Wolfgang Hochleitner

I ran some tests, and as far as I can tell, it makes no difference if the `\title`, `\author`, and all our other commands are placed before or after `\begin{document}`....

> Here is an example of what the `\documentclass` statement could look like: > > ``` > \documentclass[type=master,english,titlelanguage=german,smartquotes]{hgbthesis} > ``` > Which version would you prefer? A `key=value` syntax is...

> I totally agree, but I would support the old scheme for a while at least. Yes, let's go with deprecation. Introduce the new syntax now with the 2024 release,...

Here are a few inspirations from a quick Google Search. The variations are not too big, although I like the bolder approach of KU Leuven. Maybe we can try to...

Wow, this works really well, and that's just the flexibility needed here. I did implement a default value for the advisor role, though so it's possible to use `\advisor{Mr. Evil}`...

When looking at the examples above, I'd say supervisor. I'm currently struggling with handling the optional title in the PDF metadata. My intention was to create `\hgb@FullTitle` which would be...

Yeah, I had that idea as well but this one just does the opposite. It always treats it as empty. I've committed my approach, even though not full working: https://github.com/Digital-Media/HagenbergThesis/blob/ad81b92772c9c5b5bffc19244ef3d6cd2246ba03/documents/HgbThesisDE/hgbthesis.cls#L171-L173...

I was afraid that this is something that has to be "calculated" during the actual call of `\maketitle`. We can use "--" as a delimiter as well. As long as...

First off, I support the idea of decoupling the theme from the type. I think the type should only control the information passed on to the title page, in this...

Okay, a short update on this. This seems to work flawlessly in Overleaf as of this date. I created a simple sample project to demonstrate this: https://www.overleaf.com/read/kmcpycwsfddd Text in SVG...