This file created 23 Feb 1995 by Stephen G. Simpson
This file last revised 10 October 1998 by Stephen G. Simpson

/usr/local/lib/teTeX/texmf/doc/local/psuthesis/README


ORIGINAL REMARKS, FEBRARY 1995:

Documentation for psuthesis.sty

This directory documents the Penn State University Thesis style file,
psuthesis.sty.  This is a LaTeX 2.09 document style for typesetting a
PhD thesis in conformity with the Penn State Thesis Office
requirements as of July 1993.  Note that the Thesis Office
requirements themselves are on-line in

    http://www.gradsch.psu.edu/gs_overview/thesisguide/

Details of how to use the PSU Thesis style file, ./psuthesis.sty, and
the compatible PSU Thesis Bibliography style file, ./psuthesis.bst,
are explained in the documentation file, ./psuthesis.doc.  The
subdirectory ./sample209 contains a sample Ph D thesis prepared by
this method.

In 1994 the official LaTeX standard changed from LaTeX 2.09 to LaTex
2e.  Unfortunately, the author of psuthesis.sty has not yet updated it
to work with LaTeX 2e.  In the meantime, process your PhD thesis file
with "latex209" instead of "latex".


NOTE ADDED MARCH 1995:

Documentation for psuthesis.cls

I have created a LaTeX 2e document class, psuthesis.cls.  This is
essentially just psuthesis.sty with minimal changes to make it work
under LaTeX 2e.  Although I'm not aware of any specific problems right
now, users of psuthesis.cls are warned that it is experimental and may
contain bugs.  The advantage of psuthesis.cls over psuthesis.sty is
that it works with LaTeX 2e and therefore is compatible with the
AMS-LaTeX macro packages.

To use psuthesis.cls, make your PhD thesis document file start with

  \documentclass[11pt]{psuthesis}
  \usepackage{amsmath}   % if you want AMS-LaTeX mathematical macros
  \usepackage{amssymb}   % if you want AMS fonts and symbols

and follow the commented instructions in ./psuthesis.cls.  To process
your document file, use "latex" rather than "latex209".  The
subdirectory ./sample2e contains a sample thesis prepared by this
method.


NOTE ADDED JULY 1996:

The latest version of this material is available for anonymous FTP at
ftp://ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/simpson/tex/.  If you have any questions,
please contact me.


NOTE ADDED NOVEMBER 1996:

I have fixed some bugs involving the pseudocode environment,
appendices, etc.  But really, psuthesis.cls should be rewritten from
the ground up to work with LaTeX 2e.

I will try to always keep the latest version of this material
available for anonymous FTP at

   ftp://ftp.math.psu.edu/pub/simpson/tex/


Stephen G. Simpson
Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University
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