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Changed handling of page layout over to geometry package #22

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Updated the packagr to conform to modern thesis format guidance and i…
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43 changes: 19 additions & 24 deletions edmaths.sty
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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{edmaths}[2024-08-30 Edinburgh maths thesis/report style v0.99]
\RequirePackage{calc,ifthen,setspace,amsmath,amsthm,amscd,amssymb}
\RequirePackage{geometry,ifthen,setspace,amsmath,amsthm,amscd,amssymb}



% PAGE SIZE AND MARGINS
% These settings control the size of the page and its margins. All measurements are
% compliant wih the school's typesetting requirements.

\setlength{\paperheight}{297mm} % A4 Paper
\setlength{\paperwidth}{210mm} %
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{14.6mm} % Left/Inside: 4.0cm (rel. -1in)
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.4mm} % Right/Outside: 2.5cm (rel. -1in)
\setlength{\topmargin}{-17.4mm} % \
\setlength{\headheight}{6mm} % | Top: 2.0cm (rel. -1in), out of which 6mm for the header
\setlength{\headsep}{6mm} % /
\setlength{\textwidth}{145mm} % Margins: 2.5cm + 4cm
% Textheight delayed until we know the line spacing.
% For physical hardback binding, the University printing service demands 4cm inner
% and 2.5cm outer margins. FThis is specified below as 25mm margins on both sides
% plus a 15mm binding offset.

\geometry{
a4paper,
inner = 25mm, % inner margin if two-sided, left if one-sided.
outer = 25mm, % outer margin if two-sided, right if one-sided
bindingoffset = 15mm, % leaves space for physical binding
top = 20mm, % top margin
bottom = 40mm, % bottom margin
headheight = 6mm, % size of header
headsep = 6mm, % distance from top of text to top of header
nomarginpar = true, % zero space allocated for margin notes
heightrounded = true % prevents vbox errors due to textheight not being equal to height of inter number of lines.
}

% The following is removed in favour of the `report' class options "oneside/twoside".
% \@twosidefalse \@mparswitchfalse % Single-sided by default
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\DeclareOption{masterph}{\renewcommand{\degreetext}{Master of Philosophy}}
\DeclareOption{mastersc}{\renewcommand{\degreetext}{Master of Science by Research}}

% Options relating to stretchfactor (used for margin spacing)
% Options relating to stretchfactor (used for line spacing)
\ifthenelse{\isundefined{\stretchfactor}}{\newcommand{\stretchfactor}{1}}{}
\DeclareOption{single}{\renewcommand{\stretchfactor}{1}}
\DeclareOption{onehalf}{\renewcommand{\stretchfactor}{1.5}}
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\fi%
} {}



% BODY HEIGHT
% Set up the text body height. For the text height, we calculate the largest number of
% lines that gives us no more than 4cm bottom margin. This depends on the line spacing,
% which we need first.

% Set the line spacing
\setstretch{\stretchfactor}

% Debug only: In the next line, \XXXfactor contains the number of lines on a text-only page.
% \newlength{\XXXunit}\setlength{\XXXunit}{1pt}\newlength{\XXXfactor}\setlength{\XXXfactor}{1pt + ((672pt - \topskip) / \baselineskip) * \XXXunit}
\newlength{\scratchlength}\setlength{\scratchlength}{\topskip + ((672pt - \topskip) / \baselineskip) * \baselineskip + \baselineskip}
\setlength{\textheight}{\scratchlength}

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In the current version, the text height adjusts based on the line spacing, set by stretchfactor. Is this preserved with the update to using geometry or no?

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Yes, this is handled by \geometry{heightrounded = true} (which is likely to be more robust to other changes than the manual calculation).



% DOCUMENT COMPONENTS
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