaziendale{#1}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% The following commands are user commands that modify the infix strings according to the
-% language used and to the specifications of the actual university. All these commands
-% can be put in the configuration file so as to specify what is desired as a default.
-% Id these commands are specifically used to redefine something before issuing the
-% |\frontespizio| command, the command that actually typesets the title page, the new
-% definitions override the configuration ones.
+% The following commands are user commands that modify the infix strings
+% according to the language used and to the specifications of the actual
+% university. All these commands can be put in the configuration file so as to
+% specify what is desired as a default.
+% If these commands are specifically used to redefine something before issuing
+% the |\frontespizio| command, the command that actually typesets the title
+% page, the new definitions override the configuration ones.
 %
 % \begin{description}
-% \def\Item[#1]{\item[\normalfont\texttt{\char92#1}] sets or changes the string }
-% \Item[FacoltaDi] ``Facolt�di'' in, say, ``Faculty of''
+% \def\Item[#1]{\item[\normalfont\texttt{\char92#1}]
+% sets or changes the string}
+% \Item[FacoltaDi] ``Facolt\`a di'' in, say, ``Faculty of''
 % \Item[DottoratoIn] ``Dottorato in'' in, say, ``PhD in''
 % \Item[CorsoDiLaureaIn] ``Corso di Laurea in'' in, say, ``Master of Science in''
 % \Item[TesiDiLaurea] ``Tesi di Laurea'' in, say, ``Tesi di Laurea Magistrale''
@@ -1320,7 +1344,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \newcommand\NomeDissertazione[1]{\gdef\@dissertazione{#1}}
 \newcommand\InName[1]{\gdef\@InName{#1}}
 \newcommand\CandidateName[1]{\gdef\@nomecandidato{#1}}
-\newcommand\AdvisorName[1]{\gdef\@nomerelatore{#1}}
+\newcommand\AdvisorName[1]{\gdef\Relatore{#1}\gdef\Relatori{#1}}
 \newcommand\CoAdvisorName[1]{\gdef\Correlatore{#1}\gdef\Correlatori{#1}}
 \newcommand\TutorName[1]{\gdef\Tutore{#1}}
 \newcommand\NomeTutoreAziendale[1]{\gdef\@tutoreaziendalename{#1}}
@@ -1408,14 +1432,15 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \@ifundefined{@InName}{\def\@InName{in}}{}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% Finally comes the only active macro |\frontespizio|, the one macro that actually
-% typesets the title page. The macro starts with a local redefinition of the
-% \texttt{myheadings} page style; with this style the university name goes into the
-% header, while the exam date goes in the footer; in this way the information
-% that must be typeset in the title page is not crunched in too little space
-% and the overall text bounding box assumes a shape similar to the page one.
+% Finally it comes the only active macro |\frontespizio|, the one macro that
+% actually typesets the title page. The macro starts with a local redefinition
+% of the \texttt{myheadings} page style; with this style the university name
+% goes into the header, while the exam date goes in the footer; in this way the
+% information that must be typeset in the title page is not crunched in too
+% little space and the overall text bounding box assumes a shape similar to that
+% of the page.
 %
-% Everything is closed within a group so alla definitions remain local.
+% Everything is closed within a group so all definitions remain local.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\frontespizio{%
 \begingroup
@@ -1458,7 +1483,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % the font characteristics.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \thispagestyle{myheadings}%
-      \null\setcounter{page}{0}%
+      \null\setcounter{page}{1}%
       \normalfont
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % The generic university name is already in the header; if it is non blank the first thing
@@ -1743,13 +1768,13 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % set at the beginning of this long macro.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \vfill\par\null
-      \clearpage
+      \if@twoside\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
 \endgroup}
 %</topfrn>
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % \subsection{A sample configuration file}
-% the following code generates a simple configuration file that the user
+% The following code generates a simple configuration file that the user
 % can change at will; it can be used as a template for generating a really
 % personal configuration file.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
@@ -1826,16 +1851,18 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \providecommand{\gradi}{\ensuremath{^\circ}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-%T he next set of definitions are used to list a program file. There are
+% The next set of definitions are used to list a program file. There are
 % better packages to perform this task in the CTAN archives. This set of macros
 % has the advantage that is very short and light on the computer memory; nevertheless
-% it performs its duty pretty well. The font face is the typewriter one; the font size is chosen so as to
-% allow approximately 80 characters in the text width of the thesis. It respects the
-% possible indentation tabs (ASCII code 9) by inserting the correct amount of typewriter spaces
-% so as to align every line to the correct boundary which is ``zero modulo eight''.
-% If the program file contains some form feed ASCII characters (ASCII code 12), this
-% \TeX\ code inserts a new page command. The code may appear strange, and it does because
-% it makes heavy use of the dirty tricks of appendix~D of the \TeX\-book.
+% it performs its duty pretty well. The font face is the typewriter one; the
+% font size is chosen so as to
+% allow approximately 80 characters in the text width of the thesis. It respects
+% the possible indentation tabs (ASCII code 9) by inserting the correct amount
+% of typewriter spaces so as to align every line to the correct boundary which
+% is ``zero modulo eight''. If the program file contains some form feed ASCII
+% characters (ASCII code 12), this \TeX\ code inserts a new page command. The
+% code may appear strange, and it does because it makes heavy use of the dirty
+% tricks of appendix~D of the \TeX\-book.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\listing#1{\par\begingroup
 \programma \input #1 \endgroup}
@@ -1847,7 +1874,8 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \everypar{\startbox}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % The above code does the whole work, but the alignment to the tab stops and the
-% new page command associated to the form feed ASCII character are done with the following definitions.
+% new page command associated to the form feed ASCII character are done with the
+% following definitions.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newdimen\tabwidth \setbox0=\hbox{\footnotesize\tt\space} \tabwidth=8\wd0
 \def\startbox{\setbox0=\hbox\bgroup}
@@ -1877,17 +1905,17 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % only with the roman type; for this thesis bundle roman numerals are used only for folios,
 % therefore there are no problems with a choice of fonts shapes and series.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-\gdef\@roman#1{\protect\ensuremath{\scriptstyle
-        \mathrm{\uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral #1}}}}%
+\DeclareRobustCommand*{\@roman}[1]{\textsc{\romannumeral#1}}%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% A user, Antonio Mele has suggested and requested the possibility of having the figure
-% and table name inserted automatically when the |\ref|command is issued. For single citations the
-% solution works fine, but for range references it does not work. In Italian the name must be lower case
-% while in other languages, specifically in English, the name has a capital initial. Since
-% this feature might be handy in certain circumstances and annoying in other ones; this feature
-% can be turned on and off at will with the enabling and disabling commands. By default
-% the feature is disabled.
+% A user, Antonio Mele, has suggested and requested the possibility of having
+% the figure and table name inserted automatically when the |\ref|command is
+% issued. For single citations the solution works fine, but for range
+% references it does not work. In Italian the name must be lower case while in
+% other languages, specifically in English, the name has a capital initial.
+% Since this feature might be handy in certain circumstances and annoying in
+% other ones, this feature can be turned on and off at will with the enabling
+% and disabling commands. By default the feature is disabled.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\ft@figure{\iflanguage{italian}{\MakeLowercase{\figurename}}%
             {\figurename}~}