Department of Computer Science LaTeX Resources

Custom LaTeX Classes and Packages

U of S Thesis document class (Version 1.4.16, 2011/06/03, Mark Eramian)

  • Conforms to CGSR Thesis Prepearation Guide.
  • Suitable for both paper and electronic theses.

Update 1.4 16: this is a bugfix release.  The table of contents no longer disappears when the nofigurelist class option is used.

New in 1.4.15: default margins are now 1 inch on all sides for ETD.  Former behaviour of a 4cm left margin for theses that are to be printed and bound can be enabled by a document class option.

General LaTeX References

Online Resources

Recommended Print Resources

Specific LaTeX Topics

Software

Editors (in no particular order)

NameDescriptionPlatform(s)
Texmaker An integrated LaTeX Editor, or as the authors call it, "development environment". [Linux/Windows/MacOS X]
WinEdt A text editor that can be used with LaTeX. [Windows]
TeXShop A LaTeX Aware editor for the Macintosh. Features integrated preview. [MacOS X]
TeXnicCenter A LaTeX IDE designed to work with MiKTeX (see below). [Windows]
GNU TeXmacs A WSYIWYG LaTeX editor. [Windows/Unix]
Kile A "user friendly TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE desktop environment". Resembles TeXShop in many ways. [Windows/Linux/MacOS/SPARC with KDE installed]
Lyx A LaTeX editor that is self described a a WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean) word processor. [Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOS]
BibDesk A nice BiBTeX front-end. [MacOS]
JabRef A Java-based GUI front-end for managing BibTeX databases. [Java >= 1.4.2]

LaTeX Distributions