toptesi (28dec14)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@35916 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

8 files changed, 196 insertions, 129 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/toptesi/toptesi.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/toptesi/toptesi.pdf
index ff66087d2c6..bee34e99550 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/toptesi/toptesi.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/toptesi/toptesi.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
index 2d3f86ff616..b617955cabd 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/toptesi/toptesi.dtx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ its source file is another example of how to use toptesi.
 \endgroup
 %</internal>
 %
-% Copyright 1989--2013 Claudio Beccari
+% Copyright 1989--2014 Claudio Beccari
 %
 % This file is part of the TOPtesi bundle
 % -------------------------------------------
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ its source file is another example of how to use toptesi.
 % \iffalse
 %<*driver>
 \documentclass{ltxdoc}
-\ProvidesFile{toptesi.dtx}[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Documented TeX file for
+\ProvidesFile{toptesi.dtx}[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Documented TeX file for
 the TOPtesi bundle]
 \GetFileInfo{toptesi.dtx}
 \title{The TOPtesi bundle}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %</driver>
 % \fi
 %
-% \CheckSum{2771}
+% \CheckSum{2792}
 %
 %% \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
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % experimentally compliant with the \XeLaTeX\ and the \LuaLaTeX\ programs. Up to now
 % the few conflicts that have been spotted have been solved with suitable corrections
 % or additions. The most important feature with \XeLaTeX\ is that the option pdfa
-% cannot be used any more, because it resorts to a compilation with pdf\LaTeX;
+% cannot be used any more; this id due to the fact that
 % the typesetting engine \XeTeX\ does not produce directly any PDF output but
 % a modified, extended DVI output, that is immediately converted into a PDF file
 % through xdvipdfmx, a special version of the conversion program. Another minor
@@ -172,24 +172,27 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 % \item An extension package \texttt{toptesi.sty} that contains most of the code
 % for the real typesetting; it might be used as an extension to the report class file,
 % although this use is discouraged.
-% \item A second extension package \texttt{topfront.sty} that contain the commands
-% and the typesetting macros for the title page; this file may be used as an
-% independent extension package to be added to, say, the report class file for
-% typesetting just the title page; this file might be used as a template for setting
-% up the title page fixed information in languages different from Italian.
-% This package is part of the bundle, but it is loaded automatically only if
-% the user did not specify the class option |noTOPfront| or its alias
-% |usefrontespizio|; if this option
-% is specified the user is free to use whatever other external package s/he
-% prefers in order to typeset the tile page; in this case we suggest to use
-% the package |frontespizio| and we address the user to its documentation.     
-% \item A third extension package \texttt{topcoman.sty} that defines a certain number
-% of user commands suitable for typesetting technical matters.
-% \item Previous versions of this bundle contained also the logos of a certain number of
-% universities; these logos are not distributed anymore because of legal constraints.
-% Every one who is working on his/her degree course final report must retrieve the
-% logo of his/her university, but s/he should pay attention to use it according
-% to the rules and limitations of the university.
+% \item A second extension package \texttt{topfront.sty} that contains the
+% commands and the typesetting macros for the title page; this file may be
+% used as an independent extension package to be added to, say, the report
+% class file for typesetting just the title page; this file might be used as
+% a template for setting up the title page fixed information in languages
+% different from Italian. This package is part of the bundle, but it is
+% automatically loaded only if the user did not specify the class option
+% |noTOPfront| or its alias |usefrontespizio|; if this option is specified
+% the user is free to use whatever other external package s/he prefers in
+% order to typeset the tile page; in this case we suggest to use the package
+% |frontespizio| and we address the user to its documentation. It is important
+% to recall that if the |topfront| package has to be loaded, is is only at
+% the execution of the |\begin{document}| command. There fore no title page
+% commands of any kind (those defined by |topfront| can be used in the preamble.
+% \item A third extension package \texttt{topcoman.sty} that defines a certain
+% number of user commands suitable for typesetting technical matters.
+% \item Previous versions of this bundle contained also the logos of a set of
+% universities; these logos are not distributed anymore because of legal
+% constraints. Every one who is working on his/her degree course final report
+% must retrieve the logo of his/her university, but s/he should pay attention
+% to use it according to the rules and limitations of the university.
 % \item A documentation file \texttt{toptesi-it-xetex.pdf} written in Italian
 % where every feature is explained in detail; essential information is given
 % in this English documentation. The source file of the documentation
@@ -365,8 +368,8 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %^^A
 % \Item[frontespizio] Even if the above environments are recommended, the
 % command |\frontespizio|, defined in the previous versions of the TOPtesi
-% bundle, is still usable. It typesets the title page according to the actua
-%l status of the boolean |\topTPTlogos|; the user, before issuing the
+% bundle, is still usable. It typesets the title page according to the actual
+% status of the boolean |\topTPTlogos|; the user, before issuing the
 % |\frontespizio| command, may set this boolean by means of the |\topTPTlogostrue|
 % or |\topTPTlogosfalse|, or with either one of the commands
 % |\booltrue{topTPTlogos}| and |\boolfalse{topTPTlogos|.
@@ -792,7 +795,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesClass{toptesi}%
-[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Class for typesetting university theses]
+[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Class for typesetting university theses]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % The class itself is very simple since it requires just the \texttt{report} document
@@ -849,7 +852,7 @@ the TOPtesi bundle]
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesPackage{toptesi}%
-[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Extension for toptesi.cls]%
+[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Extension for toptesi.cls]%
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % We start with defining the debugging macros; these trace commands and macros
@@ -1559,11 +1562,13 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % \texttt{topfront} are requested for input; the former is loaded only when
 % the  |documentclass| option |noTOPfront| has NOT been declared.
 % For using XeLaTeX as the typesetting engine it's necessary to load such
-% packages at the ``begin document'' step, so that all a the other settings,
+% packages at the ``begin document'' step, so that all the other settings,
 % especially fonts, are already established. Even if the past experience
 % has shown that loading these packages does not need to be deferred al the
 % ``begin document'' level with pdf\/\LaTeX, it does not hurt to delay their
-% loading operation with both engines.
+% loading operation with both engines. This delayed loading implies that the
+% commands defined in |topfront| and in |topcomand| cannot be used in the
+% preamble.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \AtBeginDocument{%
 	\unless\ifT@Pfrontespizio
@@ -1916,7 +1921,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % \fi
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Title page for TOPtesi and other classes]
+\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Title page for TOPtesi and other classes]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % In oder to use |topfront| as a stand-alone extension package with other
 % classes it is necessary to verify if the |classica| option  corresponds
@@ -1961,7 +1966,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
            \raisebox{3\baselineskip}{\usebox\TPT@logobox}\hfil\null%
          }\fi
          \ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{}{\vskip\smallskipamount
-         \hbox to\textwidth{\hss\LARGE\@ateneo\hss}}
+         \hbox to\textwidth{\hss\LARGE\MakeUppercase{\@ateneo}\hss}}
          \vss
       }%
    }%
@@ -1976,7 +1981,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \def\ps@classica{\let\@mkboth\markboth
       \def\@oddhead{\vbox{%
-      \hbox to \hsize{\hfill {\LARGE \@ateneo}\hfill}%
+      \hbox to \hsize{\hfill {\LARGE\MakeUppercase{\@ateneo}}\hfill}%
       \ifclassica
             \hbox to \hsize{\hfil\vrule\@width\z@
         \@height2ex\vrule\@height1.4\p@\@depth-\p@\@width50mm\hfil}%
@@ -2282,7 +2287,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
     \gdef\@corso{#1}}
 \def\scuoladidottorato#1{\global\dottoratotrue\global\laureatriennalefalse
     \gdef\@phdschool{#1}}
-\def\ateneo#1{\gdef\@ateneo{\expandafter\uppercase{\expandafter #1}}}
+\def\ateneo#1{\gdef\@ateneo{#1}}
 \def\nomeateneo#1{\gdef\@nomeat{\expandafter\uppercase{\expandafter #1}}}
 \newcommand\facolta[2][]{\gdef\@facname{#2}\gdef\@facnumber{#1}}
 \let\struttura\facolta
@@ -2380,7 +2385,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % used in a language depended way and with the correct number and gender once for all.
 % The four endings in the Italian strings allow to exercise the correct selection only
 % for Italian; a specific test is made inside the |\frontespizio| command; because of
-% this the same machinery cannot be used, say, for French but may be in the future this
+% this, the same machinery cannot be used, say, for French but maybe in the future this
 % feature is resolved in a proper way. The same is true for the supervisor and the
 % co-supervisor strings that may be changed once for all with |\AdvisorName| and
 % |\CoAdvisorName|.
@@ -2458,17 +2463,17 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % The principle on which these environments work is that the |frontespizio|
 % environment typesets the title page with logo(s) set in the page header,
 % while the |frontspizio*| environment typesets the logos after the information
-% on the title, possible sub titel and passible tome information., that is
+% on the title, the possible sub title and tome information, that is
 % in the lower half of the title page. In order to achieve this result each
-% environment sets the boolean variable |topTPTlogos| to eiter value |true|
-% (for header logos) and |false| otherwise. The key of the different typesetting
+% environment sets the boolean variable |topTPTlogos| to either value |true|
+% (for header logos) or |false| otherwise. The key of the different typesetting
 % style is this boolean-variable state.
 %
 % Now, since the internal |frontespizio| environment opening command is
 % |\frontespizio| how is it possible to distinguish this opening statement
 % from the homonymous user command? The solution is a little tricky, but after
 % all very simple. the |\begin| command, with which an environment is started,
-% before calling the opening statement defines the internal serve macro
+% before calling the opening statement defines the internal service macro
 % |\@currenvir| to contain the environment name; this is used by the
 % |\end| statement to control that it is closing the last opened environment.
 % If the |\frontespizio| command is directly used, the |\@currenvir| macro
@@ -2489,39 +2494,55 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 
 \newenvironment{frontespizio}{%
     \ifdefstring{\@currenvir}{frontespizio}
-           {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}}{\fr@ntespizio}
+           {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}}{\TPTmaybestar}
  }{%
      \fr@ntespizio
  }
 
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% With the new bolean |AteneoInHead| we can mark these situations where the
-% university common name goes int to header; With the |classica| option the
+% With the new boolean |AteneoInHead| we can mark these situations where the
+% university common name goes into header; with the |classica| option the
 % title page \emph{must} have this name in the header and if the user forgets
 % to specify one, this module fakes it with a clear message that the university
 % name has been forgotten, but at the same time this fake message fills up the
-% header position. On the other hand, when the |classica| option has no been
+% header position. On the other hand, when the |classica| option has not been
 % specified, the user can use either an empty university name or a specific
 % name. So only when the |\@ateneo| macro remains empty the university name
 % in the header remains really blank; this is good when the university name
 % is part of the university logo (this is the case for Politecnico di Torino,
-% and for many other universities). Whne no universty name is set in the header
-% some little attentions in formatting the title page are necessary.
+% and for many other universities). When no university name is set in the header
+% some little attention in formatting the title page is necessary.
 %
 %    \begin{macrocode}  
 \newbool{AteneoInHead}\boolfalse{AteneoInHead}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%
+% In order to use the command |\frontespizio*| as en isolated command instead
+% of the starting command of the |frontespizio*| environment, we have to behave
+% as with the |\frontespizio| command, but we must test for a possible asterisk
+% following the command; for this reason we defined the |\TPTmaybestar| that
+% absorbs une following token: if the token is an asterisk, we set the appropriate
+% settings for the previous behaviour of the isolated command, but if it is
+% not an asterisk we must set it back into the list after finishing the execution
+% of the |\fr@ntespizio| service macro, whose function is to set the title page
+% information at the proper position, but must not contain any spurious material.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\newcommand\TPTmaybestar[1]{\def\@tempA{#1}%
+\ifdefstring{\@tempA}{*}%
+  {\boolfalse{topTPTlogos}\booltrue{AteneoInHead}\fr@ntespizio}
+  {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}\fr@ntespizio\@tempA}
+}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%
+% We start defining the complex macro |\fr@ntespizio|. We start with a group
+% so that any settings performed by this command remain local; if the title page
+% environments had been used this group would be useless, but if the isolated
+% commands are used, then this group protects the rest of the document from
+% unusual local settings valid only for the title page.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
 \def\fr@ntespizio{%
-\begingroup
-\ifclassica
-   \boolfalse{topTPTlogos}
-   \thispagestyle{classica}
-   \ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{\def\@ateneo{Manca il nome dell'ateneo}
-   }{}
-\else
-   \thispagestyle{titlepage}
-\fi
-\ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{}{\booltrue{AteneoInHead}}
+\begingroup\par
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % We want also the title page to be set in the middle of the page irrespective of
@@ -2531,15 +2552,31 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
    \oddsidemargin=\dimexpr(\oddsidemargin+\evensidemargin)/2\relax
    \evensidemargin \oddsidemargin
 %    \end{macrocode}
-%
 % The |\null| command inserts a void horizontal box into the vertical list;
 % it is useful to act as a block against which the vertical glue pushes for
 % setting the subsequent material. The normal font is chosen in case preceding
 % commands did change the font characteristics.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
-      \null\setcounter{page}{1}%
-      \normalfont
+\null
+\setcounter{page}{1}%
+\normalfont
 %    \end{macrocode}
+% Depending on the style of the title page a different |\pagestyle| is set with
+% appropriate switches and settings. If with the classica style a university
+% name is blank, it is set to an explicit string that the setting of  the
+% university name has been forgotten.
+%    \begin{macrocode}
+\ifclassica
+   \boolfalse{topTPTlogos}
+   \thispagestyle{classica}
+   \ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{\def\@ateneo{Manca il nome dell'ateneo}
+   }{}
+\else
+   \thispagestyle{titlepage}
+\fi
+\ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{}{\booltrue{AteneoInHead}}
+%    \end{macrocode}
+%
 % The generic university name should already be in the header either in the logo
 % or in the header text; but in spite of this we test if the university generic
 % name macro is void, if it contains something, then we typeset also the generic
@@ -2551,6 +2588,13 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % so as to avoid repeating the university name possibly already present in the logo
 % itself.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
+\ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{%
+    \ifbool{topTPTlogos}
+    {}{\booltrue{AteneoInHead}\def\@ateneo{Manca il nome dell'ateneo}}%
+}{%
+    \booltrue{AteneoInHead}%
+}
+
    \ifbool{AteneoInHead}{}{%
       {{\centering\LARGE \@ateneo\par}}
    }
@@ -2610,7 +2654,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
                   \@TesiDiLaurea%
             \fi
         \fi
-        \ifx\empty\@materia\else
+        \unless\ifx\empty\@materia
             \\\@InName\\\@materia
         \fi
       \end{center}
@@ -2672,7 +2716,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % not do anything.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
      \unless\iftopTPTlogos
-      {\centering \printloghi\par}\fi
+      {\vfill\centering \printloghi\par}\fi
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
 % The final task is to typeset the possible supervisors' names, the candidates'
@@ -2768,7 +2812,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
  
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \else
-%  Per laurea e dottorato con relatori e correlatori...
+% For theses of any kind that expect the supervisor and co-supervisor names...
          \def\BoxRelatori{%
             \begin{tabular}[t]{l}%
             \hbox{\ifclassica\else\large\fi
@@ -2792,9 +2836,9 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
             \end{tabular}%
          }%
 %    \end{macrocode}
-% A similar approach is taken for the candidate name(s),although for code
+% A similar approach is taken for the candidate name(s), although for code
 % clarity I prefer to define two secondary macros in order to format the
-% other candidates names and ID in the clearer way.
+% other candidates names and ID in a clearer way.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \def\print@secondocandidato{\\\relax
                   \hbox{\large\tabular{@{}l@{}}\@secondauthor\endtabular}}
@@ -2816,7 +2860,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % already taken place. For the doctoral dissertation the doctoral candidate name
 % is typeset centred in one line by itself and everything else is set 3em below
 % into a three column table extended to the |\hsize|, the first line containing
-% the personal labels and the second line containing the true names. The central
+% the applicable labels and the second line containing the true names. The central
 % column is used just for spacing, but it does not contain anything.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
          \ifdottorato
@@ -2837,7 +2881,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
          \else
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % For the master thesis the two virtual boxes are set one besides the other but
-% skewed so that to the right or, respectively, to the left of every name there
+% skewed to the right or, respectively, to the left of every name so that there
 % is enough space for the signature. With the \texttt{classica} option in force
 % the two boxes are simply aligned.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
@@ -2867,8 +2911,8 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % |\endgroup| closes the |\begingroup| that was set at the beginning of this long macro.
 % In order to handle the copyright page, we test if the internal definition of the
 % copyright page text is empty; in this case no copyright page should be output, and
-% a |\creadoublepage| works fine in both one and two side printing; I the copyright page
-% text is not empty, after the shipping out of the title page, we set the copyright page
+% a |\creadoublepage| works fine in both one and two side printing; if the copyright page
+% text is not empty, after shipping out the title page, we set the copyright page
 % text flush bottom with the text block, and then we ship out also this copyright page.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
       \par\clearpage
@@ -2883,7 +2927,10 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % \subsection{A sample configuration file}
 % The following code generates a sample configuration file that the user
 % can change at will; it can be used as a template for generating a really
-% personal configuration file.
+% personal configuration file. Remember: this template file is named
+% |toptesi.cfg|, but in order to use it for a specific thesis, whose main
+% file is named |JohnSmithMSthesis.tex|, the configuration file must be
+% named |JohnSmithMSthesis.cfg|.
 % \iffalse
 %<*topcfg>
 % \fi
@@ -2891,22 +2938,20 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %%
 %%================================================================
 %% This file is the only file of the TOPtesi bundle that the user
-%% can modify without restrictions in order to customize the
+%% can modify without restrictions in order to customise the
 %% contents of this configuration file to his/her needs. The user
 %% can add or remove lines, comment or uncomment lines, change the
 %% arguments to the macros, add definitions and so on. 
-%% A better use of this file consists into copying it to another
-%% file to be named as the thesis main file and with extension
-%% .cfg; This bundle will try to read "\jobname.cfg"; if this file
-%% does not exist, it looks for toptesi.cfg and if this further
-%% does not exist, it does nothing. This means that the provided
-%% file toptesi.cfg is to be used preferably as a model, not to
-%% be used directly.
+%% Use  this file by copying it to another file to be named as the
+%% thesis main file and with extension .cfg; This bundle will try
+%% to read "\jobname.cfg"; if this file it does nothing. This means
+%% that the provided file toptesi.cfg is to be used as a model, not
+%% to% be used directly.
 %%================================================================
 %%
 \ateneo{Politecnico di Torino}
-\facolta{}% nessun nome di default
-\FacoltaDi{}% non viene scritta nessuna indicazione per la facoltà
+\facolta{}% nessun nome di default/ no default name
+\FacoltaDi{}% nessun prefisso per la facoltà/no default faculty label
 %%\DottoratoIn{Corso di dottorato in }
 \CorsoDiLaureaIn{Corso di Laurea in }
 \TesiDiLaurea{Tesi di Laurea Magistrale}
@@ -2930,14 +2975,14 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} % lavora solo con LaTeX 2e
 \ProvidesPackage{topcoman}%
-    [2014/11/13 v.5.85b Additional commands for the TOPtesi bundle]
+    [2014/12/13 v.5.86f Additional commands for the TOPtesi bundle]
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % The new command |\DeclareSlantedCapitalGreekLetters| optionally sets the capital
 % Greek letters in math mode with the glyphs taken from the math italic fonts, not from
-% the math roman fonts, at is is by default; some persons prefer to use both symbols with
-% different meanings, so this command lets them do so. This may be useful unless the XeTeX
-% typesetting engine is used; in facts the Unicode math defines specific commands for setting
-% any Latin or Greek mathematical letter in any possible font shape and series.
+% the math roman fonts, as it is by default; some authors prefer to use both symbols
+% with different meanings, so this command lets them do so. This may be useful unless
+% the XeTeX typesetting engine is used; in facts the Unicode math defines specific
+% commands for setting any Latin or Greek mathematical letter in any possible font shape and series.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \RequirePackage{ifxetex}
 \ifxetex\else
@@ -2955,30 +3000,31 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
    \mathchardef\Omega="710A
 }\fi
 %    \end{macrocode}
-% The |\ensuremath| command is defined in the \LaTeX\ kernel from a certain version on;
-% should the user employ a really old \LaTeXe\ implementation this definition
+% The |\ensuremath| command is defined in the \LaTeXe\ kernel from a certain version on;
+% should the user employ a really old \LaTeXe\ implementation, this definition
 % supplies the missing one. Should the |babel| package not be loaded, then we provide the
 % useful command |\textormath| provided by |babel|. We define the text version of the
-% subscript and  ensure also that the |textcomp| package is loaded; of course it it's already
-% loaded the |\RequirePackage| command performs the necessary tests and possibly does not load
-% anything. 
+% subscript and  ensure also that the |textcomp| package is loaded; of course if it is
+% already loaded the |\RequirePackage| command performs the necessary tests and possibly
+% does not load anything. 
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \providecommand{\ensuremath}[1]{\ifmmode#1\else$#1$\fi}%
 \providecommand\textormath{}
 \renewcommand{\textormath}{\ifmmode\expandafter\@secondoftwo\else
     \expandafter\@firstoftwo\fi}
 \providecommand*\textsubscript{\raisebox{-0.5ex}}
+
 \ifxetex\else
 \RequirePackage{textcomp}
 \fi
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % The following commands may be already defined; should they be missing they are supplied
-% here. The greatest part of them is already defined in the Italian option to the
+% here. Most of them are already defined in the Italian option to the
 % \texttt{babel} language if the thesis is typeset with \textsf{pdflatex} that loads that
-% package; these commands are not predefined if the thesis is typeset with \XeLaTeX\ that does
-% not load the \texttt{babel} package; but remember; this package may be used as a stand alone
-% one, without the initial call by the \texttt{toptesi} document class, so that the language
-% Italian might be undefined.
+% package; these commands are not predefined if the thesis is typeset with \XeLaTeX\
+% that does not load the \texttt{babel} package; but remember; this package may be used
+% as a stand alone one, without the initial call by the \texttt{toptesi} document class,
+% so that the language Italian might be undefined.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \providecommand{\ohm}{\textormath{\textohm}{\mathrm{\Omega}}}
 \providecommand{\ped}[1]{\textormath{\textsubscript{#1}}{_{\mathrm{#1}}}}
@@ -2991,42 +3037,43 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 \providecommand{\gradi}{\textormath{\textdegree}{^\circ}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 %
-% The next set of definitions are used to list a program file. There are better
+% The next set of definitions are used to list a program file. There are finer
 % 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
+% the correct left margin which is an `integer multiple of 8' spaces. 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.
-% for Wahat concern the macro |\obeyspaces| (already defined in the \LaTeXe\ 
+% For what concerns the macro |\obeyspaces| (already defined in the \LaTeXe\ 
 % kernel) we had to change it in order to abolish a conflict with package |ABC|
 % used to typeset music. The latter package is about 15 years younger than
 % |topcoman|, so it should be this latter package duty to avoid conflicts with
 % pre existing packages; on the opposite we accepted the suggestion of Enrico
-% Gregorio, the author of |ABC| whom we thank very much, because his package
+% Gregorio, the author of |ABC|, whom we thank very much, because his package
 % is much more complicated than this one, so that the conflict is avoided
 % more easily by correcting |topcoman|.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
+\providecommand*{\programmafont}{\ttfamily\footnotesize}
 \def\listing#1{\par\begingroup
 \programma \input #1 \endgroup}
 \def\uncatcodespecials{\def\do##1{\catcode`##1=12}\dospecials}
-\def\programma{\ttfamily\footnotesize \parindent 0pt
+\def\programma{\programmafont \parindent 0pt
 \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf}
 \catcode`\`=\active \catcode`\^^I=\active \catcode`\^^L=\active
 \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces
 \begingroup\lccode`~=`\ \lowercase{\endgroup\global\let~}\ %
 \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
+% The above code does the whole work, except the alignment to the tab stops and the
+% new page command associated to the form feed ASCII character that are done with the
 % following definitions.
 %    \begin{macrocode}
 \newdimen\tabwidth 
-\setbox0=\hbox{\ttfamily\footnotesize\space} 
+\setbox0=\hbox{\programmafont\space} 
 \tabwidth=8\wd0
 \def\startbox{\setbox0=\hbox\bgroup}
 %{\obeyspaces\global\let =\space}
@@ -3043,7 +3090,7 @@ Skipping any redefinition\MessageBreak}%
 % Remember that the comma as a decimal separator is required for all languages
 % except English. If you use this module outside TOPtesi, but as an extension
 % of other classes or modules, it's up to you to define an ``intelligent comma''
-% macro or to load either the |icomma.sty| or the |nccomma.sty| module that
+% macro or to load either the |icomma.sty| or the |nccomma.sty| modules that
 % define such a macro: the |icomma| package defines the comma as a mathematical
 % active character that recognises the subsequent token as a space token so as
 % to insert a punctuation comma; |nccomma| behaves more or less as the macro
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topcoman.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topcoman.sty
index c30dd383dde..48cad0cf8e0 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topcoman.sty
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topcoman.sty
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %%   Right brace   \}     Tilde         \~}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} % lavora solo con LaTeX 2e
 \ProvidesPackage{topcoman}%
-    [2014/11/13 v.5.85b Additional commands for the TOPtesi bundle]
+    [2014/12/13 v.5.86f Additional commands for the TOPtesi bundle]
 \RequirePackage{ifxetex}
 \ifxetex\else
 \newcommand*\DeclareSlantedCapitalGreekLetters{%
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 \renewcommand{\textormath}{\ifmmode\expandafter\@secondoftwo\else
     \expandafter\@firstoftwo\fi}
 \providecommand*\textsubscript{\raisebox{-0.5ex}}
+
 \ifxetex\else
 \RequirePackage{textcomp}
 \fi
@@ -62,17 +63,18 @@
 \providecommand{\micro}{\textormath{\textmu}{\ifxetex\mathup{\mu}\else
     \ifx\muup\undefined\mu\else\muup\fi\fi}}
 \providecommand{\gradi}{\textormath{\textdegree}{^\circ}}
+\providecommand*{\programmafont}{\ttfamily\footnotesize}
 \def\listing#1{\par\begingroup
 \programma \input #1 \endgroup}
 \def\uncatcodespecials{\def\do##1{\catcode`##1=12}\dospecials}
-\def\programma{\ttfamily\footnotesize \parindent 0pt
+\def\programma{\programmafont \parindent 0pt
 \def\par{\leavevmode\egroup\box0\endgraf}
 \catcode`\`=\active \catcode`\^^I=\active \catcode`\^^L=\active
 \obeylines \uncatcodespecials \obeyspaces
 \begingroup\lccode`~=`\ \lowercase{\endgroup\global\let~}\ %
 \everypar{\startbox}}
 \newdimen\tabwidth
-\setbox0=\hbox{\ttfamily\footnotesize\space}
+\setbox0=\hbox{\programmafont\space}
 \tabwidth=8\wd0
 \def\startbox{\setbox0=\hbox\bgroup}
 {\catcode`\`=\active \gdef`{\relax\lq}}
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topfront.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topfront.sty
index e85fe335068..7e67012a16f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topfront.sty
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/topfront.sty
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 %%   Grave accent  \`     Left brace    \{     Vertical bar  \|
 %%   Right brace   \}     Tilde         \~}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
-\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Title page for TOPtesi and other classes]
+\ProvidesPackage{topfront}[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Title page for TOPtesi and other classes]
 \@ifpackageloaded{etoolbox}{}{\RequirePackage{etoolbox}}
 \ifcsundef{ifclassica}{%
     \newif\ifclassica
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
            \raisebox{3\baselineskip}{\usebox\TPT@logobox}\hfil\null%
          }\fi
          \ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{}{\vskip\smallskipamount
-         \hbox to\textwidth{\hss\LARGE\@ateneo\hss}}
+         \hbox to\textwidth{\hss\LARGE\MakeUppercase{\@ateneo}\hss}}
          \vss
       }%
    }%
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 }
       \def\ps@classica{\let\@mkboth\markboth
       \def\@oddhead{\vbox{%
-      \hbox to \hsize{\hfill {\LARGE \@ateneo}\hfill}%
+      \hbox to \hsize{\hfill {\LARGE\MakeUppercase{\@ateneo}}\hfill}%
       \ifclassica
             \hbox to \hsize{\hfil\vrule\@width\z@
         \@height2ex\vrule\@height1.4\p@\@depth-\p@\@width50mm\hfil}%
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     \gdef\@corso{#1}}
 \def\scuoladidottorato#1{\global\dottoratotrue\global\laureatriennalefalse
     \gdef\@phdschool{#1}}
-\def\ateneo#1{\gdef\@ateneo{\expandafter\uppercase{\expandafter #1}}}
+\def\ateneo#1{\gdef\@ateneo{#1}}
 \def\nomeateneo#1{\gdef\@nomeat{\expandafter\uppercase{\expandafter #1}}}
 \newcommand\facolta[2][]{\gdef\@facname{#2}\gdef\@facnumber{#1}}
 \let\struttura\facolta
@@ -251,14 +251,24 @@
 
 \newenvironment{frontespizio}{%
     \ifdefstring{\@currenvir}{frontespizio}
-           {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}}{\fr@ntespizio}
+           {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}}{\TPTmaybestar}
  }{%
      \fr@ntespizio
  }
 
 \newbool{AteneoInHead}\boolfalse{AteneoInHead}
+\newcommand\TPTmaybestar[1]{\def\@tempA{#1}%
+\ifdefstring{\@tempA}{*}%
+  {\boolfalse{topTPTlogos}\booltrue{AteneoInHead}\fr@ntespizio}
+  {\booltrue{topTPTlogos}\fr@ntespizio\@tempA}
+}
 \def\fr@ntespizio{%
-\begingroup
+\begingroup\par
+   \oddsidemargin=\dimexpr(\oddsidemargin+\evensidemargin)/2\relax
+   \evensidemargin \oddsidemargin
+\null
+\setcounter{page}{1}%
+\normalfont
 \ifclassica
    \boolfalse{topTPTlogos}
    \thispagestyle{classica}
@@ -268,10 +278,13 @@
    \thispagestyle{titlepage}
 \fi
 \ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{}{\booltrue{AteneoInHead}}
-   \oddsidemargin=\dimexpr(\oddsidemargin+\evensidemargin)/2\relax
-   \evensidemargin \oddsidemargin
-      \null\setcounter{page}{1}%
-      \normalfont
+\ifcsvoid{@ateneo}{%
+    \ifbool{topTPTlogos}
+    {}{\booltrue{AteneoInHead}\def\@ateneo{Manca il nome dell'ateneo}}%
+}{%
+    \booltrue{AteneoInHead}%
+}
+
    \ifbool{AteneoInHead}{}{%
       {{\centering\LARGE \@ateneo\par}}
    }
@@ -310,7 +323,7 @@
                   \@TesiDiLaurea%
             \fi
         \fi
-        \ifx\empty\@materia\else
+        \unless\ifx\empty\@materia
             \\\@InName\\\@materia
         \fi
       \end{center}
@@ -345,7 +358,7 @@
       \fi
       \par
      \unless\iftopTPTlogos
-      {\centering \printloghi\par}\fi
+      {\vfill\centering \printloghi\par}\fi
       \vfill
       \iflaureatriennale
             \let\@nomerelatore\empty
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cfg b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cfg
index 8dac35306b2..ad73f0c1d1d 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cfg
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cfg
@@ -30,22 +30,20 @@
 %%
 %%================================================================
 %% This file is the only file of the TOPtesi bundle that the user
-%% can modify without restrictions in order to customize the
+%% can modify without restrictions in order to customise the
 %% contents of this configuration file to his/her needs. The user
 %% can add or remove lines, comment or uncomment lines, change the
 %% arguments to the macros, add definitions and so on.
-%% A better use of this file consists into copying it to another
-%% file to be named as the thesis main file and with extension
-%% .cfg; This bundle will try to read "\jobname.cfg"; if this file
-%% does not exist, it looks for toptesi.cfg and if this further
-%% does not exist, it does nothing. This means that the provided
-%% file toptesi.cfg is to be used preferably as a model, not to
-%% be used directly.
+%% Use  this file by copying it to another file to be named as the
+%% thesis main file and with extension .cfg; This bundle will try
+%% to read "\jobname.cfg"; if this file it does nothing. This means
+%% that the provided file toptesi.cfg is to be used as a model, not
+%% to% be used directly.
 %%================================================================
 %%
 \ateneo{Politecnico di Torino}
-\facolta{}% nessun nome di default
-\FacoltaDi{}% non viene scritta nessuna indicazione per la facoltà
+\facolta{}% nessun nome di default/ no default name
+\FacoltaDi{}% nessun prefisso per la facoltà/no default faculty label
 %%\DottoratoIn{Corso di dottorato in }
 \CorsoDiLaureaIn{Corso di Laurea in }
 \TesiDiLaurea{Tesi di Laurea Magistrale}
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cls b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cls
index 920bcdba6d6..abb1713ac3d 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cls
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.cls
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %%   Right brace   \}     Tilde         \~}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesClass{toptesi}%
-[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Class for typesetting university theses]
+[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Class for typesetting university theses]
 \DeclareOption{a4paper}{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}}
 \DeclareOption{titlepage}{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}}
 \DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{report}}
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.sty b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.sty
index 209ca0a4601..cc1f88b8981 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.sty
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex/toptesi/toptesi.sty
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %%   Right brace   \}     Tilde         \~}
 \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
 \ProvidesPackage{toptesi}%
-[2014/11/13 v.5.85b Extension for toptesi.cls]%
+[2014/12/13 v.5.86f Extension for toptesi.cls]%
 \def\TRON{\tracingcommands \tw@ \tracingmacros \tw@}
 \def\TROFF{\tracingcommands\z@ \tracingmacros \z@}
 \let\TROF\TROFF
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/libexec/ctan2tds b/Master/tlpkg/libexec/ctan2tds
index 5616e05acaa..60c3d132cb7 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/libexec/ctan2tds
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/libexec/ctan2tds
@@ -2202,6 +2202,7 @@ my $core_latex = "$Master/texmf-dist/tex/latex";
  'beamersubframe' => 'latex',# requires interaction
  'basque-book'  => 'latex',  # requires interaction
  'basque-date'  => 'latex',  # requires interaction
+ 'bbold'	=> 'pdflatex',
  'bguq'         => 'latex',  # requires interaction
  'bhcexam'      => 'latex',  # requires interaction
  'bosisio'      => 'latex -translate-file=empty.tcx',   # ^^, no 8-bit
@@ -3127,13 +3128,19 @@ sub runins {
   my ($thispatt) = @_;
   print "\t RUNINS $thispatt\n";
   for (grep (/$thispatt/, @filenames)) { 
+    my $env_mktex = "env MKTEXTFM=0 MKTEXMF=0 MKTEXPK=0";
     # do not infinite loop on docstrip "output directory", e.g., fltpoint.
-    &runjob ("yes | sed 10q | env MKTEXTFM=0 MKTEXMF=0 MKTEXPK=0 $insrunner $_");
+    &runjob ("yes | sed 10q | $env_mktex $insrunner $_");
     
+    # bbold.dtx generates bbold.ins, and then does "low level hacks" to
+    # run the .ins itself.  We don't want to do anything.
+    next if $package eq "bbold";
+
     # in the case of fullblck (et al.?), the .dtx creates the .ins (so the
     # .ins is not in @filenames), and the .ins creates the .sty.
+    # So we have to run the .ins.
     if (! grep (/$package\.ins$/, @filenames) && -r "$package.ins") {
-      &runjob ("yes | sed 10q | $insrunner $package.ins");
+      &runjob ("yes | sed 10q | $env_mktex $insrunner $package.ins");
     }
   }