This LaTeX template was originally developed by Vel ([email protected]) and Johannes Böttcher from Latextemplates.com. After using it for several projects (together with Christian Hauff) and finally my bachelor and master thesis, I recognized that I made several changes to the original template to fit my purposes.
This version is now optimized and prepared for the documentation of programming or software engineering works and comes with a lot of packages I found useful.
Tested with TexLive 2020 & pdflatex.
The template layout was adopted to fit the regulations of my university, but should be easily changed.
Most (printed) texts are currently in german, but this mainly affects the dummy content.
| Key | Meaning (if true) |
|---|---|
11pt |
The default document font size, options: 10pt, 11pt, 12pt |
oneside |
Adds empty pages for one-sided printing, use twoside for alternating binding margins |
ngerman |
Language loaded by babel, use english, american or naustrian for the respecting languages |
singlespacing |
Single line spacing, alternatives: onehalfspacing or doublespacing |
draft |
Enable draft mode (no pictures, no links, overfull hboxes indicated) |
nolistspacing |
If the document is onehalfspacing or doublespacing; sets spacing in lists to single |
liststotoc |
Add the list of figures/tables/etc to the table of contents |
toctotoc |
Add the main table of contents to the table of contents |
parskip |
Add space between paragraphs |
nohyperref |
Do not load the hyperref package |
headsepline |
Line under the header |
chapterinoneline |
Place the chapter title next to the number on one line |
consistentlayout |
Change the layout of the declaration, abstract and acknowledgements pages to match the default layout |
Note: Personal information of the author is now located in the file Base/auth_info.dist.tex. If you use this template in a public repo and you do not want to disclose personal information, just copy the contents of that file into Base/auth_info.tex and put in on your .gitignore, LaTeX will automatically switch to the new file.
| Variable | Meaning | Usage |
|---|---|---|
\thesistitle |
Title of the thesis | \ttitle |
\author |
Name of the author | \authorname |
\matnr |
Matriculation number | \matnumber |
\mailaddress |
E-Mail address | \email |
\addresses |
Address of the author | \addressname |
\degree |
Name of the degree (Master/Bachelor/PhD) | \degreename |
\supervisor |
Name of the supervisor | \supname |
\examiner |
Name of the examiner | \exaname |
\subject |
Subject area | \subjectname |
\university |
University name | \univname |
\faculty |
Faculty name | \facname |
The translations.tex-file provides a couple of additional translations that are mainly used in custom commands and the title page, and can easily extended with other languages or keywords.
Two options are available for prettifying the document if it needs to be printed:
The \printurl{}{}-Command (in the file commands.tex) works like the standard \href, but can be changed to print the url in a footnote, as hyperlinks do somehow not work in printed documents. Just change the definition of the command in the commands.tex-file as follows (Please only activate one of the definitions):
\newcommand{\printurl}[2]{
% \href{#1}{#2} % Uncomment for standard href
#2\footnote{#1} % Uncomment for print mode, URL in footnote
}To hide all links you can make them black like the rest of the text (line 183):
\hypersetup{hidelinks}To document source code, the listings-package can be used. The full documentation can be found here.
As the language support is rather basic, new languages can be defined for syntax highlighting as follows:
\lstdefinelanguage{JavaScript}{
keywords={break, case, catch, continue, debugger, default, delete, do, else, false, finally, for, function, if, in, instanceof, new, null, return, switch, this, throw, true, try, typeof, var, void, while, with},
morecomment=[l]{//},
morecomment=[s]{/*}{*/},
morestring=[b]',
morestring=[b]",
sensitive=true
}Special colors have been defined for the background of the listings, comments, keywords and strings and can easily be changed:
\definecolor{lstbg}{gray}{0.95}
\definecolor{lstComment}{RGB}{51, 102, 0}
\definecolor{lstKey}{RGB}{0, 51, 204}
\definecolor{lstStr}{RGB}{162, 43, 43}Usually, when I reference another chapter, I would write see chapter \ref{chap:sample}. Unfortunately, only the number (or letter) of the chapter is clickable as a link, it would be better to have the whole chapter 3.1 as a link. As this would require some unreadable construct like
\hyperref[chapterRef]{chapter \ref{chapterRef}}where you have to get the brackets and braces right, I implemented the commands \chapref{} and \appref{}. Those will print the link as shown above, with the correct translation of either 'chapter' or 'appendix'.
Just like chapref, \figref{fig:sample_figure} will print Figure X (or the translation if set) as a clickable link.
To be compliant with the thesis template chair for Strategic IT-Management at the UDE, switch to the branch sitm.
This template is under continuous development and will be updated from time to time.
The template is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
That means you are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
The .cls-File is licensed under the LPPL v1.3c (http:https://www.latex-project.org/lppl).