classicthesis¶

Template name: classicthesis Class file: KOMA-Script scrreprt + bundled classicthesis.sty Citation style: natbib plainnat (default) or biblatex/biber (per-chapter mode) Document structure: No \frontmatter/\mainmatter/\backmatter (scrreprt lacks them) License note: classicthesis.sty is bundled under texmark/templates/classicthesis/ and is GPL-licensed (by André Miede). See the NOTICE file alongside it. texmark itself is MIT-licensed; the bundled package is redistributed under its own license.

Covers¶

PhD and master's theses — classicthesis is the most-cited thesis template in the LaTeX community (Bringhurst-inspired typography, chapter headers in small-caps and oldstyle figures)
Any document where you want classicthesis's elegant, readable style

YAML setup¶

journal:
    template: classicthesis
    # options: twoside,openright,titlepage,numbers=noenddot,headinclude,a4paper,11pt,BCOR=5mm,DIV=12
    #            ^ these are the defaults; override the full string if needed
bibliography: references.bib

classicthesis package options¶

The classicthesis package itself accepts options that control micro-typographic details (chapter number style, margin notes, etc.). Pass them via a YAML key:

classicthesis-options: "drafting,eulerchapternumbers,parts"

When absent, the package is loaded with its own defaults (\usepackage{classicthesis}). When set, the value is passed verbatim: \usepackage[drafting,eulerchapternumbers,parts]{classicthesis}.

The classicthesis-options: key uses a hyphen, which Jinja2 cannot reference directly. texmark surfaces it as classicthesis_options automatically.

Front-matter content¶

YAML key	Markdown heading	Emitted as
`dedication: "..."`	(YAML only)	Centered italic dedication page
`preface: "..."`	`# Preface`	`\chapter*{Preface}`
`foreword: "..."`	`# Foreword`	`\chapter*{Foreword}`
`abstract: "..."`	`# Abstract`	`\begin{abstract}...\end{abstract}`
`list_of_figures: true`	(YAML only)	`\listoffigures`
`list_of_tables: true`	(YAML only)	`\listoftables`

A \tableofcontents is always emitted.

Multi-chapter layout¶

Top-level embeds compile to \include{stem} for the classicthesis template. See docs/multi-file.md for the embed reference.

Selective recompilation¶

texmark thesis.md --only chapters/methods.md

Per-chapter bibliographies (biblatex)¶

bibliography_per_chapter: true

See docs/multi-file.md.

Custom preamble¶

preamble: macros.tex   # or inline block scalar; see docs/preamble.md

Recognised section headings¶

# Abstract
# Preface
# Foreword
# Acknowledgments