wvenable@spam.ua.oz.au (Bill Venables) (08/28/90)
Is there such a thing as a generic "thesis" LaTeX style, distinct from both "report" and "book"? In this University the thesis regulations still read as they did in the typewriter days (even though noone types theses anymore), and the theses are still "double-spaced one-side-of-the-page only" typographic monstrosities. Morewover the student is required to have the thesis fully bound before the examiners even see it. If any revisions are required, very often they are crudely done or the whole thesis has to be typeset again and rebound. It seems to me that any generic thesis style should have a "draft" version suitable for the examination stage, with plenty of space for examiners' marginal notes, say, and a "final" version for when the process is complete, which may be essentially book style. I would be interested to hear from anyone with an interest in, or experience of, this problem, and of any solutions that might be available. (BTW I know already of the "ucthesis" and "mitthesis" styles, both of which are excellent.) I will summarise email responses if warranted. -- Bill Venables, Dept. of Statistics, | Email: venables@spam.adelaide.edu.au Univ. of Adelaide, South Australia. | Phone: +61 8 228 5412
jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu (James Darrell McCauley) (08/30/90)
John Pittman of Texas A&M has written an extensive set of TeX macros for typesetting theses, dissertations, and proposals. It is called BluTeX. At last word, this was public domain. It is written to conform to the thesis guidelines of Texas A&M, but it should be easy to make any modifications. There is a thorough example/manual. With BluTeX, you can do scattergrams, bar charts, and I believe, landscape figures. Interested parties should contact John McClain at: ophelp@tamvenus (bitnet) or (maybe this will work): ophelp@venus.tamu.edu (internet) I don't have anything to do with BluTeX, just passing along info. --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - James Darrell McCauley jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu Dept of Ag. Engineering (409) 845-6484 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2117, USA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -