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GWU SEAS sample thesis
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How to eliminate blank pages in front matter? #43

Open smr32 opened 3 weeks ago

smr32 commented 3 weeks ago

Hi there - thank you for this template, which is an absolute lifesaver! Just in case folks are still checking/active here, I have three blank pages in between the "List of Abbreviations" and the "Preface" which I am struggling to remove. I've dabbled with the \hide commands in frontmatter.tex but welcome any thoughts or suggestions here. Much appreciated!

kanishkegb commented 3 weeks ago

Hi! Unfortunately, Shankar, who originally created this repo, is no longer with us. The latest version is tracked here: https://github.com/kanishkegb/thesis-gwu. I do not know if my fork already has that issue or not. I can check that later today.

smr32 commented 3 weeks ago

@kanishkegb thank you for responding here. First and foremost, I'm so sorry to hear about Shankar. How incredibly sad, I truly hope that his memory is a blessing.

I'll take a look at your fork (and see if this issue has been solved) after I wrap up my next round of revisions. Do you happen to know offhand what major style changes occurred between the 2020 version and your fork?

Thank you again - I sincerely appreciate you finding this and taking time out of your day to assist. Kind regards.

themikesmith commented 3 weeks ago

I am also sorry to hear about Shankar. If it is at all useful, Shankar forked the repo from me @.***); I may be able to answer any questions that @kanishkegb cannot. Best of luck with the dissertation!

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I'll take a look at your fork (and see if this issue has been solved) after I wrap up my next round of revisions. Do you happen to know offhand what major style changes occurred between the 2020 version and your fork?

Thank you again - I sincerely appreciate you finding this and taking time out of your day to assist. Kind regards.

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kanishkegb commented 3 weeks ago

@kanishkegb thank you for responding here. First and foremost, I'm so sorry to hear about Shankar. How incredibly sad, I truly hope that his memory is a blessing.

I'll take a look at your fork (and see if this issue has been solved) after I wrap up my next round of revisions. Do you happen to know offhand what major style changes occurred between the 2020 version and your fork?

Thank you again - I sincerely appreciate you finding this and taking time out of your day to assist. Kind regards.

Yeah, it was pretty sad. He did a lot of amazing stuff. He was so frustrated at what the GWU was providing for LaTeX users, so he took it upon himself to create this public repo.

I understand how frustrating it is to change the class at this moment. But the good news is it does not look like a much has changed from this repo to the fork I have other than options to add BSc degrees.

I just compiled my fork, but I do not see any blank pages. However, I have a "List of Symbols" page and a "Glossary of Terms" page in between "List of Abbreviations" and "Preface". Are you force skipping "List of Symbols" and "Glossary of Terms"?

kanishkegb commented 3 weeks ago

I am also sorry to hear about Shankar. If it is at all useful, Shankar forked the repo from me @.); I may be able to answer any questions that @kanishkegb cannot. Best of luck with the dissertation! … On 9/24/24 3:18 PM, smr32 @.> wrote: @kanishkegb https://github.com/kanishkegb thank you for responding here. First and foremost, I'm so sorry to hear about Shankar. How incredibly sad, I truly hope that his memory is a blessing. I'll take a look at your fork (and see if this issue has been solved) after I wrap up my next round of revisions. Do you happen to know offhand what major style changes occurred between the 2020 version and your fork? Thank you again - I sincerely appreciate you finding this and taking time out of your day to assist. Kind regards. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#43 (comment)>, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABM2N7EKTRFT6UG2DA5GWZ3ZYG3KHAVCNFSM6AAAAABOXFU5OCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNZSGE2DMMBVHE. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: @.***>

Yeah, it was really sad and unfortunate. Thanks a lot for chiming in here too. And thanks for your original work too! This was such a life saver.

smr32 commented 3 weeks ago

Thank you all for your kindness and well wishes! I was able to fix the issue and eliminate the blank pages (yay!).

Just in case this is helpful for someone else in the future, the 2020 version of the template that I am using somehow has a relationship between visually displaying the Table of Contents and \showglossariesglossaryofterms. When I change \showglossariesglossaryofterms to \hideglossariesglossaryofterms in frontmatter.tex, the Table of Contents is removed.

Leaving in \showglossariesglossaryofterms and commenting out line 1442 of thesis-gwu.cls (which is \if@gwu@glossaryofterms\listofglossaryofterms\fi) solves this problem. It's not pretty, but it gets the job done.

kanishkegb commented 3 weeks ago

Glad to hear you figured out the issues. Good luck with everything!