Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/froido/gib-latex-template

README.md

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ All up-coming packages, with the exception of the packages recommended for Germa
 * `setspace` changes the linespacing in an easy way
 * `subcaption` includes subfigure environment
 * `textcomp` modifies symbols, i. e. § and €
+* `uarial` use an arial-cloned font as ssfamily font
 * `xcolor` makes latex more colorful and is needed to create title pages
 
 ### Recommended packages
@@ -243,14 +244,16 @@ If you are running into errors while compiling your latex document, these hints
 Set up/declare the bibliography file `*.bib` in your main document and not in the `user_config.tex`. Due to the software you are using this can cause problems, because the software, e.g. TeXstudio, doesn't recognize the bibliography files, doesn't run biber and therefore the compiler tells you, that `main.bbl` is missing. Furthermore will the bibliography compiling not be done automatically, as changes of the bibliography file are not automatically recognized by your software.
 
 ### Document segmantation
-1. Use `\frontmatter` at the beginning and set the page numbering to *Roman*. The front matter includes all lists of something, e. g. figures, table of contents and titlepage.
+1. Insert the title page before the frontmatter starts to ensure the start of page numbering at the TOC.
+
+1. Use `\frontmatter` at the beginning and set the page numbering to *Roman*. The front matter includes all lists of something, e. g. figures and table of contents.
    ```tex
    \frontmatter
    \pagenumbering{Roman}
    ... (title page, list of...)
    ```
 
-2. Following use `\mainmatter` for the main part of the document, closing with the bibliography.
+2. Following use `\mainmatter` for the main part of the document, closing with the bibliography. In this and the upcomming parts page numbering is set so *arabic* automatically.
 
 3. Close the document with `\appendix`.
    ```tex
@@ -291,12 +294,12 @@ instead of
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 ### Create a list of symbols
-The easiest way to create a list of symbols is to create a table containing your symbols and the description. You should use a longtable in this case to be prepared for a table enlarging a single page.
+The easiest way to create a list of symbols is to create a table containing your symbols and the description. You should use a longtable in this case to be prepared for a table enlarging a single page. Each column has a fixed width to ensure linebreaks if a description is to long for a single line.
 
 ```tex
 \chapter{List of Symbols}
   \section*{Latin Letters}
-    \begin{longtable}[l]{p{1cm}p{1cm}l}
+    \begin{longtable}[l]{p{1.5cm}p{1.5cm}p{0.7\linewidth}}
       $A_0$ & $[m^2]$ & cross-sectional area at the beginning of the experiment \\
       $B$ & $[m]$ & Sample width\\
       ...