CUHKThesis

A simple LaTeX template for CUHK thesis based on CUHK format guide.

Main features

• Support English and Chinese fonts for Linux, MacOS, Windows, and other platforms.
• Show titles of chapters (odd pages) and sections (even pages) in fancyhead.
• Support glossaries and nomenclature with automatic compiler latexmk.
• Support hyperlinks (url) and cross-reference (backref) for bibliographies.
• Fast compiling.

Install

1. Download or clone this repository.
2. Install major TeX distributions with XeLaTeX or use Overleaf (recommended).

Usage

TL;DR: Run command latexmk && latexmk -c in shell.

Edit the corresponding .tex, .bib files with your favorite editor and compile thesis.tex with latexmk command. Then you will get the demo.

For fast compiling, set draftmode=1 in .latexmkrc, this will skip front-matters and Chinese fonts. For final compiling, convert to draftmode=0 (default).

To clean up auxiliary files, run latexmk -c.

Directory structure

Directory	Description
add-ons/	abstract, front matters, and appendices
chapters/	major separated chapters
figures/	the suggested folder for inserted figures
tables/	the suggested folder for inserted tables
settings/	for settings and commands

Settings and commands

• The fontsets are automatically selected in settings/fonts.tex for Windows, MacOS, Linux, and other systems.
• You can change the formats and styles of the thesis by adjusting the settings in settings/settings.tex, e.g., change backref to false.
• The commands for fast-typing are stored in settings/usrcmds.tex. Users can define their own commands in this file.
• Usually we don't have to modify settings/cmds.tex since it only contains commands for outputting standard pages.

References

• Main styles: CUHKthesis by Zhou Feng @ 2022/12/15
• Spacing: CUHK-PHD-Thesis-Template by Xin Li @ 2021/04/10
• Bib-styles: acl-style-files by acl-org @ 2021/12/20
• Fonts, bib-styles: THUThesis by TUNA @ 2024/07/01, v7.5.2
• LatexMk compiler: Overleaf

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Any issues, discussions or pull requests are welcome.