includes-preamble.tex

%----------------------------------------   fonts and characters
% font and input - so latex can include and hyphenate characters with glyphs etc.
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% font
% adobe designed font - charter
% latex font - lmodern
\usepackage{charter}
%\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

\usepackage[authoryear,round]{natbib}

%-----------------------------------------   layout
% page layout
\usepackage{geometry} % paper size, orientation, page elements
\geometry{a4paper, margin=17mm}

% change line spacing
% set space makes it easy to change spacing within document
% e.g. for table of contents and algorithmic
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
%\linespread{1.5}

% remove paragraph indentation
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1em}
% add horizontal  padding to columns in table
%\setlength\tabcolsep{0.1em}

% ensure no widows
\usepackage[all]{nowidow}

%-----------------------------------------   graphics
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx} % include graphic
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox} % to vertically align figures
%\graphicspath{ {./figures/} }
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage[font=small,skip=0pt]{caption}
% for subfigures
\usepackage{subcaption}

% short arrows - including diagonal where up is \shortarrow{0} clockwise thereafter
% https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/144558/is-there-a-short-diagonal-pointing-arrow-symbol
\usepackage{stmaryrd}  % also requires graphicx, amsmath
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\fixed@sra}{$\vrule height 2\fontdimen22\textfont2 width 0pt\shortrightarrow$}
\newcommand{\shortarrow}[1]{%
  \mathrel{\text{\rotatebox[origin=c]{\numexpr#1*45}{\fixed@sra}}}
}
\makeatother

%-----------------------------------------   table of contents
\usepackage[toc]{appendix}
% etoolbox package provides commands for inserting commands around/within environments
\usepackage{etoolbox}
% Inserts \clearpage before \begin{appendices}
\BeforeBeginEnvironment{appendices}{\clearpage}

%-----------------   algorithms

% algorithms
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmicx}
\usepackage[noend]{algpseudocode}