SPL-LaTeX

LaTeX style and class files for the Wits School of Electrical & Information Engineering

Master's Dissertation and PhD Thesis Style File

If you are writing up your dissertation/thesis in LaTeX, you should use the class file (wits-eie-thesis.cls) in the dissertation-thesis directory. It conforms to the faculty's style requirements (see the Faculty Style Guide for Theses and Dissertations in the same directory).

The dissertation-thesis directory also contains an example dissertation in the skeleton-msc-phd sub-directory. This example has a top-level file called main-doc which includes the preamble, each chapter, and the appendices. It makes use of the useful-packages package which lists many additional packages that can be helpful in formatting your dissertation/thesis. Only the essential packages have been included to reduce dependencies while the rest have been commented out. Uncomment, and use, those that you require.

If you have any suggestions for improving the style file and/or example, please email me, or make a pull-request with your changes.

Installing the Classes and Styles

In order to use the classes and styles in this repository, you will need to install them into your LaTeX system.

The two files you will need to "install" are:

• useful-packages.sty
• wits-eie-thesis.cls

MiKTeX on Windows

1. Create a location you can copy the classes and styles to
   • Windows 10: C:\Users\<MyUser>\AppData\Local\MiKTeK\<MiKTeX Version>\tex\latex\local
   • Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\<MyUser>\texmf\tex\latex\local\
2. Create a Root in MikTex
   1. Open the MikTex Settings (as Admin)
   2. Select the Roots tab
   3. Select the folder C:\Users\<MyUser>\AppData\Local\MiKTex\<MiKTeX Version>
   4. Click Apply
3. Tell MiKTeX to refresh it's filename database
   1. Open the MikTex Settings (as Admin)
   2. Select the General tab
   3. Click Refresh FNDB

You should now be able to use the class for your thesis.