general-preamble.tex

% Standard packages to always use
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% The following command(s) fix an error generated by the inputenc package, "Package inputenc Error Unicode char (u+200B)
%	See inputenc documentation, pp. 3-4 (http://ftp.math.purdue.edu/mirrors/ctan.org/macros/latex/base/inputenc.pdf) for an explanation why inputenc does not define all utf8 characters and how to add undefined characters
%	See http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200B/index.htm for the definition of u+200B as a zero-width space
%	See http://heyrod.com/snippets/zero-width-space-char-in-html-and-latex.html for how to implement zero-width space in LaTeX by using \hspace{(0pt)}
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{200B}{\hspace{0pt}}
%\usepackage[main=USenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[authordate,natbib,backend=biber]{biblatex-chicago}

% Other packages go here
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% The following is based on Aaron Defazio's Setup Guide for thesis writing in LyX. See http://www.aarondefazio.com/tangentially/?p=19
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%\usepackage{svn-multi} %	Only use these two commands if versions of the document(s)
%\svnid{$Id$} %				are to be maintained by the Subversion VCS.
%
% This is Aaron's original version. Various LyX options call hyperref and set other, incompatible options. Make this conditional.
%	See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/16199/test-if-a-package-or-package-option-is-loaded for this approach
\@ifpackageloaded{hyperref}
{ %
	\hypersetup{hyperindex=true}
}
{ %
    \usepackage[hyperindex=true,
        bookmarks=true,
        colorlinks=true,
        pdfborder=0,
        pagebackref=false,
        citecolor=blue,
        plainpages=false,
        pdfpagelabels,
        hyperfootnotes=true]{hyperref} % Assume this version is at least 2006/11/15, so don't need memhfixc. See Memoir Manual p. xxix.
}
%\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage[all]{hypcap}
\usepackage{hypcap}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
%\usepackage{makeidx} Included in Memoir
\usepackage{cleveref}
\usepackage{caption}
%\usepackage{float} Duplicates functionality built into Memoir (see p. 169 of Manual), and because of this causes problems when used. Also see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23726/error-in-memoir-command-newfloat-already-defined
\urlstyle{sf}
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{uop}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[scaled]{beramono}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{rotating}

\usepackage{multirow}

%%%% Old macros file includes
%\usepackage{booktabs} Memoir does this; see p. xxvii of Memoir Manual
\usepackage{relsize}
\usepackage{xspace}
% \usepackage{subfig} Memoir does this too; see p. xxvii of Memoir Manual.
\usepackage{listings}
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% Special packages needed
\usepackage{refcount}

% Redefine (Memoir's & Epigraph package) epigraph width
%	This is set in myMemoir, but you can reset it here.
\setlength{\epigraphwidth}{.65\linewidth}

% Bibliography stuff
\addbibresource{References.bib}

% Bibliography Options (I can't get bookseries to work, but it should. See p. 61 of the biblatex-chicago documentation at http://mirror.hmc.edu/ctan/macros/latex/exptl/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago/doc/biblatex-chicago.pdf)
\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{doi=only,bookpages=false,isbn=false,compresspages}
%\ExecuteBibliographyOptions{doi=only,bookpages=false,isbn=false,bookseries=false,compresspages}

% Cosmetics
\setbeforesecskip{-2em}
\setbeforesubsecskip{-2em}

% Temporary cosmetics
\addtolength{\absleftindent}{-5em}
\addtolength{\absrightindent}{-5em}