Getting started

Quarto version requirement

This template requires Quarto >= 1.9.18. Check your version with quarto --version and update at https://quarto.org/docs/download/ if needed.

To install the template, create a new directory for your thesis and run:

quarto use template zhaw-lsfm/quarto-thesis

This will install the extension and create a book project with multiple chapter files:

_quarto.yml              # Central configuration (metadata, chapter order)
index.qmd                # Front matter (TOC, Typst only)
1-zusammenfassung.qmd    # Abstract / Zusammenfassung
2-einleitung.qmd         # Chapter 1: Introduction
3-literatur.qmd          # Chapter 2: Literature review
4-methoden.qmd           # Chapter 3: Methods
5-ergebnisse.qmd         # Chapter 4: Results
6-diskussion.qmd         # Chapter 5: Discussion
references.qmd           # Bibliography
7-anhang-rohdaten.qmd    # Appendix A
8-anhang-statistik.qmd   # Appendix B
_extensions/             # Template extension (do not edit)
cover.png                # Cover image
references.bib           # BibTeX file

All metadata (title, author, supervisors, etc.) is configured centrally in _quarto.yml. See the Manual for all available fields.

Previewing your thesis

To preview a PDF version, run:

quarto preview --to zhaw-lsfm-typst

This will use Typst to render a submittable PDF of your thesis. Typst is very fast. If your document becomes large and you feel Typst is too slow, we recommend using the html output for previewing your text, and only using Typst from time to time. To preview an html version of your thesis:

quarto preview --to zhaw-lsfm-html