ThesTeX
LaTeX template for bachelor or master thesis.
Setup
Easy Initialization with GNU make
In the Makefile
you may adjust the base
variable to setup your git base directory relatively to the cloned directory.
First of all, run make
to initialize the repository and execute the initial build.
Thereafter, only run make
in the cloned directory to recreate your pdf
file.
Without make
- Remove the
.git
folder and the.gitmodules
file to be able to create a new git repository - First checkout all necessary submodules with
git submodule init
followed bygit submodule update
- Create the directories
graphic
,code
,images
andcontent
- Copy
meta/style/gitexinfo.sty
,meta/style/gitinfo2.sty
andmeta/style/IEEEtran.bst
to the root of your cloned directory. - For versioning of your PDF files copy
meta/style/gitinfo2-hook.txt
to.git/hooks/post-checkout
,.git/hooks/post-commit
and.git/hooks/post-merge
and make these copies executable.
Necessary Configurations
- Edit the
config/metainfo.tex
file to include- your name in the
\author{}
command, - the German title in
\title{}
and the English one in\subtitle{}
, - the submission date in
\date{}
, - your desired degree in
\newcommand\degree{}
, - your study course in
\newcommand\studycourse{}
, - the name of your advisor in
\newcommand\advisor{}
and - the submission location of your thesis in
\newcommand\location{}
- your name in the
- Modify
\gittrue
to\gitfalse
inconfig/metainfo.tex
to disable git versioning. - Edit the
\selectlanguage{}
command inthesis.tex
to setup the language you write your submission in. Possible options arengerman
english
Generating the PDF
Use latexmk
to generate a readable document, or use make all
of the Makefile
.
If You use texmaker, set latexmk
as your default build command.
Cleaning Up
Run make clean
or latexmk -C
to remove the generated PDF and all temporary LaTeX files.