https://github.com/etienne-monier/2020-thesis

The code to generate a wonderfull thesis with tufte-book template
https://github.com/etienne-monier/2020-thesis

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The code to generate a wonderfull thesis with tufte-book template

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/etienne-monier/2020-thesis
• Owner: etienne-monier
• Created: 2020-10-28T14:16:18.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-29T14:03:09.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-23T01:58:32.752Z (12 months ago)
• Language: TeX
• Size: 16.6 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# My PhD manuscript

This is my PhD manuscript which can be viewed [here](https://etienne-monier.github.io/publications/monier2020thesis.pdf).

I post the codes online for insparation about the template or the TikZ figures handling system.

## Generate the manuscript

The manuscript can be generated very easily by simply typing

```

$ git clone https://github.com/etienne-monier/2020-Thesis.git Manuscript

$ cd Manuscript

$ latexmk

```

## Some words about the template

The template is based on the [`tufte-book`](https://ctan.org/pkg/tufte-latex) document class. This style is sometimes painful, especially for figures which is redefined in the class style file. Some examples:

1. The `label` command becomes weak in `tufte-book` class. It means that you cannot make a nice 

```

\begin{figure}

    \includegraphics{...}

    \caption{...}

    \label{...}

\end{figure}

```

but you have to specify the label in the `caption` command with a `protect` before.

```

\begin{figure}

    \includegraphics{...}

    \caption{\protect\label{...}...}

\end{figure}

```

Same thing for `ref` in the caption.

```

\begin{figure}

    \includegraphics{...}

    \caption{\protect\label{...} ... \protect\subref{...} ... }

\end{figure}

```

2. Specifying `[b]` to place figures in the bottom of a page generally places it at the end of the chapter.

3. I used 4 kind of figure display : with side / below caption with textwidth / pagewidth width.  

4. The only compatible package for subfigures is the obsolete [`subfigure` package](https://ctan.org/pkg/subfigure).

The main reasons I whatever used it:

* That's simply beatiful !

* The right margins are perfect to write notes in the paper version.

## Some words about the figure system

I simply love making TikZ figures ! I find it sublime :)

The main problem when using it only:

* a memory error rapidly appears when making lots of pgfplots figures,

* the compilation time becomes excessive

* generally, you can attempt to resize your figure, which makes the font size smaller than the main content font size.

To solve this, I externalized everything with separated `.tikz` files to execute separately (thanks to the `standalone` document class). I finally made a small recipe in the `.latexmkrc` file to automatically generate the pdf graphics based on the tikz file.

Beware ! To that end, each separate execution needs to reach the style files located in the `/style` folder. For simplicity, I just linked them in the texmf folder:

```

$ cd ~/.texmf/tex/latex/

$ ln -s /path/to/Manuscript/style/ 

```

## License

![Licence Creative Commons](https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png)

Ce(tte) œuvre est mise à disposition selon les termes de la [Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale - Partage dans les Mêmes Conditions 4.0 International](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).