\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt, pdftex]{article}

\usepackage{cmap} % attempt to fix search with ligatures problem.

\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage[pdftex, a4paper, portrait, left=20mm, right=20mm, top=30mm, bottom=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[pdftex, bookmarks, colorlinks=false]{hyperref}

\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{pslatex}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{hhline}
\usepackage[usenames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

% font stuff
\usepackage[scaled]{beramono}  % code font
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  % might fix copy-pasting issues
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}
\usepackage{textcomp}

\usepackage{listings}

\usepackage{sectsty}   % easily change section style
\allsectionsfont{\raggedright\sffamily\bfseries}

\usepackage{titlesec}  % allows adjustment of section spacing
\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 is 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}}


\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}


% PDF tex graphics extensions
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.jpg,.jpeg,.pdf,.png,.mps}

% font size for code
\def\thesize{11truept}

% relax the justification/hyphenation wrapping settings
\tolerance=800
\emergencystretch=15mm

% kill the paragraph indenting
\setlength{\parindent}{0 mm}
\setlength{\parskip}{0.7\baselineskip}

% create the fonts for code highlighting
\newcommand\codesize{\fontsize{11}{8}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\codefont}{\fontfamily{fvm}\selectfont}
\newcommand{\commentfont}{\rmfamily\itshape}

% 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)
\definecolor{KeywordColor}{rgb}{0.0,0,0.9}
\definecolor{CommentColor}{rgb}{0.39,0.39,0.39}
\definecolor{StringColor}{rgb}{0.41,0.24.0}

\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\normalsize,
	keywordstyle=\color{KeywordColor}\codefont\normalsize,
	commentstyle=\color{CommentColor}\commentfont\normalsize,
	stringstyle=\color{StringColor}\codefont\normalsize,
	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}

% 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}
}

% new indent command that doesn't rely on \parindent
\renewcommand{\indent}{\hspace*{5 mm}}


% make \emph do italics (just in case other environments make it do something else)
\renewcommand{\emph}[1]{\textit{#1}}

% a simpler way of getting a right arrow
\newcommand{\ra}[0]{$\rightarrow$~}

% a command for padding out a page
\newcommand{\pad}[0]{\vspace{\stretch{1}}}

% command for adding a placeholder for information to be entered at a later date
\newcommand{\fixme}[1]{\textcolor{red}{\textbf{TO DO:~ }#1}}
\newcommand{\todo}[1]{\fixme{#1}}

% fix the extra spacing that itemize/enumerate has when you put have an blank
% line prior to the environment.
\setlength{\pltopsep}{0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plpartopsep}{-0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plitemsep}{0.2\baselineskip}
\setlength{\plparsep}{0.4\baselineskip}


\renewenvironment{itemize}%
  {\begin{compactitem}}%
  {\end{compactitem}}

\renewenvironment{enumerate}%
  {\begin{compactenum}}%
  {\end{compactenum}}