oxycomps.sty

% A simple two-column LaTeX style for Occidental College's CS senior projects.
% Based on latex8.sty by Paolo.Ienne@di.epfl.ch 

\usepackage{times} % use Times as the default font
% define bold 11pt Times font for second-order headings
\font\elvbf = ptmb scaled 1100

\usepackage[style=numeric,sorting=nyt]{biblatex} % format the bibliography nicely
\usepackage{xpatch} % used to patch \textcite

% change \textcite to do family-name (year)
\xpatchbibmacro{textcite}
  {\printnames{labelname}}
  {\printnames{labelname} (\printfield{year})}
  {}
  {}
% sort bibliography by last name
\DeclareNameAlias{default}{family-given}

\usepackage{amsfonts} % provides many math symbols/fonts
\usepackage{amsmath} % provides many math environments
\usepackage{amssymb} % provides many math symbols/fonts
\usepackage{caption} % fixes caption spacing issues
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{color} % allows for colored text
\usepackage{enumitem} % allows adjustment of list spacing
\usepackage{graphicx} % allows insertion of graphics
\usepackage{hyperref} % creates links within the page and to URLs
\usepackage{listings} % provides the lstlisting environment
\usepackage{url} % formats URLs properly
\usepackage{verbatim} % provides the comment environment

% set dimensions of columns, gap between columns, and paragraph indent
\setlength{\textheight}{8.875in}
\setlength{\textwidth}{6.875in}
\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3125in}
\setlength{\topmargin}{0in}
\setlength{\headheight}{0in}
\setlength{\headsep}{0in}
\setlength{\parindent}{1em}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-.304in}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-.304in}

% remove the space between list items
\setlist{noitemsep}

% style code listings
\lstset{
    basicstyle=\ttfamily\footnotesize,
    breaklines=true,
    showstringspaces=false
}

% style the title
\def\@maketitle{
   \newpage
   \begin{center}
      {\Large \bf \@title \par}
      % add two empty lines at the end of the title
      \vspace*{2\baselineskip}
      {
         \large
         \begin{tabular}[t]{c}
            \@author
         \end{tabular}
         \par
      }
      % add small space at the end of the author name
      \vspace*{.5em}
      {
         \ifx \@empty \@email
         \else
            \texttt{\@email}
            \par
            \vspace*{.25em}
         \fi
         \ifx \@empty \@affiliation
         \else
            \@affiliation
         \fi
      }
      % add empty line at the end of the title block
      \vspace*{\baselineskip}
   \end{center}
}

% style the abstract
\def\abstract{%
   \centerline{\large\bf Abstract}%
   \vspace*{\baselineskip}%
}

% define email and affiliation
\def\email#1{\gdef\@email{#1}}
\gdef\@email{}
\def\affiliation#1{\gdef\@affiliation{#1}}
\gdef\@affiliation{}

% correct heading spacing and type
\def\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}
   {14pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}{14pt plus 2pt minus 2pt} {\large\bf}}
\def\subsection{\@startsection {subsection}{2}{\z@}
   {13pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}{13pt plus 2pt minus 2pt} {\elvbf}}