Thesis Starter Template

SUnORE-thesis is a Latex starter template that will help you make a better thesis.

• Source: http://sunore.co.za/SUnORE-thesis
• Homepage: http://sunore.co.za/
• Documentation: http://sunore.co.za/docs/

Installation

Clone the git repo - git clone git://github.com/johanjvrens/SUnORE-thesis.git - or download the latest stable release and then rename the directory to the name of your thesis.

Quick Start

###Linux / Mac

• Open a terminal and point it to the SUnORE-thesis location on your drive.
• Run the following command: sh sunore.sh to open the sunore menu as shown below.

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Select from the following functions.              q to EXIT.
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1 - Build everything [3-7]
2 - Build (without DocCheck) [3,5,6,7]
3 - Clean workspace
4 - Run DocCheck
5 - Compile R Code
6 - Compile PDF
7 - Show PDF
q - EXIT
Enter your choice [1-7] :
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• Alternativly you can run the make commands
  • make
  • make build
  • make clean
  • make check
  • make code
  • make pdf
  • make show

###Windows

• In a terminal run the make command to compile the project with pdflatex
• run the make pdf command to compile twice for references
• run make clean command to clean up all the compiled files

Configuration

Setting up biber in your LATEX editor

Kile

• In Kile go to Settings ! Configure Kile
• Under Tools click on Build
• Click on the New button, name your new tool Biber and click on Next and Finish
• Under Select a tool click on Biber
• On the left in the Command box type biber
• In the Options box type '%S' (include the apostrophies!)
• Go to the Advanced tab on the left
• In the Source extension box type aux
• In the Target extension box type bbl
• Go to the Menu tab
• From the Add tool to Build menu drop down list select Compile
• Click on Ok
• In the Kile toolbar there is a dropdown list of compile commands. In that list Biber will now appear, and you can simply click on it there to run it on the current file

LEd

• Locate the file C:\ProgramFiles\LEd\Batches\user1.bat (depends on where LEd is installed on your PC)
• Right click on it and select Edit
• Add the following three lines to the end of the file
  • %3
  • cd %1
  • biber.exe %2
• In one of the LEd toolbars there is a button that reads U1. This will run biber on the current file
• If this button is not there, go to View ! Toolbars and add toolbars until you see the U1 button

TeXnicCenter

1. In TeXnicCenter go to Build ! Define Output Profiles
2. Select LaTeX=>PDF or LaTeX=>PS or whatever you want to use
3. In the box Path to BibTeX executable replace bibtex.exe with biber.exe
4. Go to Build ! Current File ! BibTeX to run biber on the current file

##Packages included in SUnORE style file.

• geometry
• subfig
• algorithm2e
• xcolor
• latexsym
• graphicx
• longtable
• booktabs
• amsmath
• colortbl
• hhline
• enumitem
• rotating
• amssymb
• fmtcount
• url
• multirow
• pgf, tikz
• pgfplots
• hyperref Added to main.tex

Contributing

Everyone is welcome to help contribute and improve this project. There are several ways you can contribute:

• Reporting issues (please read issue guidelines)
• Suggesting new features
• Writing or refactoring code
• Fixing issues