commands.tex

\documentclass[12pt, openany]{book}
\usepackage{a4}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage[procnames]{listings}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes, arrows}
\usepackage{physics}
\usepackage{xr}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage[nottoc,numbib]{tocbibind}
\usepackage{chemformula}
\usepackage{minted}
\usepackage{miller}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows}
% To get flow charts as eps
\usetikzlibrary{external}

\usepackage{wrapfig}  % text floating around figures
\usepackage{tabularx} % to control the width of tables and columns
\usepackage{setspace} % line spacing
\usepackage{fancyhdr} % line in Header

\usepackage[linktocpage, colorlinks, citecolor=black, linkcolor=black, urlcolor=black]{hyperref}  % having hyperlinks in black saves printing costs!

% Trying out new biblatex format
% Specifying how the references should be rendered
\usepackage[backend=bibtex8, style=phys, maxnames=12, articletitle=false, biblabel=brackets, chaptertitle=false, pageranges=false]{biblatex}

\hypersetup{pdftitle = {<title of your thesis>},
pdfauthor = {<your name>}, pdfkeywords = {<some>, <good>, <keywords>}}

\pagenumbering{arabic} %
\setlength{\parindent}{0.4cm}

\pagestyle{fancy}


%code mode
\definecolor{keywords}{RGB}{255,0,90}
\definecolor{comments}{RGB}{0,0,113}
\definecolor{red}{RGB}{160,0,0}
\definecolor{green}{RGB}{0,150,0}

\lstset{language=Python,
        basicstyle=\ttfamily\small,
        keywordstyle=\color{keywords},
        commentstyle=\color{comments},
        stringstyle=\color{red},
        showstringspaces=false,
        identifierstyle=\color{blue},
        rulecolor=\color{black},
        frame=single,
        tabsize=2,
        procnamekeys={def,class}}

% global change of font in tables
\newenvironment{tabschrift}{\begin{footnotesize}}{\end{footnotesize}}

\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.0cm} %
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.5cm} %
\setlength{\textwidth}{15.3cm} %
\setlength{\hoffset}{0cm} % = 1 inch + number

% Chapter in Header in lowercase
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{
\markboth{\chaptername \ \thechapter.\ #1}{}} %
\fancyhead{} \fancyhead[LE,RO]{\leftmark} %
\fancypagestyle{plain}{
   \fancyhf{}
   \fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage}
   \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}}
\fancyfoot{} \fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage} %


\setlength{\headwidth}{\textwidth} % line in  header as wide as text

\setcounter{topnumber}{3}% default 2
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{3}% default 1
\setcounter{totalnumber}{6} % default 3


\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.05} %default 0.2
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.95} % default 0.7
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.95} %default 0.3
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75} % default 0.5


% New command definitions to be used in the latex files
\newcommand{\kbT}{k_{\mathrm{B}} T}
\newcommand{\figpath}{figures}
\newcommand{\etal}{\textit{et al.}}
\newcommand{\abinitio}{\textit{ab initio}}