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A LaTeX template for dissertations at the University of British Columbia
https://github.com/briandealwis/ubcdiss

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A LaTeX template for dissertations at the University of British Columbia

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# `ubcdiss` – a dissertation template for LaTeX



This distribution provides a community-maintained LaTeX template

for writing a dissertation that conforms with UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) specifications. 



This template provides a document class builds on top of the standard

LaTeX _book_ class to ensure much better compatibility with

standard LaTeX packages.  The functionality is implemented using

the commonly available packages found in most LaTeX distributions

such as [MacTeX](http://www.tug.org/mactex/), [MikTeX](https://miktex.org), and [TeXLive](https://www.tug.org/texlive/).

(Give thanks to the countless volunteers who write and maintain these many TeX packages!)



The template has some documentation in [`doc.pdf`](doc.pdf).  This

documentation is itself written using the template, and the content

is found in [`ack.tex`](ack.tex), [`glossary.tex`](glossary.tex),

and [`intro.tex`](intro.tex).  [`diss.tex`](diss.tex) is the

main file but all the content is contained in the other files which

are included from [`diss.tex`](diss.tex) using `\include`.



You will almost certainly need to use additional LaTeX packages for

your dissertation.  There are some pointers in [`diss.tex`](diss.tex)

and [`doc.pdf`](doc.pdf) to useful packages for handling common

problems/requirements.  You may need to manually install these for

your distribution; teTeX in particular seems to ship with a much

smaller package base.



GPS has very strict formatting requirements, and these requirements

may change.  You should review the GPS

[_Thesis Specifications_](http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/dissertation-thesis-preparation/structure-ubc-theses-dissertations)

and [_Formatting Requirements_](http://www.grad.ubc.ca/current-students/dissertation-thesis-preparation/formatting-requirements).  GPS is very lenient with

font choice providing the fonts are used consistently.

Please [open an issue](https://github.com/briandealwis/ubcdiss/issues/new)

if GPS requires you to make formatting or organization changes:

I'll fold those changes into the template for future students.



Please report problems with the

template by [opening an issue on Github](https://github.com/briandealwis/ubcdiss/issues/new).  Before reporting a problem, please ensure that:



 1. you have the latest version of the template (see the abstract

    in [`doc.pdf`](doc.pdf)),

 2. you are using the latest version of your TeX distribution,

 3. your question isn't answered in [the FAQ file](FAQ.md), and

 4. you've exhausted your local LaTeX wizard's help.  Tip: You can

    often find your own wizard by buying beer for a CS grad at Koerner's.



When reporting a problem BE SURE TO INCLUDE:



 1. the version used of this template

 2. details on the operating system and TeX distribution you are using 

    (e.g., Windows XP and MikTeX 2.5, SuSE Linux 10 and its bundled

    installation, MacOS X 10.5.4 and MacTeX 2007),

 3. the log file (likely called `diss.log`).