classicthesis-config.tex

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% 0. Set the encoding of your files. UTF-8 is the only sensible encoding nowadays. If you can't read
% äöüßáéçèê∂åëæƒÏ€ then change the encoding setting in your editor, not the line below. If your editor
% does not support utf8 use another editor!
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\PassOptionsToPackage{utf8}{inputenc}
  \usepackage{inputenc}

\PassOptionsToPackage{T1}{fontenc} % T2A for cyrillics
  \usepackage{fontenc}

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% 1. Configure classicthesis for your needs here, e.g., remove "drafting" below
% in order to deactivate the time-stamp on the pages
% (see ClassicThesis.pdf for more information):
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\PassOptionsToPackage{
  drafting=false,    % print version information on the bottom of the pages
  tocaligned=false, % the left column of the toc will be aligned (no indentation)
  dottedtoc=false,  % page numbers in ToC flushed right
  eulerchapternumbers=true, % use AMS Euler for chapter font (otherwise Palatino)
  linedheaders=false,       % chaper headers will have line above and beneath
  floatperchapter=true,     % numbering per chapter for all floats (i.e., Figure 1.1)
  eulermath=false,  % use awesome Euler fonts for mathematical formulae (only with pdfLaTeX)
  beramono=true,    % toggle a nice monospaced font (w/ bold)
  palatino=true,    % deactivate standard font for loading another one, see the last section at the end of this file for suggestions
  style=arsclassica % classicthesis, arsclassica
}{classicthesis}

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% 2. Personal data and user ad-hoc commands (insert your own data here)
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\newcommand{\myTitle}{Simulation Architectures\texorpdfstring{\\}{} for\texorpdfstring{\\}{} Reinforcement Learning applied to Robotics\xspace}
\newcommand{\mySubtitle}{\xspace} 
\newcommand{\myDegree}{Doctor of Philosophy\xspace}
\newcommand{\myName}{Diego Ferigo\xspace}
\newcommand{\myProf}{Angelo Cangelosi\xspace}
\newcommand{\myOtherProf}{\xspace}
\newcommand{\mySupervisor}{Daniele Pucci\xspace}
\newcommand{\myFaculty}{Faculty of Science and Engineering\xspace}
\newcommand{\mySchool}{School of Engineering\xspace}
\newcommand{\myDepartment}{Department of Computer Science\xspace}
\newcommand{\myUni}{University of Manchester\xspace}
\newcommand{\myLocation}{Genoa (IT)\xspace}
\newcommand{\myYear}{2022\xspace}
\newcommand{\myTime}{July \myYear\xspace}
\newcommand{\myVersion}{\classicthesis}

% ==========
% Cover page
% ==========

% Necessary for the alignment of the logos
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{mypurple}{HTML}{6b2c90}
\definecolor{myyellow}{HTML}{ffd400}
\definecolor{mygrey}{HTML}{8a8c8e}
%\definecolor{color1}{HTML}{bbbfc3} % Light
%\definecolor{color2}{HTML}{3c424c}
\definecolor{color3}{HTML}{303640} % Dark
%\definecolor{color4}{HTML}{A1A4A9}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fix-cm}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{math}

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% 3. Loading some handy packages
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% Packages with options that might require adjustments
% ********************************************************************
% Spanish languages need extra 'es-lcroman' option in order to work with this template

\usepackage[american, british]{babel} % change this to your language(s), main language last

\usepackage{csquotes}
\PassOptionsToPackage{%
  backend=biber,bibencoding=utf8, %instead of bibtex
  %backend=bibtex8,bibencoding=ascii,%
  language=auto,
  style=authoryear-comp,
  citestyle=authoryear,
  %style=authoryear-comp, % Author 1999, 2010
  %bibstyle=authoryear,dashed=false, % dashed: substitute rep. author with ---
  sorting=nyt, % name, year, title
  maxbibnames=10, % default: 3, et al.
  maxcitenames=1,
  uniquelist=false,
  url=true,
  doi=false,
  isbn=false,
  hyperref=true,
  %backref=true,%
  clearlang=true,
  natbib=true % natbib compatibility mode (\citep and \citet still work)
}{biblatex}
    \usepackage{biblatex}

\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{note}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{extra}}
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearlist{language}}

% Square brackets with style=authoryear
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/16792
\newrobustcmd*{\parentexttrack}[1]{%
  \begingroup
  \blx@blxinit
  \blx@setsfcodes
  \blx@bibopenparen#1\blx@bibcloseparen
  \endgroup}
\AtEveryCite{%
  \let\parentext=\parentexttrack%
  \let\bibopenparen=\bibopenbracket%
  \let\bibcloseparen=\bibclosebracket}

\usepackage[fleqn]{amsmath} % math

\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{physics}
\AtBeginDocument{\RenewCommandCopy\qty\SI}

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% General useful packages
% ********************************************************************

\usepackage{graphicx} %
\usepackage{scrhack} % fix warnings when using KOMA with listings package
\usepackage{xspace} % to get the spacing after macros right
\PassOptionsToPackage{printonlyused,smaller}{acronym}
  \usepackage{acronym} % nice macros for handling all acronyms in the thesis
  %\renewcommand{\bflabel}[1]{{#1}\hfill} % fix the list of acronyms --> no longer working
  %\renewcommand*{\acsfont}[1]{\textsc{#1}}
  %\renewcommand*{\aclabelfont}[1]{\acsfont{#1}}
  %\def\bflabel#1{{#1\hfill}}
  \def\bflabel#1{{\acsfont{#1}\hfill}}
  \def\aclabelfont#1{\acsfont{#1}}
\usepackage{enumitem} % necessary for roman numbering in copyright statement
\usepackage{setspace} % necessary to use the \setstretch command in the abstract
\usepackage{empheq} % cases individually numbered

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%\usepackage{pgfplots} % External TikZ/PGF support (thanks to Andreas Nautsch)
%\usetikzlibrary{external}
%\tikzexternalize[mode=list and make, prefix=ext-tikz/]
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% 4. Setup floats: tables, (sub)figures, and captions
% ****************************************************************************************************

\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{tabularx} % better tables
  \setlength{\extrarowheight}{3pt} % increase table row height
\newcommand{\tableheadline}[1]{\multicolumn{1}{l}{\spacedlowsmallcaps{#1}}}
\newcommand{\myfloatalign}{\centering} % to be used with each float for alignment
\usepackage{subfig}
%
% Colored table
% https://tinkertailorsoldiersponge.com/blog/2014/07/07/fancy-thesis-tables-in-latex
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{xfrac}

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% 5. Setup code listings
% ****************************************************************************************************

\usepackage{listings}
%\lstset{emph={trueIndex,root},emphstyle=\color{BlueViolet}}%\underbar} % for special keywords
\lstset{language=[LaTeX]Tex,%C++,
  morekeywords={PassOptionsToPackage,selectlanguage},
  keywordstyle=\color{RoyalBlue},%\bfseries,
  basicstyle=\small\ttfamily,
  %identifierstyle=\color{NavyBlue},
  commentstyle=\color{Green}\ttfamily,
  stringstyle=\rmfamily,
  numbers=none,%left,%
  numberstyle=\scriptsize,%\tiny
  stepnumber=5,
  numbersep=8pt,
  showstringspaces=false,
  breaklines=true,
  %frameround=ftff,
  %frame=single,
  belowcaptionskip=.75\baselineskip
  %frame=L
}

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% 6. Last calls before the bar closes
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% ********************************************************************
% Her Majesty herself
% ********************************************************************

\usepackage{classicthesis}

% Better rendering of long chapter titles
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/102070/multiline-title-vertical-alignment-using-classicthesis-and-arsclassica
\renewcommand\formatchapter[1]{% 
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.15\linewidth}
    \chapterNumber
  \end{minipage}%
  \begin{minipage}[b]{0.8\linewidth}
    \raggedright\spacedallcaps{#1}
  \end{minipage}
}

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% Fine-tune hyperreferences (hyperref should be called last)
% ********************************************************************

\hypersetup{%
  %draft, % hyperref's draft mode, for printing see below
  hidelinks,
  colorlinks=false,
  linktocpage=false, pdfstartpage=3, pdfstartview=FitV,%
  % uncomment the following line if you want to have black links (e.g., for printing)
  %colorlinks=false, linktocpage=false, pdfstartpage=3, pdfstartview=FitV, pdfborder={0 0 0},%
  breaklinks=true, pageanchor=true,%
  pdfpagemode=UseNone, %
  % pdfpagemode=UseOutlines,%
  plainpages=false, bookmarksnumbered, bookmarksopen=true, bookmarksopenlevel=1,%
  hypertexnames=true, pdfhighlight=/O,%nesting=true,%frenchlinks,%
  urlcolor=CTurl, linkcolor=CTlink, citecolor=CTcitation, %pagecolor=RoyalBlue,%
  %urlcolor=Black, linkcolor=Black, citecolor=Black, %pagecolor=Black,%
  pdftitle={\myTitle},%
  pdfauthor={\textcopyright\ \myName, \myUni, \myFaculty},%
  pdfsubject={},%
  pdfkeywords={},%
  pdfcreator={pdfLaTeX},%
  pdfproducer={LaTeX with hyperref and classicthesis}%
}

% ********************************************************************
% Setup autoreferences (hyperref and babel)
% ********************************************************************
% There are some issues regarding autorefnames
% http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=latexwords
% you have to redefine the macros for the
% language you use, e.g., american, ngerman
% (as chosen when loading babel/AtBeginDocument)
% ********************************************************************

\makeatletter
\@ifpackageloaded{babel}%
  {%
    \addto\extrasamerican{%
      \renewcommand*{\figureautorefname}{Figure}%
      \renewcommand*{\tableautorefname}{Table}%
      \renewcommand*{\partautorefname}{Part}%
      \renewcommand*{\chapterautorefname}{Chapter}%
      \renewcommand*{\sectionautorefname}{Section}%
      \renewcommand*{\subsectionautorefname}{Section}%
      \renewcommand*{\subsubsectionautorefname}{Section}%
    }%
    \addto\extrasbritish{%
      \renewcommand*{\figureautorefname}{Figure}%
      \renewcommand*{\tableautorefname}{Table}%
      \renewcommand*{\partautorefname}{Part}%
      \renewcommand*{\chapterautorefname}{Chapter}%
      \renewcommand*{\sectionautorefname}{Section}%
      \renewcommand*{\subsectionautorefname}{Section}%
      \renewcommand*{\subsubsectionautorefname}{Section}%
    }%
    \addto\extrasngerman{%
      \renewcommand*{\paragraphautorefname}{Absatz}%
      \renewcommand*{\subparagraphautorefname}{Unterabsatz}%
      \renewcommand*{\footnoteautorefname}{Fu\"snote}%
      \renewcommand*{\FancyVerbLineautorefname}{Zeile}%
      \renewcommand*{\theoremautorefname}{Theorem}%
      \renewcommand*{\appendixautorefname}{Anhang}%
      \renewcommand*{\equationautorefname}{Gleichung}%
      \renewcommand*{\itemautorefname}{Punkt}%
    }%
      % Fix to getting autorefs for subfigures right (thanks to Belinda Vogt for changing the definition)
      \providecommand{\subfigureautorefname}{\figureautorefname}%
    }{\relax}
\makeatother

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% Development Stuff
% ********************************************************************

\listfiles
%\PassOptionsToPackage{l2tabu,orthodox,abort}{nag}
%  \usepackage{nag}
%\PassOptionsToPackage{warning, all}{onlyamsmath}
%  \usepackage{onlyamsmath}

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% 7. Further adjustments (experimental)
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% \usepackage{showframe} % useful to debug margin configuration
% ********************************************************************
% Changing the text area
% ********************************************************************
%
%\areaset[current]{312pt}{761pt} % 686 (factor 2.2) + 33 head + 42 head \the\footskip
%\setlength{\marginparwidth}{7em}%
%\setlength{\marginparsep}{2em}%

% ********************************************************************
% Using different fonts
% ********************************************************************
%
%\usepackage[oldstylenums]{kpfonts} % oldstyle notextcomp
% \usepackage[osf]{libertine}
%\usepackage[light,condensed,math]{iwona}
%\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{iwona}
%\usepackage{lmodern} % <-- no osf support :-(
%\usepackage{cfr-lm} %
%\usepackage[urw-garamond]{mathdesign} <-- no osf support :-(
%\usepackage[default,osfigures]{opensans} % scale=0.95
%\usepackage[sfdefault]{FiraSans}
% \usepackage[opticals,mathlf]{MinionPro} % onlytext

%\usepackage[largesc,osf]{newpxtext}
\linespread{1.5} % default line spacing as required by UoM
% Used to fix these:
% https://bitbucket.org/amiede/classicthesis/issues/139/italics-in-pallatino-capitals-chapter
% https://bitbucket.org/amiede/classicthesis/issues/45/problema-testatine-su-classicthesis-style

% Include new defined commands
\input{new_commands.tex}

% Tikz
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikzscale}
\usepackage{mathdots}
\usepackage{yhmath}
\usepackage{cancel}
\usepackage{color}
\PassOptionsToPackage{dvipsnames}{xcolor}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{booktabs}
\usepackage{extarrows}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usetikzlibrary{fadings}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
\usetikzlibrary{shadows.blur}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes}

% Algorithms
\PassOptionsToPackage{%
  noEnd=true,
  indLines=true,
  italicComments=true,
  rightComments=true,
}{algpseudocodex}
\usepackage{algpseudocodex}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{setspace}

% List of symbols
% https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Nomenclatures
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature

% Group separation in list of symbols
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\renewcommand\nomgroup[1]{%
\item[
  \bfseries
  \ifstrequal{#1}{A}{Robot Kinematics and Dynamics}{%
    \ifstrequal{#1}{L}{Reinforcement Learning}{}%
  }%
]%
}