Hi @github-young , thank you very much for contributing such a great template for the UST community. I just have a question regarding the blank pages at around toc, lof, lot, etc., is it required to have these blank pages? Also, how can I remove them? I tried to remove all \clearpage and \cleardoublepage in hkustthesis.cls, but it seemed to be not working...

Thanks in advance!

在进行编译时，vs code中的command命令无法正常编译latex。具体情况如图所示。

For example, this code will have an error: algorithm.sty:96: LaTeX Error: Command \c@algorithm already defined. [\floatname]

\begin{algorithm}
\caption{1}
\label{alg:1}
\begin{algorithmic}
\end{algorithmic}
\Require 1
\Ensure 1
\end{algorithm}

Solution:
We can solve the problem by commenting the following part in hkustthesis.cls:

\declaretheorem[
    name=Algorithm,
    style=hkustthm,
    refname={algorithm,algorithms},
    Refname={Algorithm,Algorithms},
    % numberwithin=section,
]{algorithm}

Then we can add a line \listofalgorithms after

\listoffigures
\listoftables

in the front, which will have a list page of all the algorithms in the thesis, just like the list page of all the figures from \listoffigures.

The reply from GS shows that the "one-and-a-half" line spacing is based on MS Word.

• Implement this requirement in LaTeX.
  • setspace
  • linespread
  • setstretch
• carefully check font and line spacing in other parts after the above step:
  • abstract
  • toc
  • footnote
  • enumitem: it has different line spacing scheme: the displayed value of line spacing may not be the 1.5 line space, but the actual spacing from Acrobat is indeed the same as the main text.
  • appendix

Hello Young,

Now, we have a nice workflow to make the things automatically run. I think we may need to split the workflow into three different files to make the whole process smooth and clear:

1. test workflow, when contributors file a pull request, it will automatically run some tests to ensure the compilation is OK. It should be triggered automatically.
2. build workflow, some advanced users may directly fork the repo, write their thesis and organize it through GitHub. We can provide a build workflow to construct their thesis online and return a PDF file. It can be triggered manually.
3. release workflow, when we tag the commit as a release, GitHub Actions will help us release the new version of HKUST thesis template. It should be triggered automatically.

Citation has (visited on day/month/year) in each item of the References.

Solution:
Add the following part in hkustthesis.cls:

\AtEveryBibitem{
    \clearfield{urlyear} % add
    \clearfield{urlmonth} % add
}

Please add features you think necessary in this issue.

• lstlisting style for other languages: remove or add? Removed.
• signature page: list of TEC names? RPG handbook does not mention this.
  I found that ECE department requires this.
• documentation:
  • README (Pages)
  • mythesis
  • dtx
• bib: Add an option for users to change bib style (ieee/nature/...)
• Different requirements from departments? Issue welcomed.