nips_like.sty

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% NIPS-like style file: modified from nips_2018.sty %
% Date: 2018-08-27                                  %
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\ProcessOptions\relax

%%%%%%%%%
% fonts %
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\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ptm}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv}

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% set page geometry %
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\usepackage[verbose=true,letterpaper]{geometry}
\AtBeginDocument{
  \newgeometry{
    textheight=9in,
    textwidth=5.5in,
    top=1in,
    headheight=12pt,
    headsep=25pt,
    footskip=30pt
  }
}

\widowpenalty=10000
\clubpenalty=10000
\flushbottom  % add vertical space to make all text pages same height
\sloppy  % avoid overfull

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% font sizes with reduced leading %
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\renewcommand{\normalsize}{%
  \@setfontsize\normalsize\@xpt\@xipt
  \abovedisplayskip      7\p@ \@plus 2\p@ \@minus 5\p@
  \abovedisplayshortskip \z@ \@plus 3\p@
  \belowdisplayskip      \abovedisplayskip
  \belowdisplayshortskip 4\p@ \@plus 3\p@ \@minus 3\p@
}
\normalsize
\renewcommand{\small}{%
  \@setfontsize\small\@ixpt\@xpt
  \abovedisplayskip      6\p@ \@plus 1.5\p@ \@minus 4\p@
  \abovedisplayshortskip \z@  \@plus 2\p@
  \belowdisplayskip      \abovedisplayskip
  \belowdisplayshortskip 3\p@ \@plus 2\p@   \@minus 2\p@
}
\renewcommand{\footnotesize}{\@setfontsize\footnotesize\@ixpt\@xpt}
\renewcommand{\scriptsize}{\@setfontsize\scriptsize\@viipt\@viiipt}
\renewcommand{\tiny}{\@setfontsize\tiny\@vipt\@viipt}
\renewcommand{\large}{\@setfontsize\large\@xiipt{14}}
\renewcommand{\Large}{\@setfontsize\Large\@xivpt{16}}
\renewcommand{\LARGE}{\@setfontsize\LARGE\@xviipt{20}}
\renewcommand{\huge}{\@setfontsize\huge\@xxpt{23}}
\renewcommand{\Huge}{\@setfontsize\Huge\@xxvpt{28}}

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% sections with less space %
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\providecommand{\section}{}
\renewcommand{\section}{%
  \@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}%
                {-2.0ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%
                { 1.5ex \@plus  0.3ex \@minus  0.2ex}%
                {\large\bf\raggedright}%
}
\providecommand{\subsection}{}
\renewcommand{\subsection}{%
  \@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@}%
                {-1.8ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%
                { 0.8ex \@plus  0.2ex}%
                {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}%
}
\providecommand{\subsubsection}{}
\renewcommand{\subsubsection}{%
  \@startsection{subsubsection}{3}{\z@}%
                {-1.5ex \@plus -0.5ex \@minus -0.2ex}%
                { 0.5ex \@plus  0.2ex}%
                {\normalsize\bf\raggedright}%
}
\providecommand{\paragraph}{}
\renewcommand{\paragraph}{%
  \@startsection{paragraph}{4}{\z@}%
                {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}%
                {-1em}%
                {\normalsize\bf}%
}
\providecommand{\subparagraph}{}
\renewcommand{\subparagraph}{%
  \@startsection{subparagraph}{5}{\z@}%
                {1.5ex \@plus 0.5ex \@minus 0.2ex}%
                {-1em}%
                {\normalsize\bf}%
}
\providecommand{\subsubsubsection}{}
\renewcommand{\subsubsubsection}{%
  \vskip5pt{\noindent\normalsize\rm\raggedright}%
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% float placement %
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\renewcommand{\topfraction      }{0.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction   }{0.4}
\renewcommand{\textfraction     }{0.1}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}

\newlength{\@nipsabovecaptionskip}\setlength{\@nipsabovecaptionskip}{7\p@}
\newlength{\@nipsbelowcaptionskip}\setlength{\@nipsbelowcaptionskip}{\z@}

\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@nipsabovecaptionskip}
\setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@nipsbelowcaptionskip}

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% swap above/belowcaptionskip lengths for tables %
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\renewenvironment{table}
  {\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{\@nipsbelowcaptionskip}%
   \setlength{\belowcaptionskip}{\@nipsabovecaptionskip}%
   \@float{table}}
  {\end@float}

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% footnote formatting %
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\setlength{\footnotesep }{6.65\p@}
\setlength{\skip\footins}{9\p@ \@plus 4\p@ \@minus 2\p@}
\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\kern-3\p@ \hrule width 12pc \kern 2.6\p@}
\setcounter{footnote}{0}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% paragraph formatting %
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\setlength{\parindent}{\z@}
\setlength{\parskip  }{5.5\p@}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% list formatting %
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\setlength{\topsep       }{4\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 2\p@}
\setlength{\partopsep    }{1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@}
\setlength{\itemsep      }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 0.5\p@}
\setlength{\parsep       }{2\p@ \@plus 1\p@   \@minus 0.5\p@}
\setlength{\leftmargin   }{3pc}
\setlength{\leftmargini  }{\leftmargin}
\setlength{\leftmarginii }{2em}
\setlength{\leftmarginiii}{1.5em}
\setlength{\leftmarginiv }{1.0em}
\setlength{\leftmarginv  }{0.5em}
\def\@listi  {\leftmargin\leftmargini}
\def\@listii {\leftmargin\leftmarginii
              \labelwidth\leftmarginii
              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep
              \topsep  2\p@ \@plus 1\p@    \@minus 0.5\p@
              \parsep  1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@
              \itemsep \parsep}
\def\@listiii{\leftmargin\leftmarginiii
              \labelwidth\leftmarginiii
              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep
              \topsep    1\p@ \@plus 0.5\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@
              \parsep    \z@
              \partopsep 0.5\p@ \@plus 0\p@ \@minus 0.5\p@
              \itemsep \topsep}
\def\@listiv {\leftmargin\leftmarginiv
              \labelwidth\leftmarginiv
              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}
\def\@listv  {\leftmargin\leftmarginv
              \labelwidth\leftmarginv
              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}
\def\@listvi {\leftmargin\leftmarginvi
              \labelwidth\leftmarginvi
              \advance\labelwidth-\labelsep}

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% create title %
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\providecommand{\maketitle}{}
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{%
  \par
  \begingroup
    \renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
    % for perfect author name centering
    \renewcommand{\@makefnmark}{\hbox to \z@{$^{\@thefnmark}$\hss}}
    % The footnote-mark was overlapping the footnote-text,
    % added the following to fix this problem               (MK)
    \long\def\@makefntext##1{%
      \parindent 1em\noindent
      \hbox to 1.8em{\hss $\m@th ^{\@thefnmark}$}##1
    }
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \@maketitle
    \@thanks
  \endgroup
  \let\maketitle\relax
  \let\thanks\relax
}

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% rules for title box at top of first page %
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\newcommand{\@toptitlebar}{
  \hrule height 4\p@
  \vskip 0.25in
  \vskip -\parskip%
}
\newcommand{\@bottomtitlebar}{
  \vskip 0.29in
  \vskip -\parskip
  \hrule height 1\p@
  \vskip 0.09in%
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% create title %
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\providecommand{\@maketitle}{}
\renewcommand{\@maketitle}{%
  \vbox{%
    \hsize\textwidth
    \linewidth\hsize
    \vskip 0.1in
    \@toptitlebar
    \centering
    {\LARGE\bf \@title\par}
    \@bottomtitlebar
    \def\And{%
        \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[0]\hfil%
        \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces%
    }
    \def\AND{%
        \end{tabular}\hfil\linebreak[4]\hfil%
        \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\ignorespaces%
    }
    \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\bf\rule{\z@}{24\p@}\@author\end{tabular}%
    \vskip 0.3in \@minus 0.1in
  }
}

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% abstract styling %
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\renewenvironment{abstract}%
{%
  \vskip 0.075in%
  \centerline%
  {\large\bf Abstract}%
  \vspace{0.5ex}%
  \begin{quote}%
}
{
  \par%
  \end{quote}%
  \vskip 1ex%
}

\endinput  % style file terminate here