latex_preamble.tex

% force figures to stay where they are defined
% solution from:
% http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16626462/figure-position-in-markdown-when-converting-to-pdf-with-knitr-and-pandoc

\usepackage{float}
\let\origfigure\figure
\let\endorigfigure\endfigure
\renewenvironment{figure}[1][2] {
  \expandafter\origfigure\expandafter[H]
} {
  \endorigfigure
}

\usepackage{lscape}
\newcommand{\blandscape}{\begin{landscape}}
\newcommand{\elandscape}{\end{landscape}}

\usepackage{lineno}
\linenumbers

\usepackage{setspace}
\doublespacing