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+%************************************************
+\myChapter{Introduction}\label{ch:introduction}
+%************************************************
+This bundle for \LaTeX\ has two goals:
+\begin{enumerate}
+ \item Provide students with an easy-to-use template for their
+ Master's
+ or PhD thesis. (Though it might also be used by other types of
+ authors
+ for reports, books, etc.)
+ \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}
+\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.}
+installation right away and, therefore, it uses only freely available
+fonts. (Minion fans can easily adjust the style to their needs.)
+
+People interested only in the nice style and not the whole bundle can
+now use the style stand-alone via the file \texttt{classicthesis.sty}.
+This works now also with ``plain'' \LaTeX.
+
+This should enable anyone with a basic knowledge of \LaTeXe\ to
+produce beautiful documents without too much effort. In the end, this
+is my overall goal: more beautiful documents, especially theses, as I
+am tired of seeing so many ugly ones.
+
+The whole template and the used style is released under the
+\textsmaller{GNU} General Public License.
+
+If you like the style then I would appreciate a postcard:
+\begin{center}
+ André Miede \\
+ Detmolder Straße 32 \\
+ 31737 Rinteln \\
+ Germany
+\end{center}
+The postcards I got so far are available at \url{http://postcards.miede.de}.
+
+Hopefully, this thesis template is done well enough for your needs and
+does not have too many flaws. So far, a couple of theses have been
+typeset successfully with it. If you are interested in some
+typographic details behind it, enjoy Robert Bringhurst's wonderful book.
+
+\graffito{A well-balanced line width improves the legibility of
+the text. That's what typography is all about, right?}
+\paragraph{Important Note:} Some things of this style might look
+unusual at first glance, many people feel so in the beginning.
+However, all things are intentionally designed to be as they are,
+especially these:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \item No bold fonts are used. Italics or spaced small caps do the
+ job quite well.
+ \item The size of the text body is intentionally shaped like it
+ is. It supports both legibility and allows a reasonable amount of
+ 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.
+ \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}
+ neatly aligned at the right side and they are \emph{not} connected
+ with dots that help the eye to bridge a distance that is not
+ necessary. If you are still not convinced: is your reader
+ interested in the page number or does she want to sum the numbers
+ up?
+\end{itemize}
+Therefore, please do not break the beauty of the style by changing
+these things unless you really know what you are doing! Please.
+
+
+\section{Organization}
+A very important factor for successful thesis writing is the
+organization of the material. This template suggests a structure as
+the following:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \graffito{You can use these margins for summaries of the text
+ body\dots}
+ \item\texttt{Chapters/} is where all the ``real'' content goes in
+ separate files such as \texttt{Chapter01.tex} etc.
+ \item\texttt{FrontBackMatter/} is where all the stuff goes that
+ surrounds the ``real'' content, such as the acknowledgments,
+ dedication, etc.
+ \item\texttt{gfx/} is where you put all the graphics you use in
+ the thesis. Maybe they should be organized into subfolders
+ depending on the chapter they are used in, if you have a lot of
+ graphics.
+ \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.
+ \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.
+\end{itemize}
+This should get you started in no time.
+
+
+\section{Style Options}
+There are a couple of options for \texttt{classicthesis.sty} that
+allow for a bit of freedom concerning the layout:
+\begin{itemize}
+ \graffito{\dots or your supervisor might use the margins for some
+ comments of her own while reading.}
+ \item\texttt{drafting}: prints the date and time at the bottom of
+ each page, so you always know which version you are dealing with.
+ Might come in handy not to give your Prof. that old draft.
+ \item\texttt{eulerchapternumbers}: use figures from Hermann Zapf's
+ Euler math font for the chapter numbers. By default, old style
+ figures from the Palatino font are used.
+ \item\texttt{linedheaders}: changes the look of the chapter
+ headings a bit by adding a horizontal line above the chapter
+ title. The chapter number will also be moved to the top of the
+ page, above the chapter title.
+ \item\texttt{listsseparated}: will add extra space between table
+ and figure entries of different chapters in the list of tables or
+ figures, respectively.
+ \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.
+ \item\texttt{nochapters}: allows to use the look-and-feel with
+ classes that do not use chapters.
+ \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.
+ (Palatino is used as default font.)
+ \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.
+ \item\texttt{a5paper}: adjusts the page layout according to the
+ global \texttt{a5paper} option (\emph{experimental} feature).
+\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.
+
+
+\section{Future Work}
+So far, this is a quite stable version that served a couple of people
+well during their thesis time. However, some things are still not as
+they should be. Proper documentation in the standard format is still
+missing. In the long run, the style should probably be published
+separately, with the template bundle being only an application of the
+style. Alas, there is no time for that at the moment\dots it could be
+a nice task for a small group of \LaTeX nicians.
+
+Please do not send me email with questions concerning \LaTeX\ or the
+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
+ it under the terms of the \textsmaller{GNU} General Public License as
+ published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but \emph{without any warranty}; without even the implied warranty of
+ \emph{merchantability} or \emph{fitness for a particular purpose}.
+ See the
+ \textsmaller{GNU} General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the \textsmaller{GNU} General
+ Public License
+ along with this program; see the file \texttt{COPYING}. If not,
+ write to
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, \textsmaller{MA} 02111-1307, \textsmaller{USA}.
+
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