Made the instructions as a chapter in the thesis

instructions.tex

@@ -1,47 +1,38 @@
-\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage,draft]{memoir}
+% Uncomment the lines with a single % if you wish to process the document separately
-\usepackage[]{ruthesis}
+% \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage,draft]{memoir}
+% \usepackage[]{ruthesis}
+% \usepackage{custom}
 
-\newcommand{\formatemail}[1]{$<$\texttt{#1}$>$}
+% %% declare the paths(s) where you graphics files can be found
+% \graphicspath{{graphics/}{Graphics/}{./}}
 
-%% declare the paths(s) where you graphics files can be found
+% \author{Joseph~T.~Foley\formatemail{foley}}  % My name, for the titlepage
-\graphicspath{{graphics/}{Graphics/}{./}}
+% \title{Project Report and Thesis Preparation Instructions}  % The title, for the titlepage
-
+% \titleIS{Project Report and Thesis Preparation Instructions in Icelandic}
-\author{Joseph~T.~Foley\formatemail{foley}}  % My name, for the titlepage
+% \renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{}% Skip the degree details
-\title{Project Report and Thesis Preparation Instructions}  % The title, for the titlepage
+% \renewcommand{\maketitlehookd}{}% Skip the supervisor details
-\titleIS{Project Report and Thesis Preparation Instructions in Icelandic}
-\renewcommand{\maketitlehookc}{}% Skip the degree details
-\renewcommand{\maketitlehookd}{}% Skip the supervisor details
 
 
-\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}  % allows us to make tables with footnotes
-\usepackage{siunitx}
 
-% FIXME system for making notes to each other for what needs to 
+% \usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % must be last package loaded!
-% be completed in a group document.
+%% it makes hyper-references (citations, URLs, etc) clickable
-\usepackage[layout=inline]{fixme}
-% internal layouts: inline, margin, footnote, index, marginclue
-% % Warning! The pdf external layouts do not play well with hyperref
-% % and must be loaded by doing \fxuselayouts{}
-
-\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % must be last package loaded!
-% it makes hyper-references (citations, URLs, etc) clickable
 
 
 %% Macros for filling in commonly changed items
 \newcommand{\TIheadofgrad}{Benedikt Helgason~\formatemail{benhel AT ru.is} or TVD Person}
 \newcommand{\TItvdadmin}{Hjördís Lára Hreinsdóttir~\formatemail{hjordislh AT ru.is}}
 
-\begin{document} % this tells the compiler that it is time to make
+% \begin{document} % this tells the compiler that it is time to make
-                 % text to print instead of just getting ready.
+%                  % text to print instead of just getting ready.
-\maketitle{}  % make a title page from the Title, Date, and Author
+% \maketitle{}  % make a title page from the Title, Date, and Author
-\newpage
+% \newpage
 %% TODO:  Figure out why newpage needed
-\listoffixmes{}
+% \listoffixmes{}
-\tableofcontents{}
+% \tableofcontents{}
-%\section*{Errata} %%section* avoids putting a number 
+% %\section*{Errata} %%section* avoids putting a number 
-\enableindents{}% turn on/off paragraph indents
+% \enableindents{}% turn on/off paragraph indents
 
-\mainmatter{}
+% \mainmatter{}
 \section{Introduction} % sections break up the document into pieces
 These instructions detail how to prepare a final project report, master's thesis, or PhD dissertation for Reykjavík University.
 These instructions (unless otherwise stated) assume you are in the School of Science and Engineering or the School of Computer Science.
@@ -581,7 +572,7 @@ auto
 Thumbs.db
 \end{verbatim}
 
-\end{document}
+%\end{document}
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% TeXStudio Magic Comments %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 %% These comments that start with "!TeX" modify the way TeXStudio works
 %% For details see http://texstudio.sourceforge.net/manual/current/usermanual_en.html   Section 4.10
@@ -599,5 +590,5 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 %%% Local Variables:
 %%% mode: latex
-%%% TeX-master: t
+%%% TeX-master: "main.tex"
 %%% End:

main.tex

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
-%%%% WARNING:  This is the general template for most users
+%%%% This is the general thesis/project report template for most users
-%%%% if you are writing a PhD or SciD dissertation
-%%%% please use the dissertation.tex file instead
 \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,titlepage]{memoir}
 \usepackage[]{ruthesis}
 %% Options in []:
 %% IS Icelandic is main language
+
+%%%%%% Packages and Macros %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\usepackage{custom}
+%% Commonly used packages and macros are in custom.sty
+%% Feel free to edit it as you see fit
+%% Put any additional packages after this line
+
+\usepackage{lipsum}%provides us with text for testing
+%% usage: \lipsum[STARTNUM-ENDNUM]
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
 \title{Thesis and Project Report Template for \theInstitution{}.}
 \titleIS{Thesis and Project Report Template for \theInstitution{} in Icelandic}
 \author{Joseph T. Foley}%Use \and as an author separator
@@ -23,20 +32,7 @@
   \personinfo{Tough E. Questions}{Examiner}{Associate Professor}{Massachusetts Institute of Technology}{USA}
 }
 
-%%%%%% Useful Packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-\usepackage{lipsum}%provides us with text for testing
-%% usage: \lipsum[STARTNUM-ENDNUM]
-
-\usepackage[final]{listings}
-%%% Formatting code inclusion and snippets
-%% "final" option to force it to display code
-
-\usepackage{siunitx}
-%% \SI{9.82}{\meter\per\second\square}
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
 \begin{document}
-
 \maketitle{}
 \copyrightpage{}
 \signaturepage{}
@@ -71,8 +67,8 @@ This work was funded by \the\year~RANNIS grant ``Survey of man-eating Minke whal
 Additional equipment was generously donated by the Icelandic Tourism Board.
 
 {\em Acknowledgements are optional; comment this chapter out if they are absent
-  Note that it is important to acknowledge any funding that helped in the work}
+  Note that it is important to acknowledge any funding that helped in the work\/}
-
+%\/ is italic correction at the end of \em and italics
 \clearpage{}
 \tableofcontents{}\clearpage
 \listoffigures{}\clearpage
@@ -104,10 +100,14 @@ $c$ &Speed of Light &\SI{2.99E8}{\meter\per\second\square}\\
 %% \include{chapterfile}
 %% WARNING: Make sure that all of these files (and any new ones)
 %% are UTF-8 otherwise you will get weird encoding errors.
-\part{The First Part} % Parts optional but useful in longer documents
+\part{Getting Started} % Parts optional but useful in longer documents
-\chapter*{Is this the right template}
+\chapter{Instructions}
+\textbf{Is this the right template for you?}
 If you are not a Reykjavik University student, this is probably not for you.
 If you are writing a Ph.D. or Sci.D. dissertation, then you want the file \path{dissertation.tex}.
+For everyone else, continue to the instructions.
+\include{instructions}
+\part{Demonstration}
 \chapter{The First Chapter}
 \include{introduction}%Chapter in introduction.tex
 \section{Another Section}