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| 3 | This collection of files will  assist  LaTeX  users  in | 
| 4 | preparing  doctoral dissertations according to the for- | 
| 5 | matting requirements of the Graduate  School,  here  at | 
| 6 | the  University  of  Notre  Dame.   Working in the UNIX | 
| 7 | environment, type "make sample" to see a sample  thesis | 
| 8 | (be sure that "make" and "ghostview" are in your search | 
| 9 | path, which was true, for all  users,  at  Notre  Dame, | 
| 10 | when this was written). | 
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| 12 | thesis.tex: | 
| 13 | This file is intended to serve  a  thesis  template, | 
| 14 | edited  by  each  user.  The file "sample.tex" is an | 
| 15 | exact copy that can be left unedited,  as  a backup, | 
| 16 | for future reference. | 
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| 18 | sample.tex: | 
| 19 | see "thesis.tex" | 
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| 21 | thesis.bib: | 
| 22 | This  file  is  intended  to  provide  an   editable | 
| 23 | bibliography  template  for  the  "thesis.tex"  file | 
| 24 | above.  It shows  examples  of  all  common  biblio- | 
| 25 | graphic  entries.  The file "SAMPLE.BIB" is an exact | 
| 26 | copy that can be left unedited,  as  a  backup,  for | 
| 27 | future reference. | 
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| 29 | sample.bib: | 
| 30 | see "thesis.bib" | 
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| 32 | sample.eps: | 
| 33 | A sample graphic, imported by the  "thesis.tex"  and | 
| 34 | "sample.tex" files. | 
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| 36 | Makefile: | 
| 37 | This file contains instructions for  automatic  pro- | 
| 38 | cessing of "thesis.tex" and "thesis.bib" - just type | 
| 39 | "make" and all the required  steps  occur  automati- | 
| 40 | cally.   Alternatively, type "make sample" to view a | 
| 41 | sample thesis, instead.  Also, this  "makefile"  can | 
| 42 | generate "PDF" output - just type "make pdf" to gen- | 
| 43 | erate "PDF" output from the "thesis.tex" file.   The | 
| 44 | "emacs"  editor  will  complain of a suspicious line | 
| 45 | each time changes are saved - ignore the warning. | 
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| 47 | ndthesis.cls: | 
| 48 | This file defines all the required formating  for  a | 
| 49 | doctoral  dissertation  at  Notre Dame.  Invoke this | 
| 50 | file by  including  "\documentclass[]{ndthesis}"  as | 
| 51 | the first line of a LaTeX document. | 
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| 53 | ndthesis.dtx: | 
| 54 | To generate documentation  for  "ndthesis.cls"  type | 
| 55 | "latex   ndthesis.dtx"  followed  by  "makeindex  -s | 
| 56 | gglo.ist -o ndthesis.gls ndthesis.glo"  followed  by | 
| 57 | "latex  ndthesis.dtx"  again, repeating until cross- | 
| 58 | references are resolved (LaTeX stops complaining). | 
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| 60 | thesis.ins: | 
| 61 | To  make   new   versions   of   "ndthesis.cls   and | 
| 62 | template.tex"   type   "latex   ndthesis.ins"  which | 
| 63 | replaces existing versions of  these  files.   There | 
| 64 | should be no reason to do this. | 
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| 66 | thesis.bst: | 
| 67 | This defines an  "acceptable"  bibliography  format. | 
| 68 | To   generate   a   custom   format,   type   "latex | 
| 69 | makebst.tex" and enter "merlin.bst" as the  template | 
| 70 | file. | 
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| 72 | makebst.tex: | 
| 73 | see thesis.bst | 
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| 75 | merlin.mbs: | 
| 76 | see thesis.bst | 
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| 78 | All remaining files should never require editing. | 
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