technote.sty

%% Minimalist style for technical reports.
%% technote.sty
%% 
\usepackage{xspace}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[color=black,opacity=1.0]{background}
\backgroundsetup{contents={}}

\usepackage[total={6.875in,8.875in}]{geometry}
\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3125in}
\setlength{\footskip}{0.625in}

%% page layout customisation.
	%%\setlength{\textheight}{8.875in}
	%%\setlength{\textwidth}{6.875in}
	%%\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3125in}
	%%\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
	%%\setlength{\headheight}{0in}
	%%\setlength{\headsep}{0in}
	%%\setlength{\parindent}{0.5pc}
	%%\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.304in}
	%%\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.304in}

%% place department info on top-right of every page.
\newcommand{\department}[1]{%
\SetBgContents{\textit{{\small #1}}}
\SetBgScale{1}
\SetBgAngle{0}
\SetBgPosition{current page.north east}
\SetBgHshift{-1in}
\SetBgVshift{-0.5in}
}
\let\make@deparment\relax


% todo - place logo?
\newcommand{\logo}[2][]{%
  \gdef\make@logo{\includegraphics[#1]{#2}}%
}
\let\make@logo\relax
%   \vskip -3em
%   \ifx\make@logo\relax
%   \else
%    \make@logo
%   \fi
%   


\def\@maketitle{%
   \clearpage 
   \newpage
   \thispagestyle{empty}
    \vspace*{-24pt}
   	\begin{flushleft}
    {\Large \bf \@title\\}\vspace*{12pt}{\@author}
   	\end{flushleft}
}

%% define keywords.
\def\keywords#1{\gdef\@keywords{#1}} \gdef\@keywords{}

%% abstract should be 'summary'.
\def\abstract{
 	\noindent
   \rule{\linewidth}{0.3pt}
   \textbf{Summary} \hskip 1em %%\vskip 1em
   }
   
\def\endabstract{
	\noindent\\
	\small{{\textit Key words}: \@keywords} \\
	\rule{\linewidth}{0.3pt}
	}
	
%% sections
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}%
           {18\p@ \@plus 6\p@ \@minus 3\p@}%
           {9\p@ \@plus 6\p@ \@minus 3\p@}%
           {\normalsize\bfseries\boldmath}}
           
\renewcommand\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%
           {12\p@ \@plus 6\p@ \@minus 3\p@}%
           {3\p@ \@plus 6\p@ \@minus 3\p@}%
           {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}}
           
\renewcommand\subsubsection{\@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}%
           {12\p@ \@plus 6\p@ \@minus 3\p@}%
           {\p@}%
           {\normalfont\normalsize\itshape}}
                 
%% etc. et al.
\makeatletter
\DeclareRobustCommand\onedot{\futurelet\@let@token\@onedot}
\def\@onedot{\ifx\@let@token.\else.\null\fi\xspace}
\def\eg{\emph{e.g}\onedot} \def\Eg{\emph{E.g}\onedot}
\def\ie{\emph{i.e}\onedot} \def\Ie{\emph{I.e}\onedot}
\def\cf{\emph{c.f}\onedot} \def\Cf{\emph{C.f}\onedot}
\def\etc{\emph{etc}\onedot} \def\vs{\emph{vs}\onedot}
\def\wrt{w.r.t\onedot} \def\dof{d.o.f\onedot}
\def\etal{\emph{et al}\onedot}
\makeatother