USCthesis.sty

%$% USCthesis.sty
%$% USC Thesis/Dissertation document-style
%$% $Header: /export/home/tobor-01/boyoon/cvsroot/paper/thesis/USCthesis.sty,v 1.1.1.1 2003/11/12 19:13:56 boyoon Exp $
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%% @LaTeX-style-file{
%%%    Author              = "Brian P. Gerkey",
%%%    Version             = "3.1",
%%%    Date                = "30 August 2002",
%%%    Time                = "14:22:21 EDT",
%%%    Filename            = "USCthesis.sty",
%%%    Address             = "Robotics Research Lab
%%%                           School of Computer Science
%%%                           University of Southern California
%%%                           941 W. 37th Pl.
%%%                           SAL 300, Mailcode 0781
%%%                           Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781
%%%                           USA",
%%%    Telephone           = "(213) 740-6243",
%%%    FAX                 = "",
%%%    Email               = "gerkey@robotics.usc.edu (Internet)",
%%%    CodeTable           = "ISO/ASCII",
%%%    Keywords            = "LaTeX, Thesis, Dissertation",
%%%    Archives            = "shsu*",
%%%    Supported           = "yes",
%%%    Abstract            = "LaTeX document-style for typesetting
%%%                           Theses or Dissertations in accordance
%%%                           with the University of Southern
%%%                           California Regulations for Format and
%%%                           Presentation of Theses and Dissertations.
%%%                           It provides some alternative ``bells and
%%%                           whistles'' such as support for
%%%                           multi-volume documents."
%%%    Note                = "Requires the `doublespace' and `tabularx'
%%%                           packages, in addition to the standard LaTeX
%%%                           `report' class."
%%%    SeeAlso             = "techreport.sty",
%%% }
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% make it a modern package - BPG
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{USCthesis}[2003/07/16 v3.2]

\usepackage[hidelinks,hypertexnames=false]{hyperref}
\providecommand\phantomsection{}

%%
%% Declare the dissertation style
%%
\typeout{Dissertation/thesis package USCthesis Version 3.2 as
          of 16 July 2003}

%%
%% the following option-parsing code is changed to conform to the LaTeX2e
%% package interface - BPG

%%
%%  Define style option flags
%%
\newif\ifthesis
\DeclareOption{dissertation}{
  \thesisfalse   % Default
}
\DeclareOption{thesis} {
  \thesistrue
}

\newif\ifproposal
\DeclareOption{final} {
  \proposalfalse        % Default
}
\DeclareOption{proposal} {
  \proposaltrue
}


\newif\ifcopyright
\DeclareOption{copyright} {
  \copyrighttrue
}
\DeclareOption{nocopyright} {
  \copyrightfalse
}

\DeclareOption{fussy} {
  \fussy                         % Default
}
\DeclareOption{sloppy} {
  \sloppy
}

\newif\ifflushbottom
\DeclareOption{flushbottom} {
  \flushbottomtrue                         % Default
}
\DeclareOption{raggedbottom} {
  \flushbottomfalse
}

\newif\ifopenbib
\DeclareOption{opref} {
  \openbibtrue
}
\DeclareOption{clref} {
  \def\ds@clref{\openbibfalse}         % Default
}


\newif\if@techreport
\DeclareOption{techreport} {
  \@techreporttrue                   %   the option is present, but
  \xdef\@optionfiles{%                   still add to the \@optionfiles
    \@optionfiles                    %   list.
    \@elt techreport.sty\relax
}}


% set the defaults
\ExecuteOptions{dissertation,final,copyright,fussy,clref,flushbottom}
\ProcessOptions

%%
%% Define the Layout adjustment commands.  Initialization of values is
%% made after loading the report style.
%%
\def\pagetop#1{%
  \global \topmargin #1             % Nominal distance from page top to
  \global\advance \topmargin -1.0 true in} %   top of boxwith running head.

\def\pageleft{%
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@pageleft}%
    {\@pageleft[0pt]}}

\def\@pageleft[#1]#2{%
  \if@twoside
    %% Values for two-sided printing: (1/2 inch gutter margin)
    \global \oddsidemargin #2          % Left margin on odd-numbered pages.
    \global\advance \oddsidemargin -1.0 true in
    \global \evensidemargin #2         % Left margin on even-numbered pages.
    \global\advance \evensidemargin -1.5 true in
    \global\advance \evensidemargin #1 % Adjustment for fine-tuning gutter
                                       %   margin
    \flushbottom
    \ifproposal\else\if@techreport\else
       \typeout{Warning: Thesis/Dissertation should be
                           printed on one side only.}
    \fi\fi
  \else
    %% Values for one-sided printing:
    \global \oddsidemargin #2
    \global\advance \oddsidemargin -1.0 true in
    \global \evensidemargin \oddsidemargin
    \raggedbottom
  \fi}

%
% \footheight disappears in LaTeX2e (it was never used in 2.09 anyway).  as
% such, \pageheight now takes just one arg and doesn't manipulate \footheight
%    - BPG
%\def\@pageheight[#1]#2{%
  %\global \footheight #1%
  %\global \textheight #2%
  %\global\advance \textheight -\footheight}
\def\pageheight#1{\global \textheight #1}

\def\pagewidth#1{\global \textwidth #1}

\def\pagemargin#1{\global \footskip #1\baselineskip}

%%
%% Let the user declare the document to be of \documentclass{report},
%% then \usepackage{USCthesis} -BPG
%%
%%\usepackage{doublespace}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{tabularx}

%%
%% Modify Penalties
%%
\brokenpenalty 10000       % Disallow page breaks at hyphens (this
               % will give some underfull vbox's, so an
               % alternative is to use \brokenpenalty=100
               % and manually search for and fix such page
               % breaks)
\clubpenalty 10000         % Disallow club (orphan) lines
\displaywidowpenalty 10000 % Disallow widow lines before display
\widowpenalty 10000        % Disallow widow lines

%%
%% Disallow x- or -xx breaks.  But if used in an old TeX, we will just
%% have to do without and hope for the best.
%%
\ifx\undefined\inputlineno\else
  \lefthyphenmin=2
  \righthyphenmin=3
\fi

%%
%% Set the Page Style Parameters
%%
\@addtoreset{equation}{chapter}   % Have the equation reset in each chapter
\headheight 0.0 true pt           % Height of box containing running head
\headsep    0.0 true pt           % Size of strut between head and text
\topskip   10.0 true pt           % Baselineskip for the first line of page
\itemsep    0.0 true pt           % Extra vertical space, in addition to
                                  %   \parskip, added between list items

\pagetop{1.1 true in}    % 1 inch plus allowance
\pageleft{1.6 true in}   % 1.5 inches plus allowance
\pageheight{8.5 true in} % 9 inches minus allowance
\pagewidth{5.85 true in}  % 6 inches minus allowance
\pagemargin{2.0}          % Number of (unstretched) lines
                          % between text and page number

\setstretch{2.0}          % get "real" double spacing?

\ifflushbottom
  \flushbottom
\fi

%%
%% Redefine some font sizes so that things don't get too big.
%%
\let\LARGE=\Large
\let\huge=\Large
\let\Huge=\Large

%%
%% Redefine plain style page to move the page number to the lower
%% right corner.
%%
\if@twoside
  \def\ps@plain{%
    \def\@oddhead{}%
    \def\@oddfoot{\hfil\rm\thepage}%
    \def\@evenhead{}
    \def\@evenfoot{\rm\thepage\hfil}}%
\else
  \def\ps@plain{%
    \def\@oddhead{}%
    \def\@oddfoot{\hfil\rm\thepage}%
    \def\@evenhead{}
    \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot}%
\fi

%%
%% Define Title Page Macros
%%
%% \title and \author is defined in latex.tex, but we will need to
%% redefine \title to allow the optional argument.  Also, the \thanks
%% command is disabled and such footnotes will be thrown away or will
%% appear in the wrong place.
%%
\def\title{%
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@title}%
    {\@title[\@empty]}}

\def\@title[#1]#2{%
  \gdef\@volume{#1}%
  \gdef\@title{#2}}

%%
%% The \addvolumecontents will add the contents of other volumes to
%% the current volume. This command should be placed after the
%% \begin{document} for earlier volumes and before the \end{document}
%% for later ones.
%%
\def\thesisinput#1{%
  \if@filesw
    \begingroup
      \let\thesisinput=\@gobble % Inhibit recursive \thesisinput's
      \@input{#1}%
    \endgroup
  \fi}

\def\addvolumecontents{%
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@addvolumecontents}%
    {\@addvolumecontents[toc]}}

\long\def\@addvolumecontents[#1]#2{%
  \if@filesw
    \begingroup
      \let\label\@gobble
      \let\index\@gobble
      \let\glossary\@gobble
      \def\protect##1{\string\string\string##1\string\space \space}%
      \edef\@tempa{%
        \immediate\write\@auxout{%
          \string\@writefile{#1}{\protect \thesisinput{#2.#1}}}}%
      \@tempa
      \if@nobreak
        \ifvmode
          \nobreak
        \fi
      \fi
    \endgroup
  \fi
  \relax}

%%
%%  The \startingpagenumber command will change the default starting
%%  page number for the first (title) page of the current volume and
%%  for the first page after the preface section.
%%
\def\@startpageA{1}
\def\@startpageB{1}

\def\startingpagenumber#1#2{%
  \gdef\@startpageA{#1}%
  \gdef\@startpageB{#2}}

%%
%% The following flag is used to suppress the major field name on the
%% title page when the default school is changed (only the GRADUATE
%% SCHOOL currently uses a major field).  Setting \majorfield after
%% \schoolname will reset the flag and allow the printing of another
%% school with a major field in addition.
%%
\newif\ifshowmajorfield
\showmajorfieldtrue

\def\universityname#1{%
  \gdef\@university{\uppercase{#1}}}
\def\@university{UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA}

\def\schoolname#1{%
  \gdef\@schoolname{#1}%
  \showmajorfieldfalse}
\def\@schoolname{GRADUATE SCHOOL}

\def\degree#1{%
  \ifthesis
    \gdef\@mastersdegree{#1}%
  \else
    \gdef\@doctorsdegree{#1}}
\def\@mastersdegree{MASTER OF SCIENCE}
\def\@doctorsdegree{DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY}

\def\majorfield#1{%
  \gdef\@majorfield{#1}%
  \showmajorfieldtrue}
\def\@majorfield{ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING} % Major field must also be all capital letters (2022)

\def\committee#1{\gdef\@committee{#1}}
\def\@committee{}

\def\submitdate#1{\gdef\@submitdate{#1}}
\def\@submitdate{%
  \ifcase \the\month
    \or January%
    \or February%
    \or March%
    \or April%
    \or May%
    \or June%
    \or July%
    \or August%
    \or September%
    \or October%
    \or November%
    \or December%
  \fi
  \space
  \number \the\year}

\def\copyrightyear#1{\gdef\@copyrightyear{#1}}
%% December dissertations should have the next year as the copyright year
\ifnum \month=12
  \@tempcnta=\year
  \advance\@tempcnta by 1
  \edef\@copyrightyear{\number \the\@tempcnta}
\else
  \def\@copyrightyear{\number \the\year}
\fi

%%
%% Create the PREFACE environment.  The titlepage is generated when
%% the environment is first entered and the numbering is roman within
%% the preface.  The \endpreface switches to arabic numbering.
%%
\newenvironment{preface}{%
  \newpage
  \pagenumbering{roman}%
  \pagestyle{empty}%
  \begin{singlespace}%
    \ifproposal
      \makeproptitle
      \setcounter{page}{1}%
      \addtocounter{page}{\@startpageA}% Advance page counter for title page.
    \else
      \maketitle
      \setcounter{page}{1}%
      \addtocounter{page}{\@startpageA}% Advance page counter for (signature
    \fi                                %   and) title.  At USC, the signature
 \newpage                              %   page is not counted!
    \ifx\@volume\@empty\else % Add Volume ID to contents if present.
      \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\contentsline{part}{\@volume}{}{}}%
    \fi
  \end{singlespace}%
  \pagestyle{plain}}{%
  \newpage
  \pagenumbering{arabic}%
  \pagestyle{plain}%
  \setcounter{page}{\@startpageB}}

%%
%% Define the PROPOSAL title page
%%
\def\makeproptitle{%
  \begin{titlepage}%
    \null
    \vskip 60.0 true pt%          To adjust centering.
    \begin{center}
      {\Large \@title \par}%      Set title in \Large size.
      \ifx\@volume\@empty\else
        \vskip 3em%               Vertical space before volume.
        \@volume
      \fi
      \vskip 3em%                 Vertical space after title.
      \ifthesis
        {Masters Thesis Proposal}%
      \else
        {Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal}%
      \fi\\*%
      {submitted by}%
      \vskip 3em                % Vertical space before author.
      {\lineskip .75em
       \@author
       \par}%
      \vskip 1.5cm              % Vertical space before date.
      {\small
        \@submitdate
        \par}%
      \vskip 1.5in
      {{\bf Qualifying Exam Committee}\\*[1.0 true cm]%
      \begin{tabular}[t]{ll}\@committee
      \end{tabular}\par}%
    \end{center}%
    \par
    \vfil
    \end{titlepage}}

%%
%% Make the Dissertation titlepage
%%
\def\maketitle{%
  % Removed based on corrections from the Graduate School (2022)
  % \large  % title page should be 11pt or 12pt.  this should do.
  \begin{titlepage}%
    \setcounter{page}{0}%
    \null
    \vfill%\vfill
    \begin{center}%
      {\@title \par}%         Set title the same size as "FACULTY OF ..."
      \ifx\@volume\@empty\else
        \vskip 0.16 true in
        \@volume
      \fi
      \vskip 0.5 true in
      by%
      \vskip 0.5 true in
      {\begin{tabular}[t]{c}\@author\\*[.66 true in]%
      %  \rule{5.0 true in}{0.025 true in} % Removed based on corrections from the Graduate School (2022)
       \end{tabular}%
       \par}
      \vskip 1.0 true in
      \ifthesis
        A Thesis Presented to the%
      \else
        A Dissertation Presented to the%
      \fi\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      % Corrections required inserting "USC" so the line reads: "FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL" (2022)
      FACULTY OF THE USC \@schoolname\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      \@university\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      In Partial Fulfillment of the\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      Requirements for the Degree\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      \ifthesis
        \@mastersdegree
      \else
        \@doctorsdegree
      \fi\\%*[0.1 true in]%
      \ifshowmajorfield
        (\@majorfield)%
      \fi\\%*[1.0 true cm]%
      %\vfill
      \vskip 0.75 true in
      \@submitdate%   should be just month and year
    \end{center}%
    \par
    \vfill
    \ifcopyright
          \noindent Copyright~ \@copyrightyear \hfill \@author
    \fi
  \end{titlepage}}

%%
%% Start a Preface Page
%%
\newdimen\prefacetopspace
\prefacetopspace=1.0 true in

\def\prefacesection{%
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@prefacesectionB}%
    {\@prefacesectionA}}

\def\@prefacesectionA#1{%
  \@prefacesectionB[#1]{#1}}

\def\@prefacesectionB[#1]#2{%
  \newpage
  \pagestyle{plain}%
  \null
  \vskip\prefacetopspace
  %\begin{center}%
    \section*{#2}%
  %\end{center}%
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}{}}

%%
%% Make the Table of Contents and Figures/Tables pages
%%
\def\tableofcontents{%
  \begin{singlespace}
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@starspeciallist{toc}}%
    {\@starspeciallist{toc}[Table of Contents]}
  \end{singlespace}}

\def\listoftables{%
  \@ifstar
    {\@ifnextchar [%
       {\@starspeciallist{lot}}%
       {\@starspeciallist{lot}[List of Tables]}}%
    {\@ifnextchar [%
       {\@speciallist{lot}}%
       {\@speciallist{lot}[List of Tables]}}}

\def\listoffigures{%
  \@ifstar
    {\@ifnextchar [%
       {\@starspeciallist{lof}}%
       {\@starspeciallist{lof}[List of Figures]}}%
    {\@ifnextchar [%
       {\@speciallist{lof}}%
       {\@speciallist{lof}[List of Figures]}}}


% redefine commands used to generate entries in lof and lot, in order to make
% them singlespace within each entry (leaving doublespace between entries)
\renewcommand*\l@figure[2]{
  \begin{singlespace}
  \@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}{#1}{#2}
  \end{singlespace}
}
\let\l@table\l@figure

\def\@starspeciallist#1[#2]{%
  \newpage
  \@restonecolfalse
  \if@twocolumn
    \@restonecoltrue
    \onecolumn
  \fi
  \chapter*{#2}%
  \@starttoc{#1}%
  \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi}

\def\@speciallist#1[#2]{%
  \newpage
  \@restonecolfalse
  \if@twocolumn
    \@restonecoltrue
    \onecolumn
  \fi
  \chapter*{#2}%
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#2}
  \@starttoc{#1}%
  \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi}

%%
%% Redefine the report.sty chapter definitions to suppress hyphenation
%% in the titles.
%%
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50pt}%
  {\parindent 0pt
   \raggedright
   \hyphenpenalty 10000%
   \ifnum \c@secnumdepth > \m@ne
     \Large\bf \@chapapp{} \thechapter\par
     \vskip 20pt
   \fi
   \Large\bf #1\par
   \nobreak
   \vskip 40pt}
  \hyphenpenalty 50}

\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50pt}%
  {\parindent 0pt
   \raggedright
   \hyphenpenalty 10000%
   \Large\bf #1\par
   \nobreak
   \vskip 40pt}
  \hyphenpenalty 50}

%%
%% Redefine the report.sty section definitions.  The \@startsection
%% command takes the arguments:
%%
%%       {Name}{Level}{Indent}{BeforeSkip}{AfterSkip}{Style}
%%
%% ABS(BeforeSkip) == amount to skip; if (BeforeSkip < 0), suppress
%% the par indent of the text following the heading.
%%
%% ABS(AfterSkip) == amount to skip; if (AfterSkip < 0), make the
%% following text "run-in" after the heading.
%%
%% Also new section takes a `*' which suppress the section counting,
%% and if the `*' is not present an optional [Altheading]{heading}
%% pair.
%%

% also, redefine the \chapter command in order to remove the inter-chapter
% spacing that is normally added to the LOF and LOT
\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
                      \thispagestyle{plain}%
                      \global\@topnum\z@
                      \@afterindentfalse
                      \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                   {Chapter \protect\numberline{\thechapter:}#1}%
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Chapter: #1}%
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    %\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    %\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}

\def\section{\@startsection{section}%                    Name
            {1}%                                         Level
            {\z@}%                                       Indent
            {-3.5ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%              BeforeSkip
            {2.3ex plus .2ex}%                           AfterSkip
            {\Large\bf\hyphenpenalty 10000}}%            Style

\def\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}%              Name
               {2}%                                      Level
               {\z@}%                                    Indent
               {-3.5ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%           BeforeSkip
               {1.5ex plus .2ex}%                        AfterSkip
               {\large\bf\hyphenpenalty 10000}}%         Style

\def\subsubsection{\@startsection{subsubsection}%        Name
                  {3}%                                   Level
                  {\z@}%                                 Indent
                  {-3.5ex plus -1ex minus -.2ex}%        BeforeSkip
                  {1.5ex plus .2ex}%                     AfterSkip
                  {\normalsize\bf\hyphenpenalty 10000}}% Style

\def\paragraph{\@startsection{paragraph}%                Name
              {4}%                                       Level
              {\z@}%                                     Indent
              {3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}%              BeforeSkip
              {-1em}%                                    AfterSkip
              {\normalsize\bf\hyphenpenalty 10000}}%     Style

\def\subparagraph{\@startsection{subparagraph}%          Name
                 {4}%                                    Level
                 {\parindent}%                           Indent
                 {3.25ex plus 1ex minus .2ex}%           BeforeSkip
                 {-1em}%                                 AfterSkip
                 {\normalsize\bf\hyphenpenalty 10000}}%  Style

%%
%% The value of the counter secnumdepth gives the depth of the
%% highest-level sectioning command that is to produce section
%% numbers.
%%
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}

%%
%% Redefine the report.sty `Bibliography' as a `Reference List' chapter.
%%
% \def\bibliographystyle#1{%   But first, turn off standard bib commands.
%   \@latexerr{\string\bibliographystyle\space is undefined.
%          Use \string\references{#1}{bibfile list}}\@eha}
% \def\bibliography#1{%
%   \@latexerr{\string\bibliography\space is undefined.
%          Use \string\references{bibstyle}{#1}}\@eha}

\def\references{%
  \@ifstar
    {\@referencesA}%
    {\@referencesB}}

\def\@referencesA{%
  \@ifnextchar [%
    {\@referencesAA}%
    {\@referencesAA[Reference List]}}%

\def\@referencesAA[#1]#2#3{
  \gdef\@referencesname{#1}
  \if@filesw
    \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibstyle{#2}}%
    \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibdata{#3}}%
  \fi
  \@input{\jobname.bbl}}

\def\@referencesB{
  \@ifnextchar [
    {\@referencesBB}
    {\@referencesBB[Reference List]}}

\def\@referencesBB[#1]#2#3{
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}
  \gdef\@referencesname{#1}
  \if@filesw
    \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibstyle{#2}}%
    \immediate\write\@auxout{\string\bibdata{#3}}%
  \fi
  \@input{\jobname.bbl}}

\def\@referencesname{References}

\def\thebibliography#1{
  \phantomsection
  \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\@referencesname}%
  \markboth{\@referencesname}{\@referencesname}%
  \chapter*{\@referencesname\@mkboth{\@referencesname}{\@referencesname}}
  \list{[\arabic{enumi}]}{
    \settowidth\labelwidth{[#1]}
    \leftmargin\labelwidth   \advance\leftmargin\labelsep
    \ifopenbib
      \listparindent -1.5em
      \advance\leftmargin-\listparindent
      \itemindent\listparindent
      \parsep 0pt%
    \fi
    \usecounter{enumi}}%
  \ifopenbib
    \def\newblock{\par}
    \let\\=\@centercr
    \@rightskip\@flushglue   \rightskip\@rightskip
    \leftskip\z@
  \else
    \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus -.07em}%
  \fi
  \sloppy
  \sfcode`\.=1000\relax}

\let\endthebibliography=\endlist

%%
%% APPENDIX
%%
%% The \appendix command must do the following:
%%    -- reset the chapter counter to zero
%%    -- set \@chapapp to Appendix (for messages)
%%    -- redefine the chapter counter to produce appendix numbers
%%    -- reset the section counter to zero
%%    -- redefine the \chapter command if appendix titles and headings
%%       are to look different from chapter titles and headings.
%%
%% For USC, the Appendix appears VERY oddly in the table of contents.
%%
\def\appendix{
  \par
  \setcounter{chapter}{0}
  \setcounter{section}{0}
  \def\@chapapp{Appendix}
  \def\thechapter{\Alph{chapter}}
  \def\@chapter[##1]##2{
    \refstepcounter{chapter}
    \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}
    \addtocontents{toc}{
      \protect\contentsline{chapter}{Appendix \thechapter}{\relax}{}}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{##1}
    \chaptermark{##1}
    %\addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}}% Adds between-chapter space
    %\addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10pt}}% to lists of figs & tables.
    \if@twocolumn
      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{##2}]
    \else \@makechapterhead{##2}
      \@afterheading                             % Routine called after chap
    \fi}}                                        %   and section heading.

%%
%%  Define the `saying' environment
%%  Used to set a cutesy little quotation at the start of the chapter
%%
\def\saying{%
  \trivlist
  \raggedleft
  \item[]\em}

\def\endsaying{%
  \endtrivlist
  \vspace{20pt}}

%%
%% Define the starting pagestyle
%%
\pagestyle{plain}