Template-LaTeX

LaTeX template for MSE semester, deepening project, thesis reports.

Getting Started

This template provides a LaTeX class which simply replaces and extends the standard directive report.

Without Git

This template is based on (https://github.com/njakob/template-latex/releases) and modified for my needs. Thanks to Nicolas Jakob

This updated model is available at (https://github.com/gremaudc/latex_model_mse) (here :-))

What's new ?

The main differences with this of Nicolas Jakobs are:

• Added new type of report (deepening)
• Remove tab space when start a new paragraph with \\ latex command. Just comment \usepackage[parfill]{parskip} in "/template-latex/mse-thesis.cls" if you don't want this feature
• Add a new bibliography backend "bibtex8" instead of "biber" for compatibility problem. The old option is just commented
• Add new command to add glossary and acronyms (\insertglossary)
• Modified structure example to match with the most frequent MSE report structure
• Add example using dirtree package for CD-ROM listing

It is recommended that you configure your workspace as shown below, then it will be easy to keep it updated.

Clone this Repository

Create a new folder for your report, then run git clone command.

$ git clone [email protected]:gremaudc/latex_model_mse.git

Now you can start to write your report in thesis.tex.

Setup your Own Repository

Create a new folder for your report, and then initialize your repository as usual.

$ git init
$ git remote add origin <remote-location-of-your-git>

Now you can start to write your report in thesis.tex.

Options

Different options can be defined for the document class.

Confidential

Type: Boolean Default: False

Place a confidential marker on the first page.

Lang

Type: String Default: en Accept: fr, en

Language of your document.

Major

Type: String Default: tin Accept: tic, tin

Define your major, tic for Information and Communication Technologies or tin for Industrial Technologies.

Path

Type: String

Path to this document class.

Type

Type: String Default: thesis Accept: semester, thesis, deepening

Define whether it is a semester project, thesis, or a deepening project (PA).

Metadata

Some metadata listed below must be provided to the document class.

Advisor

Advisor of your project, it is usually the same person as \professor.

Example: \advisor{Prof. John Doe}

Author

Your full name.

Example: \author{Cyrill Gremaud}

Contact

Your e-mail address.

Example: \contact{[email protected]}

Expert

Name and contact information of your expert(s).

Example:

\expert{
   Prof. John Doe
   \institute{HES-SO}
   \email{[email protected]}
}

HeadOfMSE

Name of Head of MSE.

Example: \headofmse{Fariba Moghaddam Bützberger}

Location

Optional

When you are abroad, place the information about the school or institute where you have done your work.

Example:

\location{
   Institute which is aboard
   \institute{HES-SO}
}

Title

Title of your report.

Example: \title{\LaTeX\ Model MSE}

Professor

Professor(s) who follow your research.

Example:

\professor{
   Prof. John Doe
   \institute{HES-SO}
   \email{[email protected]}
   \and
   Prof. John Doe
   \institute{HES-SO}
   \email{[email protected]}
}

ProposedBy

Person or company who proposed the subject of your work.

Example:

\proposedby{
   Nicolas Jakob
   \institute{HES-SO}
   \email{[email protected]}
}

Supervisor

Optional

When you are abroad, place information about the person following your research.

Example:

\supervisor{
   Prof. John Doe
   \institute{HES-SO}
   \email{[email protected]}
}

Version

Keep track of the published version of your document.

Example: \version{Version 1}

Installation notes for Ubuntu 14.10

To compile this template on Ubuntu, some additional package must be installed. Please note that this template has always been compilated with TexStudio

sudo apt-get install texstudio texlive-generic-extra texlive-latex-extra texlive-bibtex-extra biber texlive-fonts-recommended 

Please informe me if I have forgotten a package.

Some useful examples

To insert a picture : The option width=\textwidth fit the picture according to the width of the text.

\begin{figure}[h]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{includes/pictures/yourpicture.png}
	%\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{includes/pictures/yourpicture.png}
	\caption{my cool picture}
	\label{my cool picture}
\end{figure}

To insert 2 pictures side by side

\begin{figure}[h]
	\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
		\centering\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{includes/pictures/yourpicture}
		\caption{My cool picture 1\label{coolpic1}}
	\end{minipage}
	\begin{minipage}[b]{.5\textwidth}
		\centering\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{includes/pictures/yourpicture}
		\caption{My cool picture 2\label{coolpic2}}
	\end{minipage}
\end{figure}