thesis.sty

%
% LaTeX style for University of Wolverhampton PhD theses.
%
% Based on a similar piece of work by Donald Craig at Memorial
% University, Newfoundland. You can find Donald's original work on his
% web site, here: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~donald/metathesis/
%
% (c) Sarah Mount, 2009.
%


\usepackage[xcdraw,table]{xcolor}
\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.9}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\pagestyle{fancy}

\fancyhead{}

\fancyhead[CO]{\leftmark}
\fancyhead[CE]{\rightmark}
\fancyfoot[CE,CO]{\thepage}


%%% Fixing running headers on empty pages
%%% Patch from: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=reallyblank
\let\origdoublepage\cleardoublepage
\newcommand{\clearemptydoublepage}{%
  \clearpage
  {\pagestyle{empty}\origdoublepage}%
}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearemptydoublepage


\floatsep = .29in
\textfloatsep = \floatsep
\intextsep = \floatsep

\bibliographystyle{unsrt}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}

% Almost everything is double spaced.
\newcommand{\spacing}{1.8}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}

\newcommand{\singlespace}[1]{
  \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{0.8}
  #1 
  \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}
}

%
% Footnotes are to be single spaced.
%
\newcommand{\wlvfootnote}[1]{%
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%
	\footnote{#1}%
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%
}

%
% Style for Chapter headings.
%
\renewcommand{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
  \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%
  \vspace*{5\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
        \Large \scshape \@chapapp\space \thechapter % Chapter number
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
    \fi
    \hrule                                        % horizontal line
    \vspace{20pt}%                                % add vertical space
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Large \scshape #1\par                        % chapter title
    \vspace{10pt}%                                % add vertical space
    \hrule                                        % horizontal rule
    \nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%
  }}

%
% Style for a \chapter*{} heading.
%
\renewcommand{\@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
  \vspace*{5\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \normalfont
    \hrule                                        % horizontal line
    \vspace{10pt}%                                % add vertical space
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Large\scshape #1\par                         % chapter title
    \vspace{10pt}%                                % add vertical space
    \hrule                                        % horizontal line
    \nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}


% Lengthy quotes must also be single spaced.
% We provide a parameter for the citation label too.
\newcommand{\wlvquote}[2]{%
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%
	\normalsize
	\begin{quote}{``\textsl{#1}''~\cite{#2}}\end{quote}
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%
	\normalsize
}
% Same, with no citation.
\newcommand{\wlvbarequote}[1]{%
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%
	\normalsize
	\begin{quote}{``\textsl{#1}''~}\end{quote}
	\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%
	\normalsize
}

\newcommand{\setuphyperref}[2]{%
\makeatletter
\let\savedbibitem\bibitem
\makeatother

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
    bookmarks=true,                                      % show bookmarks bar?
    unicode=false,                                       % non-Latin characters in Acrobat’s bookmarks
    pdftoolbar=true,                                     % show Acrobat’s toolbar?
    pdfmenubar=true,                                     % show Acrobat’s menu?
    pdffitwindow=false,                                  % window fit to page when opened
    pdfstartview={Fit},                                  % fits the width of the page to the window
    pdftitle={#1},                                       % title
    pdfauthor={#2},                                      % author
    pdfsubject={University of Wolverhampton PhD Thesis}, % subject of the document
    pdfcreator={#2},                                     % creator of the document
    pdfproducer={#2},                                    % producer of the document
    pdfkeywords={thesis} {template} {latex},             % list of keywords
    pdfnewwindow=true,                                   % links in new window
    colorlinks=true,                                     % false: boxed links; true: colored links
    linkcolor=DarkScarletRed,                            % color of internal links
    citecolor=DarkChameleon,                             % color of links to bibliography
    filecolor=DarkPlum,                                  % color of file links
    urlcolor=DarkSkyBlue                                 % color of external links
}
}

% Command for creating the thesis title page.
% For usage example, see thesis.tex.
\newcommand{\thesistitle}[3]{%
\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{1}
\pagestyle{plain}

\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%

\hrule 
\vspace{0.5cm}
{\scshape\Large #1}
\vspace{0.5cm}
\hrule
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%

\vspace{1.0cm}

%\copyright{} 
{\large\scshape #2}

\vspace{\fill}

\centering{
  A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the
  University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
}

\vspace{\fill}

#3 \\

\end{center}

\vspace{\fill}

This work or any part thereof has not previously been presented in any
form to the University or to any other body whether for the purposes
of assessment, publication or for any other purpose (unless
otherwise indicated).  Save for any express acknowledgements,
references and/or bibliographies cited in the work, I confirm that the
intellectual content of the work is the result of my own efforts and
of no other person.

The right of #2 to be identified as author of this work is
asserted in accordance with ss.77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. At this date copyright is owned by the author.

\vspace{\fill}

Signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
}


%
% The \wlvfig command is used to insert a new EPS figure 
% into our document.  Usage is:
%
%	\wlvfig[scale]{filename}{caption}
%
% Note:
%	- scale is optional (defaults to 1.0)
%	- Assumes that the graphics file is in the 'figures' directory.
% 	- 'filename' should not include the filename extension.
%	- 'filename' also serves as the label for the figure.
%      e.g. \ref{fig:filename} or \pageref{fig:filename}
%
\newcommand{\wlvfig}[3][1.0]{%
	\begin{figure}[!Hhtbp]
	\centering
	\vspace{2mm}
	\scalebox{#1}{\includegraphics{figures/#2}}
	\caption{#3}
	\label{fig:#2}
	\end{figure}
}


%
% The \wlvtab command is used to insert a new table into our document.
% Usage is:
%
%	\wlvtab{table_format}{label}{caption}{table_contents}x
%
% Note that we could have created a \newenvironment, but opted for
% a \newcommand so as to be consistent with the \wlvepsfig command.
%
\newcommand{\wlvtab}[4]{%
	\begin{table}[!htbp]
      \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}%
	\centering
	\vspace{2mm}
    \rowcolors{1}{}{lightgray}
	\begin{tabular}{#1}
	#4
	\end{tabular}
	\caption{\label{tab:#2}#3}
	\end{table}
    \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}%
}


%
% The \wlveqn command is used to add an equation to the thesis.
% Usage is 
%
%	\wlveqn{label}{equation_body}
%
\newcommand{\wlveqn}[2]{%
	\begin{equation}
	\centering
	\label{eqn:#1}
	#2
	\end{equation}
}


%
% Typeset a thesis statement.
% Usage:
%
%  \wlvthesis{fff}{The thesis of this work is Foo is better than Bar.}
%
%  blah blah thesis statement on Page \pageref{fff} blah blah
%
\newcommand{\wlvthesis}[2]{%
\vspace{1cm}
\hrule{}
\vspace{1em}
\label{#1}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}\normalsize
\noindent \bfseries { #2 }
\vspace{1em}
\hrule{}
\vspace{1cm}
% Now reset everything...
\mdseries
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{\spacing}\normalsize
}

%
% For theorems and corollaries.
%
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[chapter]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{case}{Case}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}[chapter]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{thesis}{Thesis}[chapter]

\newcommand{\eqdef}{\stackrel{\mbox{\upshape\tiny def}}{=}}


%
% Compress the space taken up by lists. 
% Use this command after a list is openned.
% Usage:
%     \begin{itemize}\compresslist{}
%       \item ...
%     \end{itemize}
\newcommand{\compresslist}{%
\setlength{\itemsep}{1pt}%
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%
\setlength{\parsep}{0pt}%
}