packages.tex

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% ********** Packages ********** %
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\usepackage[top=2.5cm, 
			bottom=2.5cm,
			left=2.5cm,
			right=2.5cm
			]{geometry}									% for page margins
\usepackage{lipsum}										% lorem ipsum dummy text
\usepackage{pdflscape}									% for landscape pages (alternativ without PDF rotation: lscape)
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace} 					% for line spacing
\usepackage[australian]{babel} 							% set language
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}      						% text is inserted in UTF-8
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}         						% use modern font encoding
\usepackage{lmodern}									% use modern font
\usepackage{fancyhdr}									% custom fancy header and footer
\usepackage{graphicx}            						% useful graphic tool
\usepackage{tikz}										% graphic tricks
\usepackage{array}               						% for better tables
\usepackage{longtable}           						% for tables, that span across multiple pages
\usepackage{nicefrac}            						% for nicer frations like 1/2
\usepackage{units}               						% for nice printing of units like N or km/h
\usepackage{textcomp}            						% for \textdegree to obtain °
\usepackage{enumitem}									% enumeration in every level (legal)
\usepackage[autostyle,style=american]{csquotes}			% references, cites, ...
\usepackage{amsmath}									% for mathamatic equations
\usepackage{xpatch}										% for customizations
\usepackage[
	backend=biber,
	natbib=true,
	style=authoryear,
	giveninits=true,
	eprint=false,
	doi=false,
	isbn=false,
	url=false,
	urldate=long,
	dateabbrev=false,
	date=year,
	labeldate=year,
	dashed=false,
	maxbibnames=99,
	maxcitenames=2,
	uniquelist=false
]{biblatex} % references
\addbibresource{literature.bib}
\usepackage{float}				 						% for floatings
\usepackage[printonlyused]{acronym} 					% for acronyms
\usepackage{todonotes}			 						% tool for todos | HINT: add [disable] option to disable without manual removal
\usepackage{multirow}			 						% insert multi rows in tables
\usepackage{listings}			 						% insert source code
\usepackage{color}				 						% insert source code
\usepackage{xcolor,colortbl}							% table cell coloring
\usepackage{tabularx}			 						% for special tables
\usepackage{caption}									% caption package
\usepackage{arydshln}			 						% for dashed table lines
\usepackage[section]{placeins}	 						% for placing floats in the correct section
\usepackage[pdfpagelabels=true,							% for interactive PDFs; always load hyperref at the end
			hidelinks
			]{hyperref}