org-thesis/thesis/title.org

#  -*- mode: org; -*-

* COMMENT Titlepage regulations

Here some info about the title page. Feel free to add the documentation of your own University as a reminder to self. Comment headings own be exported.

* Relevant Variables                                                 :ignore:
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\ThesisTitle}{{Writing a Thesis with Org Mode}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\ThesisSubTitle}{is nice.}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\FormattedThesisDefenseDate}{\mbox{\formatdate{1}{1}{2100}}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\FormattedAuthorDateOfBirth}{\mbox{\formatdate{1}{1}{2000}}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\FormattedThesisDefenseTime}{\mbox{10:00}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\AuthorShortName}{\mbox{Author}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\AuthorFullName}{\mbox{The Author}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\AuthorPlaceOfBirth}{\mbox{Earth}}
  #+latex_header: \newcommand{\ThesisISBN}{\mbox{}}

* Title Page -- LaTeX                                                :ignore:

  #+BEGIN_EXPORT latex
  \begin{titlepage}
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % First page: Thesis Title and Author Name
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    % Uncomment when adding the background figure to the cover.
    %\BgThispage

    \cleardoublepage
    \pagestyle{empty}

    \begin{center}
      \null\vfill
      {\LARGE{\bfseries \ThesisTitle}\par}
      \vspace{\stretch{0.5}}
      {\large \ThesisSubTitle \par}
      \vspace{\stretch{2}}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\stretch{2}}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      {\large\AuthorShortName}\\
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vspace{\baselineskip}
      \vfill
    \end{center}

    \clearpage
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Second page: Copyright and ISSN Number
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    \null
    \noindent
    The work presented in the current demonstration could not have been possible without wonderful blog posts on Org mode usage found on the internet, and without the GNU Emacs documentation.

    \vfill
    \noindent\textcopyright\ \number\year, \AuthorFullName\\
    \ThesisTitle\\
    Thesis, GNUniversity, The Earth\\
    Illustrated; with bibliographic information

    \bigskip

    \cleardoublepage
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Fifth page: Defense Information (English)
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    \pagestyle{empty}

    \begin{center}
      \null\vfill
      {\LARGE{\bfseries \ThesisTitle}\par}
      \vspace{\stretch{0.5}}
      {\large \ThesisSubTitle \par}
      \vspace{\stretch{2}}
      {Doctoral Thesis}\\
      \vspace{\stretch{2}}
      to obtain the degree of doctor\\
      from GNUniversity\\
      to be defended in public \\
      on \FormattedThesisDefenseDate\\\
      at \FormattedThesisDefenseTime\ hours\\
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      by\\
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      {\large\AuthorFullName}\\
      \vspace{\stretch{1}}
      born on \FormattedAuthorDateOfBirth\\
      in \AuthorPlaceOfBirth
      \vfill
    \end{center}

    \clearpage
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Sixth page: Corona Information (English)
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    \noindent
    \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{\hspace{22pt}}l}
      \textbf{Supervisor}:          & Prof.\ dr. Doc Doctor\\

      \\
      \\

      \textbf{Doctoral Thesis Committee}: & Prof.\ dr.\ Doctor Doc \hspace*{1cm} (chair)  \\ [0.5em]
                                    & Prof.\ dr.\ Doctor Doctor  \\
                                    & \hspace*{1cm} \textit{University of VS, not Earth} \\[0.5em]
                                    & Dr.\ Doctor von Doc  \\
                                    & \hspace*{1cm} \textit{University of VIM} \\[0.5em]

    \end{tabular}
    \cleardoublepage
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % End Titlepage
    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  \end{titlepage}
  #+END_EXPORT