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

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 @ 2023/04/06, v7.3.2
• LatexMk compiler: Overleaf

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Any issues, discussions or pull requests are welcome.