LaTeX Packages by Robert Whittaker

This page give details and download links for the various styles and classes I've written for use with the LaTeX document preparation system. If you have any questions about those which are listed, please email me. For more information and help with using LaTeX, you might like to look at the ODP's LaTeX category.

rjw-all.zip

A zip file containing all the other files for the classes and styles listed below.

rjwmath.sty

The rjwmath package contains various maths-related macros and commands. Key features include:

• Commands for many dimensionless groups (Ra, Re, Pr, etc.).
• Commands for multiple integrals, derivatives and differentials.
• Commands for vector operators (div, grad, curl, Laplacian), with an option to use with text or symbol variants.
• Additional Special functions (cosec, Ei, BesselJ, erf, etc.).
• Vector and tensor formatting with \vect{} and \tens{}.
• A fix for the erroneous wide space around the central relation in the eqnarray environment.
• An experimental \widebar math-mode accent.

rjwextra.sty

The rjwextra package contains various non-maths-related macros and formatting enhancements. Key features include:

• Package option britdate to format dates with the traditional British (day, month, year) order. This is the default; use usdate option to return to standard behaviour.
• Nicer figure captions: Small-caps used for "Figure n" text, and slanted style for the caption text itself.
• A new command \note{} to implement margin notes.
• Package option seceqnum causes equations to be numbered by section with an (n.m) style format.
• Footnote spacing altered to leave a line's space between the page text and the footnote separator.
• A fancy quotation environment fquote.
• Experimental support for automatic addition of title and author metadata to PDF files created from PostScript output.
• Experimental support for having multiple subequations on the same line with the subequations environment in amsmath. Macros take care of equation numbering, and allow labels to be defined for cross-referencing.

rjwcol.sty

Experimental class for adding automatic colouring of equations and headings. I wrote it mainly for use in conjunction with the foiltex package for writing presentations.

rjwthesis.cls

The class I wrote for my PhD thesis, based on the LaTeX book class. Main features include:

• Default of 1½ line spacing.
• Title page with commands to set the author, supervisor, affiliation, logo, etc.
• Fancy chapter headings (courtesy of Vincent Zoonekynd).
• Chapter-specific appendices with separator, using the subappendix package.
• Customisation of the default latex running page headers, to look less ugly.
• Synopsis environment (like an abstract) for use at the start of each chapter.

There's also a template file rjwthesis.tex to demonstrate how to use the class.

rjwcv.cls

Experimental class for preparing CVs. Includes layout for headings and sections, along with suitable bulleted and definition lists. Also a simple mechanism for multiple versions, sharing most of the content.

ueasheet.cls

An unofficial class for laying out problem sheets for UEA maths courses. Includes commends for setting up standard headers and footers, and providing numbers of parks for question parts.

camlet.cls

Personal letter class for members of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, following the University of Cambridge Identity Guidelines (as they were circa 2005/6). To make it work properly, you'll also need the Sabon font, and an eps version of the university crest.

jfm2.bst

The jfm2 BibTeX bibliography style is an slightly improved version of the file jfm.bst supplied by the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. I've just made a few improvements, mainly to more closely conform to the journal's actual requirements:

• Reverse publisher and address fields to display "Name, Address" rather than "Address: Name".
• Include parentheses around "ed." and remove comma beforehand when editors are listed in place of main authors.
• Start new sentence before including the contents of the the note field at the end of an entry.
• PhD and masters thesis titles are now formatted in italics with capitalised words, in the same was as book titles.
• The descriptive text "PhD Thesis" and "Masters Thesis" now have the second word capitalised.

The changes appear to work as intended, but since I don't understand all of the BibTeX style language, the file should be used at your own risk.