Sample LaTeX Thesis -- main.tex

% -*- Mode:TeX -*-

%% The documentstyle options along with the pagestyle can be used to generate
%% a technical report, a draft copy, or a regular thesis.  You may need to
%% re-specify the pagestyle after you  \include cover.tex.  For more
%% information, see the first few lines of mitthesis.sty.  

\documentstyle[12pt]{mitthesis}
\pagestyle{plain}

%% This bit allows you to either specify only the files which you wish to
%% process, or `all' to process all files which you \include.  
%% Krishna Sethuraman (1990).  

\typein [\files]{Enter file names to process, (chap1,chap2 ...), or `all' to
process all files:}
\def\all{all}
\ifx\files\all \typeout{Including all files.} \else \typeout{Including only \files.} \includeonly{\files} \fi

\begin{document}

\include{cover}
\pagestyle{plain}
\include{contents}
\include{space}
\include{serial}
\appendix
\include{app-styles}
%\include{appb}
\include{biblio}
\end{document}