Building your thesis
Windows (PDFLaTeX)
using the Batch file
- Open command prompt and navigate to the directory with the tex file. Run:
`compile-thesis-windows.bat`.
- Alternatively, double click on
compile-thesis-windows.bat
Unix/Linux/MacOSX
using the Make file
The template supports PDF, DVI and PS formats. All three formats can be generated
with the provided Makefile.
To build the PDF version of your thesis, run:
make
This build procedure uses pdflatex and will produce thesis.pdf.
To produce DVI and PS versions of your document, you should run:
make BUILD_STRATEGY=latex
This will use the latex command to build the document and will produce
thesis.dvi, thesis.ps and thesis.pdf documents. You will need psutils installed
Clean unwanted files
To clean unwanted clutter (all LaTeX auto-generated files), run:
make clean
Note: the Makefile itself is take from and maintained at
here.
Shell script for PDFLaTeX
Usage: sh ./compile-thesis.sh [OPTIONS] [filename]
[option] compile: Compiles the PhD Thesis
[option] clean: removes temporary files - no filename required