Formatting updates

[bebailey]

Formatting decisions to discuss

1. Since moving to Submittable, Amherst Thesis Guidelinesthe college no longer requires separate signed copyright page nor the binding format, but the Statistics Honors Thesis Regulations still list these. Do we want to maintain binding margins (1.5in inner, 1in otherwise) or move to just 1in margins all around? If the latter, I can include instructions for easily switching to binding format.

2. Cannot list all code within document in an appendix, but can list all code within each qmd files. Some potential options:

   1. Include all source code scripts (e.g., all .R files) in appendix.
   2. Include all code used in chapter at the end of each chapter (each .qmd has to be self-contained anyway).
   3. Link thesis GitHub repo in a reproducibility statement in appendix.
   4. Some combination of the above.

3. What should be the default behavior and advice around displaying code chunks? Currently #| echo: false.

4. What should be the default behavior and advice around displaying code messages and warnings? Currently #| message: false and #| warning: false.

5. Any preference around code background? Shaded box or not? Currently shaded.

6. Any preference around code line numbering? Include or exclude? Currently included.

[nicholasjhorton]

@bebailey thanks for your work on this front: I'm really glad to see how you've organized the template. It will be great to be able to provide this as a resource to our thesis students.

I don't have strong feelings about any of your questions and suspect that your default options are all reasonable.

How should we proceed? Would it be helpful for me to include an announcement of the template and a link to this issue with the announcement for our first department meeting in September?