\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper, portrait, hmargin=20mm, vmargin=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[bookmarks, colorlinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{paralist, float, tabularx, hhline, graphicx, xcolor, todonotes, hyperref}
\hypersetup{
bookmarks, colorlinks,
citecolor=black, linkcolor=black, % don't need colored links
urlcolor=blue!55!black % blue enough to see, but dark enough to print
}
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%% fonts %%
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\usepackage{cmap} % fix PDF searching (ligatures cause problems)
\usepackage{libertine} % default font set (looks good on both screen and paper)
\usepackage[scaled]{beramono} % code font
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % force type 1 fonts
\usepackage{microtype} % general improvements to typography
\usepackage{textcomp} % additional symbols (like the degrees symbol}
\usepackage{listings} % syntax highlighting
% make \emph do italics (just in case other environments change it)
\renewcommand{\emph}[1]{\textit{#1}}
% add a \strong command
\newcommand{\strong}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
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%% sections %%
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\usepackage[sf,bf]{titlesec}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{0.75\parskip}{-0.25\parskip}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{0.75\parskip}{-0.25\parskip}
\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{0.75\parskip}{-0.25\parskip}
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{0pt}{0.75\parskip}{-0.25\parskip}
% repurpose \paragraph as \subsubsubsection (which it sort of is already)
\titleformat{\paragraph}{\normalfont\normalsize\sffamily\bfseries}{\theparagraph}{1em}{}
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{0pt}{0.75\parskip}{-0.25\parskip}
\newcommand{\subsubsubsection}[1]{\paragraph{#1}}
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%% headers/footers %%
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\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancyplain}
\fancyhead[L]{\footnotesize\PaperCode~--~\PaperTitle}
\fancyhead[C]{}
\fancyhead[R]{\footnotesize\LabNum\LabTitle}
\fancyfoot[L]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\fancyfoot[R]{}
\setlength{\headheight}{14pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
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%% general layout %%
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% relax the justification/hyphenation wrapping settings
\tolerance=800
\emergencystretch=5mm
% try to avoid widows and orphans
\clubpenalty = 10000
\widowpenalty = 10000
% kill the paragraph indenting
\setlength{\parindent}{0 mm}
\setlength{\parskip}{0.7\baselineskip}
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%% syntax highlighting %%
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% create the fonts for code highlighting
\newcommand\codesize{\fontsize{11}{8}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\codefont}{\fontfamily{fvm}\selectfont} % beramono
\newcommand{\commentfont}{\rmfamily\itshape} % standard roman
% define the colors for code highlighting (based on Eclipse colors)
%\definecolor{KeywordColor}{rgb}{0.5,0,0.33}
%\definecolor{CommentColor}{rgb}{0.25,0.5,0.37}
%\definecolor{StringColor}{rgb}{0.16,0,1}
% define the colors for code highlighting (based on NetBeans colors, although darker)
\definecolor{KeywordColor}{rgb}{0.0,0,0.7}
\definecolor{CommentColor}{rgb}{0.3,0.3,0.3}
\definecolor{StringColor}{rgb}{0.4,0.22.0}
\lstdefinelanguage{JavaScript}{
keywords={typeof, new, true, false, catch, function, return, null, catch, switch, var, if, in, while, do, else, case, break, this},
sensitive=false,
comment=[l]{//},
morecomment=[s]{/*}{*/},
morestring=[b]',
morestring=[b]"
}
% create a new environment for source code blocks
\lstnewenvironment{codeblock}[1][]
{
\lstset{
language=Java,
upquote=true,
basicstyle=\color{black}\codefont\codesize,
keywordstyle=\color{KeywordColor}\codefont\codesize,
commentstyle=\color{CommentColor}\commentfont\normalsize,
stringstyle=\color{StringColor}\codefont\codesize,
aboveskip=10pt,
belowskip=0pt,
showstringspaces=false,
tabsize=3,
showtabs=false,
columns=fullflexible,
flexiblecolumns=true,
breaklines=true
}\lstset{#1}}
{}
% command for typesetting inline code
\newcommand{\code}[2][language=java]{%
\lstset{%
language=Java,
upquote=true,
basicstyle=\color{black}\codefont\codesize,
keywordstyle=\color{black}\codefont\codesize,
commentstyle=\color{black}\commentfont\normalsize,
stringstyle=\color{black}\codefont\codesize,
showstringspaces=false,
showtabs=false
}%
\mbox{\lstinline[#1]!#2!}}
% centre command that won't add any vertical space before or after
\newcommand{\centre}[1]{\hfill#1\hfill}
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%% figures %%
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% PDF tex graphics extensions
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.jpg,.jpeg,.pdf,.png}
% command for figures with captions - first param is scale.
\newcommand{\captionedfig}[3] {
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=#1,draft=false]{#2}
\\
#3
\vspace{-25pt}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
}
% command for figures - first param is scale.
\newcommand{\fig}[2] {
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=#1,draft=false]{#2}
\vspace{-25pt}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
}
% command for figures rotated 90 degrees right - first param is scale.
\newcommand{\rotatedfig}[2] {
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=#1,draft=false, angle=270]{#2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
}
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%% lists %%
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% fix the extra spacing that itemize/enumerate has when you put have an blank
% line prior to the environment (paralist).
\setlength{\pltopsep}{0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plpartopsep}{-0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plitemsep}{0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plparsep}{0.4\baselineskip}
% use paralist compact versions by default so that above tweaks are used
\renewenvironment{itemize}%
{\begin{compactitem}}%
{\end{compactitem}}
\renewenvironment{enumerate}%
{\begin{compactenum}}%
{\end{compactenum}}
% rationalise the bullet points
\def\labelitemi{\footnotesize$\bullet$}
\def\labelitemii{\footnotesize$\circ$}
\def\labelitemiii{\footnotesize$\diamond$}
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%% to-do notes %%
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% fix todonotes 'wrong margin' issue
\reversemarginpar
\newcommand{\fix}{\todo[color=red!60,noline,size=\large]{Fix}}
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{\todo[color=yellow!60,inline,size=\large]{#1}}
\newcommand{\incomplete}{\todo[color=red!60,inline,size=\large]{Incomplete}}
\newcommand{\complete}{\todo[color=green!60,inline,size=\large]{Complete}}
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%% misc %%
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% a simpler way of getting a right arrow
\newcommand{\ra}[0]{$\rightarrow$~}
% a section header and counter for exercises
\newcounter{ExerciseCounter}
\newcommand{\exercise}[1]{%
\stepcounter{ExerciseCounter}%
\section{Exercise \arabic{ExerciseCounter}~--~#1}
}