LaTeX Template for BMC Mastertheses

This template was created by Christoph Graumann (https://github.com/cgraumann) based on the great work by Florian Walch [1].

Please refer to the LICENSE file for copyright information - but basically feel free to change and redistribute this template :-)

Structure

Your main file for the thesis is MAIN_Masterthesis.tex. You always compile this file in LaTeX, everything else is depends on it. Put your files in the following folders:

1. chapters - your content files, should be divided in chapters
2. figures - your images
3. bibliography/library.bib - your Bibtex file (e.g. generated by Mendeley)
4. glossary - glossary and acronyms
5. settings - some global settings
6. pages - template pages; no need to change this
7. logos - faculty logos; no need to change this

Settings

The following settings files are used:

• commands.tex
  • Start here by entering your Name, Title, etc.
  • Include some useful shortcuts and commands (like TODO)
• packages.tex
  • This file has all usepackage-directives. Add packages you need here.
• settings.tex
  • Some settings for included packages, like listings and glossary

Using TexStudio

TexStudio [2] is the best Latex editor out there. Seriously. No discussion accepted ;-)

To use it with this template, you will have to set up its compilation chain:

1. Go to Configure TexStudio and select the view Build on the left.
2. Select PdfLaTeX as your Default Compiler.
3. Select Biber as your Default Bibliography Tool.
4. Click on the wrench icon next to Build & View and edit your list of commands to the following recommendation:
   1. Default Compiler
   2. Default Glossary Tool
   3. Default Bibliography Tool
   4. Default Compiler
   5. Default Compiler

You can also copy-paste the following line into the Build & View field:

txs:///compile | txs:///glossary | txs:///bibliography | txs:///compile | txs:///compile | txs:///view

When you now open your MAIN_Masterthesis.tex file, you can simply click on Build & View (the green double-arrow button) and all necessary steps will be done automatically. It also includes three times LaTeX compilation; this is recommended to avoid indexing errors. Always compile your stuff multiple times!

Additional tricks

• First of all, please use Git to version your thesis. You will thank me for this some time - guaranteed.
• Check out the file TeX.gitignore at [3] for a standard gitignore file.
• You can set up your TexStudio, to automatically clean the LaTeX compilation files after finishing, to keep your repository clean. I created a script for this, check out [4].
• You can also perform an automatic compression of your PDF file, which is useful for sharing especially. You'll find a script for this as well on [4].

References

[1] https://github.com/fwalch/tum-thesis-latex

[2] http://texstudio.sourceforge.net/

[3] https://github.com/github/gitignore/

[4] https://github.com/cgraumann/LatexUtils