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HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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Contents
1 Normal section 4

2 Label prefixes 4

3 Better tables 5

4 Better enumerator 8

5 Codespace 9
5.1 Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2 Minted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

6 Figures with flexible width 12

List of Figures
6.1 Example image 1x1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2 Example image A4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.3 Set figure width imperatively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

List of Tables
3.1 Tabularx table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2 Long table caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Listings
5.1 External import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2 External import but with a line range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.3 Embedded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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1 Normal section
This is how you normally work with LATEX, but you can also split a project into smaller
files for easier management. To import other files, you can use \input{} or \include{}.
There differences can be found at https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/250, but in short

\include{filename} = \clearpage \input{filename} \clearpage

2 Label prefixes
There are no definite rules for label prefixes, but you can use the following as a
guideline.

• chap: for chapters

• sec: for sections

• subsec: for subsections

• eq: for equations

• fig: for figures

• tab: for tables

• enum: for enumerators and items

• fn: for footnotes

• lst: for listings

• alg: for algorithms

• app: for appendices

The \caption macro increases the used counter and sets the current label text which
is used by \label. If you use \label before it the old label text is used instead, which
leads to a wrong number. Always use \label after \caption and not before or in it.
That said, conventions are just conventions, and you can use whatever you want as
long as you are consistent.

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3 Better tables
The recommended way is by using the booktabs package and drop all vertical rules.
tabularx is simply tabular but with X environment, meaning that it will try to use
all of \linewidth.

Table 3.1: Tabularx table

OOP FP

Pros

Cons

More information can be found at https://latex-tutorial.com/tables-in-latex/.

In tabular, with the p, m or b column types, sometimes you will notice that the width
of the table is wider than the sum of the widths of the columns. This is due to the padding
added by the \tabcolsep and the line width of the vertical separators which are added
by default.

1 \tabcolsep + p{length} + \tabcolsep

By default, tabcolsep is set to 6pt, which equals to 2.12mm in digital printing. The
use of @{}..@{} voids this behavior.
Additionally, if you have to insert a very long table, which takes up two or more pages
in your document, use the longtable package.

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Table 3.2: Long table caption

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You may use the \label command so that you can cross reference longtables with
\ref. Note however, that the \label command should not be used in a heading that may
appear more than once. Place it either in the firsthead, or in the body of the table. It
should not be the first command in any entry.

4 Better enumerator
Normal enumerator gets the job done, but what if you want custom numbering? This
implementation allows custom labeling, either by pre-defined rules or in-place.

d.yeah First item

e.yeah Second item

custom Third item

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5 Codespace
5.1 Listings
This is the recommended way to insert simple code.

Listing 5.1: External import

•
1 class iostream :
2 def __lshift__ ( self , other ) :
3 print ( other , end = ' ')
4 return self
5

6 def __repr__ ( self ) :

7 return ' '
8

10 if __name__ == " __main__ " :

11 cout = iostream ()
12 endl = '\ n '
13 cout << " Hello " << " , " << " World ! " << endl

Listing 5.2: External import but with a line range

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1 if __name__ == " __main__ " :
2 cout = iostream ()
3 endl = '\ n '
4 cout << " Hello " << " , " << " World ! " << endl

Listing 5.3: Embedded

•
1 from typing import Iterator
2

3 # This is an example
4 class Math :
5 @staticmethod
6 def fib ( n : int ) -> Iterator [ int ]:
7 """ Fibonacci series up to n. """

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8 a, b = 0, 1
9 while a < n :
10 yield a
11 a, b = b, a + b
12

13 result = sum ( Math . fib (42) )

14 print ( " The answer is {} " . format ( result ) )

• Inline
print('Hello, world!')

5.2 Minted
This provide better looking code, but requires external setup:
Minted requires python Pygments and the --shell-escape flag.

• External import

1 class iostream:
2 def __lshift__(self, other):
3 print(other, end='')
4 return self
5

6 def __repr__(self):
7 return ''
8

10 if __name__ == "__main__":
11 cout = iostream()
12 endl = '\n'
13 cout << "Hello" << ", " << "World!" << endl

• With a line range

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1 if __name__ == "__main__":
2 cout = iostream()
3 endl = '\n'
4 cout << "Hello" << ", " << "World!" << endl

• Embedded

1 from typing import Iterator

2

3 # This is an example
4 class Math:
5 @staticmethod
6 def fib(n: int) -> Iterator[int]:
7 """Fibonacci series up to n."""
8 a, b = 0, 1
9 while a < n:
10 yield a
11 a, b = b, a + b
12

13 result = sum(Math.fib(42))
14 print("The answer is {}".format(result))

• Inline
print('Hello, world!')

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6 Figures with flexible width

1×1
(Original size: 200×200 bp)

Figure 6.1: Example image 1x1

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sit amet tortor gravida placerat. Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra ac, nunc.
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pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper nulla. Donec varius orci eget risus. Duis
nibh mi, congue eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis, diam. Duis eget orci sit amet orci dignissim
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tique, libero. Vivamus viverra fermentum felis. Donec nonummy pellentesque ante. Phasellus
adipiscing semper elit. Proin fermentum massa ac quam. Sed diam turpis, molestie vitae, plac-
erat a, molestie nec, leo. Maecenas lacinia. Nam ipsum ligula, eleifend at, accumsan nec, suscipit
a, ipsum. Morbi blandit ligula feugiat magna. Nunc eleifend consequat lorem. Sed lacinia nulla
vitae enim. Pellentesque tincidunt purus vel magna. Integer non enim. Praesent euismod nunc
eu purus. Donec bibendum quam in tellus. Nullam cursus pulvinar lectus. Donec et mi. Nam
vulputate metus eu enim. Vestibulum pellentesque felis eu massa.
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placerat. Ut imperdiet, enim sed gravida sollicitudin, felis odio placerat quam, ac pulvinar elit
purus eget enim. Nunc vitae tortor. Proin tempus nibh sit amet nisl. Vivamus quis tortor vitae
risus porta vehicula.
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leo velit ultricies tellus, ac venenatis arcu wisi vel nisl. Vestibulum diam. Aliquam pellentesque,
augue quis sagittis posuere, turpis lacus congue quam, in hendrerit risus eros eget felis. Maecenas
eget erat in sapien mattis porttitor. Vestibulum porttitor. Nulla facilisi. Sed a turpis eu lacus
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libero dui cursus dui. Mauris tempor ligula sed lacus. Duis cursus enim ut augue. Cras ac magna.
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Figure 6.2: Example image A4

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With \adjincludegraphics (or \adjustimage) you can also use the original width
as \width:

Image
Figure 6.3: Set figure width imperatively

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