CUED PhD Thesis Template

A PhD thesis LyX template for Cambridge University Engineering Department.

Author(s)

• Krishna Kumar

License

Distributed under MIT License

To install LyX styles:

Mac OSX

1. copy PhDThesisLyX.cls to the appropriate LaTeX folder, copy to: /Users/[username]/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ or ~/Documents/

2. run sudo texhash from the command line

3. copy PhDThesisLyX.layout to the appropriate LyX folder, /Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/LyX-[version]/layouts/

4. Reconfigure LyX by going to LyX > Reconfigure

5. Open the Thesis.lyx file, and replace the field with your text to write your thesis.

Linux

1. create a local directory mkdir -p ~/texmf/tex/latex

2. copy PhDThesisLyX.cls to the appropriate LaTeX folder, e.g. under linux, copy it to: ~/texmf/tex/latex cp PhDThesisLyX.cls ~/texmf/tex/latex

3. run sudo texhash from the command line

4. copy PhDThesisLyX.layout to the appropriate LyX folder, e.g. under linux, copy it to: ~/.lyx/layouts.

5. Reconfigure LyX by going to Tools > Reconfigure

6. Open the Thesis.lyx file, and replace the fields with your text to write your thesis.

In LyX, the PhDThesisLyX style should now be available as a new document class.

Make sure the University_Crest files (eps + pdf) are in the same folder as your document.

Windows OS

1. Copy PhDThesisLyX.layout to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\LyX<version>\layouts.

2. Copy PhDThesisLyX.cls to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\<version>\tex\latex for MikTeX or C:\texlive\texmf-local\tex\latex for TexLive You may need to create this directory manually, though the parent tex directory should already be present.

Run Start -> MikTex -> Settings (or on Windows 8: <Press Windows Key>, Type 'settings', choose the non-admin Settings item with MikTex icon) then click Refresh FNDB.

Now load Lyx and run: Tools -> Reconfigure. Once complete you'll receive a notification to restart Lyx. Do so then load your Thesis.lyx and go to Document -> Settings. In Document Class (item in left sidebar list) In the Document class dropdown choose PhDThesisLyX (items are in alphabetical order).

Using the template

Thesis Information

Go to Document > Settings > LaTeX preamble to modify the title, author, year, department fields.

Custom Options

To set custom options supported by the class file go to Document > Settings > Document class and enter (for example) a4paper,12pt,numbered,oneside,draft,print without quotes in the custom field.

Paper Size: a4paper / a5paper

a4paper (The University of Cambridge PhD thesis guidelines recommends a4 page size - default option) or a5paper: A5 Paper size is also allowed as per the Cambridge University Engineering Deparment guidelines for PhD thesis

FontSize: 10pt / 11pt / 12pt

11pt or 12pt(default): Font Size 10pt is NOT recommended by the University guidelines

Layout: oneside or twoside(default): Printing double side (twoside) or single side.

Mode (print / online): Use print for print version with appropriate margins and page layout. Leaving the options field blank will activate Online version.

draft: For draft mode without loading any images (same as draft in book)

Bibliography style:

To define document class options like bibliography style (numbered / authoryear) go to Document > Settings > Document classs and include numbered or authoryear without quotes in the custom field.

• authoryear: For author-year citation eg., Krishna (2013)

• numbered: (Default Option) For numbered and sorted citation e.g., [1,5,2]

Choosing the Page Style

PhDThesisLyX defines 3 different page styles (header and footer). The following definition is for twoside layout.

Go to Document > Settings > Document class and include PageStyleI or PageStyleII in the custom field.

• default (leave empty): For Page Numbers in Header (Left Even, Right Odd) and Chapter Name in Header (Right Even) and Section #. Section Name (Left Odd). Blank Footer.

    Header (Even)   : 4                                                 Introduction 
  
    Header (Odd)    : 1.2 Section Name 		   			                5
  
    Footer 		    : Empty
  

• PageStyleI: For Page Numbers in Header (Left Even, Right Odd) and Chapter Name next to the Page Number on Even Side (Left Even). Section Number and Section Name and Page Number in Header on Odd Side (Right Odd). Footer is empty. Layout:

    Header (Even)   : 4 | Introduction 
  
    Header (Odd)    :                         			                1.2 Section Name | 5
  
    Footer 		    :                               Empty
  

• PageStyleII: Chapter Name on Even Side (Left Even) in Header. Section Number and Section Name in Header on Odd Side (Right Odd). Page numbering in footer. Layout:

    Header (Even)   : Introduction
    
    Header (Odd)    : 			   				                        1.2 Section Name
    
    Footer[centered]:                           	3
  

Choosing the Fonts

PhDThesisLyX currently supports three fonts Times, fourier and Latin Modern (default).

• times: (The University of Cambridge guidelines recommend using Times). Specifying times option in the document class will use mathptpx or Times font with Math Support.
• fourier: fourier font with math support
• default (empty): When no font is specified, Latin Modern is used as the default font with Math Support.

Go to Document > Settings > Document class and include times or fourier in the custom field.

Nomenclature Definition

• To sort nomenclatures in LyX you can use sort key prefix when entering a new nomenclature entry. In this case a prefix of g is used to denote Greek Symbols, followed by -pi or -sort_key. Use a - to separate sort key from the prefixes.

The standard prefixes defined in this class are:

* `A` or `a`: Roman Symbols

* `G` or `g`: Greek Symbols

* `Z` or `z`: Acronyms/Abbreviations

* `R` or `r`: Superscripts

* `S` or `s`: Subscripts

* `X` or `x`: Other Symbols

Authoryear citation (citing within parentheses)

• LyX by default doesn't support citep (Author, 2014) and only supports citet Author(2014) citation style. Possible work around is to change the order in which the citation styles are called. This works only in LyX 2.1 (or higher)

• Copy the following code to Document>>Settings>>Local Layout:

    CiteEngine authoryear
        Citep*[][]
        Citet*[][]
        Citealt*[][]
        Citealp*[][]
        Citeauthor*[]
        citeyear[]
        citeyearpar[][]
        nocite
    End
    
    CiteEngine numerical
        Citep*[][]
        Citet*[][]
        Citealt*[][]
        Citealp*[][]
        Citeauthor*[]
        citeyear[]
        citeyearpar[][]
        nocite
    End
  

Known Issues or Bugs

• If you find any let me know, or even better, patch it and contribute to the development of the LyX Template.