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@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ This bundle for \LaTeX\ has two goals:
\item Provide a classic, high quality typographic style which is
inspired by \cauthor{bringhurst:2002}'s ``\emph{The Elements of
Typographic Style}'' \citep{bringhurst:2002}.
- \graffito{\myTitle Version 1.4.2}
+ \graffito{\myTitle Version 2.0}
\end{enumerate}
The bundle is configured to run with a \emph{full}
-MiK\TeX\footnote{MiK\TeX\ 2.4 or above. Furthermore,
-\texttt{classicthesis}
-works with most other \LaTeX\ distributions and, thus, with most
-operating systems \LaTeX\ is available for. Just give it a try.}
+MiK\TeX\ or \TeX Live\footnote{See the file \texttt{LISTOFFILES} for
+needed packages. Furthermore, \texttt{classicthesis}
+works with most other distributions and, thus, with most operating
+systems \LaTeX\ is available for.}
installation right away and, therefore, it uses only freely available
fonts. (Minion fans can easily adjust the style to their needs.)
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ especially these:
information to be on a page. And, no: the lines are not too short.
\item The tables intentionally do not use vertical or double
rules. See the documentation for the \texttt{booktabs} package for
- a nice discussion of this topic.
+ a nice discussion of this topic.\footnote{To be found online at \\
+ \url{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/booktabs/}.}
\item And last but not least, to provide the reader with a way
easier access to page numbers in the table of contents, the page
numbers are right behind the titles. Yes, they are \emph{not}
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ the following:
body\dots}
\item\texttt{Chapters/} is where all the ``real'' content goes in
separate files such as \texttt{Chapter01.tex} etc.
+ % \item\texttt{Examples/} is where you store all listings and other
+ % examples you want to use for your text.
\item\texttt{FrontBackMatter/} is where all the stuff goes that
surrounds the ``real'' content, such as the acknowledgments,
dedication, etc.
@@ -94,13 +97,16 @@ the following:
\item\texttt{Bibliography.bib}: the Bib\TeX\ database to organize
all the references you might want to cite.
\item\texttt{classicthesis.sty}: the style definition to get this
- awesome look and feel.
+ awesome look and feel.
\item\texttt{ClassicThesis.tcp} a \TeX nicCenter project file.
Great tool and it's free!
\item\texttt{ClassicThesis.tex}: the main file of your thesis
where all gets bundled together.
- \item\texttt{loadpackages.sty}: a central place to load all nifty
- packages that are used.
+ \item\texttt{classicthesis-ldpkg.sty}: a central place to load all
+ nifty packages that are used. The package has only one option
+ available, \texttt{nochapters}, which defaults to \texttt{false}.
+ Activate it if you want to use the package with a class which does
+ not have chapter divisions, \eg, an article.
\end{itemize}
This should get you started in no time.
@@ -127,9 +133,12 @@ allow for a bit of freedom concerning the layout:
\item\texttt{tocaligned}: aligns the whole table of contents on
the left side. Some people like that, some don't.
\item\texttt{subfigure}: is passed to the \texttt{tocloft} package
- to enable compatibility with the \texttt{subfigure} package.
+ to enable compatibility with the \texttt{subfig}(\texttt{ure})
+ package.
\item\texttt{nochapters}: allows to use the look-and-feel with
- classes that do not use chapters.
+ classes that do not use chapters, \eg, for articles. Automatically
+ turns off a couple of other options: \texttt{eulerchapternumbers},
+ \texttt{linedheaders}, \texttt{listsseparated}, and \texttt{parts}.
\item\texttt{beramono}: loads Bera Mono as typewriter font.
(Default setting is using no typewriter font.)
\item\texttt{eulermath}: loads the awesome Euler fonts for math.
@@ -137,15 +146,28 @@ allow for a bit of freedom concerning the layout:
\item\texttt{parts}: if you use Part divisions for your document,
you should choose this option. It provides you with the command
\verb|\myPart{}| which takes care of the style and the entry
- into the Table of Contents.
+ into the Table of Contents. (Cannot be used together with
+ \texttt{nochapters}.)
\item\texttt{a5paper}: adjusts the page layout according to the
global \texttt{a5paper} option (\emph{experimental} feature).
+ \item\texttt{minionpro}: sets Robert Slimbach's Minion as the
+ main font of the document. The textblock size is adjusted
+ accordingly.
+ \item\texttt{pdfspacing}: makes use of pdftex' letter spacing
+ capabilities via the \texttt{microtype} package.\footnote{Use
+ \texttt{microtype}'s \texttt{DVIoutput} option to generate
+ DVI with pdftex.} This fixes some serious issues regarding
+ math formul\ae\ etc. (\eg, ``ß'') in headers.
+ \item\texttt{minionprospacing}: uses the internal \texttt{textssc}
+ command of the \texttt{MinionPro} package for letter spacing. This
+ automatically enables the \texttt{minionpro} option and overrides
+ the \texttt{pdfspacing} option.
\end{itemize}
The best way to figure these options out is to try the different
possibilities and see, what you and your supervisor like best.
-To make things in general easier, \texttt{loadpackages.sty} contains
-some useful commands that might help you.
+To make things in general easier, \texttt{classicthesis-ldpkg.sty}
+contains some useful commands that might help you.
\section{Future Work}
@@ -162,7 +184,7 @@ template, as I do not have time for an answer. But if you have
comments, suggestions, or improvements for the style or the template
in general, do not hesitate to write them on that postcard of yours.
-%\longpage
+
\section{License}
\paragraph{GNU General Public License:} This program is free software;
you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -184,6 +206,30 @@ you can redistribute it and/or modify
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, \textsmaller{MA} 02111-1307, \textsmaller{USA}.
+
+\section{Beyond a thesis}
+It is easy to use the layout of \texttt{classicthesis.sty} without the
+framework of this bundle. To make it even easier, this section offers
+some plug-and-play-examples.
+
+The \LaTeX -sources of these examples can be found in the folder
+with the name \texttt{Examples}. They have been tested with
+\texttt{latex} and \texttt{pdflatex} and are easy to compile. To
+assure you even a bit more, PDFs built from the sources can also
+be found the folder.
+%(It might be necessary to adjust the path to
+%\texttt{classicthesis.sty} and \texttt{Bibliography.bib} within the
+%examples.)
+
+\lstinputlisting[title=An Article]%
+ {Examples/classicthesis-article.tex}
+
+\lstinputlisting[title=A Book]%
+ {Examples/classicthesis-book.tex}
+
+\lstinputlisting[title=A Curriculum Vit\ae]%
+ {Examples/classicthesis-cv.tex}
+
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