msu-thesis (10jun16)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@41345 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
index 08c43df2019..ca5259cccf8 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/msu-thesis/msu-thesis.cls
@@ -117,12 +117,15 @@
 %                         also fix bookmarks in the PDF when hyperref is loaded.
 %						  Made default caption delimiter a space so that captions in LOT/LOF look better
 %                         Removed old commented out code and older backwards compatibility code.
-%                  
+% Version 2.6b 2016/06/08 Reworked some vertical spacing after complaints from the thesis office
+%                         despite the fact that people successfully submitted theses in May with
+%                         the previous spacing. This is getting ridiculous.
+%                         Also updated documentation to show how to add list of abbreviations                  
 % Use at your own risk! 
 % Report bugs/problems/questions to <amunn@msu.edu>
 %
-\def\msu@version{2.6}
-\def\msu@date{2016/05/09}
+\def\msu@version{2.6b}
+\def\msu@date{2016/06/08}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesClass{msu-thesis}[\msu@date\space  Michigan State University Thesis Class version \msu@version]
 \newif\ifmsu@lscape\msu@lscapefalse
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@
 % set up the chapter titles
 \chapterstyle{thatcher}
 \setlength{\beforechapskip}{0pt}
-%\setlength{\afterchapskip}{28pt} % Thesis office didn't like this
+\setlength{\afterchapskip}{18pt} % 2016/06/08 because of thesis office complaints
 \renewcommand*{\chapnamefont}{\centering\bfseries}
 \renewcommand*{\chapnumfont}{\bfseries}
 \renewcommand*{\chaptitlefont}{\SingleSpacing\bfseries}
@@ -321,11 +324,12 @@
 \renewenvironment{abstract}{%
    \chapter*{\abstractname}
    \thispagestyle{empty}
-   \plainbreak{-1.5}
+   \plainbreak{-.5} % changed 2016/06/08 after complaints
     \begin{center}
     	\MakeUppercase{\thetitle}\plainbreak{1}By\plainbreak{1}\theauthor
  	\end{center}
-     \DoubleSpacing
+	\plainbreak{-.5} % changed 2016/06/08 after complaints
+    \DoubleSpacing
    }{\par}
 
 
@@ -356,17 +360,20 @@
 	\clearpage}
 
 % make the dedication page
+% changed 2016/06/08 for vertical centering
 \newcommand*{\makededicationpage}{%
 	\clearpage
 	\pagestyle{plain}
-	\chapter*{\ }
-	\vspace{.35\textheight}\begin{center}
-	\msu@dedication
-	\end{center}}
+	{\centering
+	\null\vfill
+	\msu@dedication\par
+	\vfill}}
 
 \renewcommand{\mainmatter}{%
   \DoubleSpacing\pagestyle{plain}\@ifstar{\@smemmain}{\@memmain}}
 
+% This should probably be changed to {\null\vfill} + \afterpartskip
+% But we'll worry about this later.
 \renewcommand{\beforepartskip}{\vspace*{.35\textheight}}
 
 % This code patches the memoir appendix code to automatically add
@@ -374,19 +381,34 @@
 % TOC format that the Grad School requires correct.
 % Also, since the Grad School doesn't allow a single appendix to have a letter name
 % we remove it for the title, but not for the section headings.
+% Redefining \@apppage as well to get the spacing right 2016/06/08
 %
+\def\msu@apppage{%
+  \@setuppart
+  \mempreaddapppagetotochook
+  \addappheadtotoc
+  \mempostaddapppagetotochook
+  \partmark{\appendixpagename}%
+  \memapppageinfo{\appendixpagename}%
+  {\centering
+   \interlinepenalty \@M
+   \normalfont
+   \vfil
+   \printparttitle{\appendixpagename}\par\vfil}%
+  \@endpart}
+
 \let\orig@appendix\appendix
 \let\orig@appendices\appendices
 \renewcommand*{\appendix}{
 	\renewcommand\appendixpagename{Appendix}
 	\renewcommand\appendixtocname{Appendix}
-	\appendixpage
+	\msu@apppage
 	\settocdepth{part}
 	\orig@appendix
 	\renewcommand\thechapter{}
 	\renewcommand\thesection{A.\arabic{section}}}
 \renewcommand*{\appendices}{
-	\appendixpage
+	\msu@apppage
 	\cftinserthook{toc}{APP}
 	\settocdepth{chapter}
 	\orig@appendices}
@@ -405,7 +427,8 @@
   {\centering
    \interlinepenalty \@M
    \normalfont
-   \printparttitle{\bibpagename}\par}%
+   \vfil
+   \printparttitle{\bibpagename}\par\vfil}%
   \@endpart}
 \newcommand\msu@preaddbibpagetotochook{}
 \newcommand\msu@postaddbibpagetotochook{}