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building latex scaffolding for thesis.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:17:41 -0400 |
parents | thesis/mitthesis/README.text@c2c28c3e27c4 |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/thesis/aux/mitthesis/README.text Fri Mar 21 01:17:41 2014 -0400 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ 1.4 +This file includes the basic commands you will need to use within each 1.5 +chapter of your thesis. 1.6 + 1.7 +The file chap1.tex is a sample first chapter. To get started, you may 1.8 +just want to replace the text and commands in that file as needed. In 1.9 +general though, for each new chapter you want to do the following: 1.10 + 1.11 + o Make sure the name has the extension .tex . Otherwise, you 1.12 + can call it anything you want. For ease of use, all the 1.13 + examples use chap1, chap2, etc. 1.14 + 1.15 + o Add a line to the file main.tex that reads: 1.16 + 1.17 + \include{yourfilename} 1.18 + 1.19 + This should not include the .tex extension, because latex 1.20 + assumes that is there. 1.21 + 1.22 +Basic syntax: 1.23 + 1.24 + o The first line of each chapter should be: 1.25 + 1.26 + \chapter{Chapter Title} 1.27 + 1.28 + o To start a new section (labeled chap#.sec# -- as in 1.1, 1.29 + 1.2, etc): 1.30 + 1.31 + \section{Section Heading} 1.32 + 1.33 + You can also include subsections: 1.34 + 1.35 + \subsection{Heading} 1.36 + 1.37 +