%% titlepage parameters
%%   required: title, author, date, Year, trnumber, committee
%%   optional: permission, support, disclaimer, keywords

\def\title#1{\gdef\@title{#1}}
\def\author#1{\gdef\@author{#1}}
\def\date#1{\gdef\@date{#1}}
\def\Year#1{\gdef\@Year{#1}}
\def\trnumber#1{\gdef\@trnumber{#1}}
\def\committee#1{\gdef\@committee{#1}}
\def\permission#1{\gdef\@permission{#1}}
\def\support#1{\gdef\@support{#1}}
\def\disclaimer#1{\gdef\@disclaimer{#1}}
\def\keywords#1{\gdef\@keywords{#1}}

\newsavebox{\@copyrightbox}
%\def\@copyrightnotice#1{{\small\sbox{\@copyrightbox}{#1}\ifthenelse{\lengthtest{\wd\@copyrightbox > \linewidth}}{\noindent #1 \par}{\begin{center} #1 \end{center}}}}
\def\@copyrightnotice#1{{\small\sbox{\@copyrightbox}{#1}\ifdim\wd\@copyrightbox>\linewidth \noindent #1 \par\else\begin{center} #1 \end{center}\fi}}

\def\maketitle{
\thispagestyle{empty}

% calculate skip needed to ensure that title appears in the cut-out
\newlength{\@cutoutvskip}
\setlength{\@cutoutvskip}{2.1875 true in}       % position of cut-out
\addtolength{\@cutoutvskip}{-1 true in}         % printer margin
\addtolength{\@cutoutvskip}{-\topmargin}
\addtolength{\@cutoutvskip}{-\headheight}
\addtolength{\@cutoutvskip}{-\headsep}

%% Centered things on the title page must be *physically* centered
%% on the page, so they line up with the cut-out window. So we hardwire
%% the margins for the title page so that left margin = right margin:
%%         left margin = (8.5in - textwidth)/2
\oddsidemargin=8.5in
\advance\oddsidemargin by -\textwidth
\oddsidemargin=.5\oddsidemargin
\advance\oddsidemargin by -1in % TeX sux
%
\let\footnoterule\relax
\vglue\@cutoutvskip
\begin{center}
%\begin{minipage}[t]{4.875in}   % must be a minipage due to \thanks
\begin{minipage}[t]{4.8in}      % hackery
\vbox to 2in{
\vfill
\begin{center}
{\Large \strut \@title\par}
\vfill
{\large \begin{tabular}[t]{c}\@author\end{tabular}\par}
\smallskip
{\large \@date\par}
\smallskip
{\sc \@trnumber\par}
\end{center}
\vfill}
\end{minipage}
\end{center}

\vskip 3em

\begin{center}
    School of Computer Science \\
    Carnegie Mellon University \\
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213
\end{center}

\begin{center}
    \em
    Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements \\
    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
\end{center}

\begin{center}
    {\bf Thesis Committee:} \\
    \@committee
\end{center}

\vfill

\@ifundefined{@permission}{\@copyrightnotice{Copyright \copyright\ \@Year\ \@author}}{\@copyrightnotice{Copyright \copyright\ \@Year\ \@author. \@permission}}

\@ifundefined{@support}{}{{\medskip\footnotesize\noindent\@support\par}}

\@ifundefined{@disclaimer}{}{{\medskip\footnotesize\noindent\@disclaimer\par}}

% keywords go at bottom of page ii (the rear of the titlepage)
% if keywords are omitted, this page is blank

\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\@ifundefined{@keywords}{}{\vspace*{\fill} {\bf Keywords:} \@keywords}
\cleardoublepage
}

\newenvironment{dedication}
  {\cleardoublepage \thispagestyle{empty} \vspace*{\stretch{1}} \begin{center} \em}
  {\end{center} \vspace*{\stretch{3}} \clearpage}

%\newenvironment{psuedochapter}[1]
%  {\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
%   \thispagestyle{empty}
%   \vspace*{\stretch{1}} 
%   \begin{center} \large {\bf #1} \end{center}
%   \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}#1}
%   \begin{quotation}}
%  {\end{quotation} 
%   \vspace*{\stretch{3}}
%   \clearpage}
\newenvironment{psuedochapter}[1]
  {\cleardoublepage
   \thispagestyle{empty}
   \vspace*{\stretch{1}} 
   \begin{center} \large {\bf #1} \end{center}
%   \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}#1} --not yet mjz 
   \begin{quotation}}
  {\end{quotation} 
   \vspace*{\stretch{3}}
   \clearpage}

\newenvironment{abstract}
	{\begin{psuedochapter}{Abstract}}{\end{psuedochapter}}

\newenvironment{acknowledgments}
	{\begin{psuedochapter}{Acknowledgments}}{\end{psuedochapter}}


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\endinput

%%%
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% redefine thebibliography and theindex to add to table of contents
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]
       {\chapter*{\bibname
        \@mkboth{\uppercase{\bibname}}{\uppercase{\bibname}}}%
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}\bibname}
      \list{\@biblabel{\arabic{enumiv}}}%
           {\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
            \leftmargin\labelwidth
            \advance\leftmargin\labelsep
            \if@openbib
              \advance\leftmargin\bibindent
              \itemindent -\bibindent
              \listparindent \itemindent
              \parsep \z@
            \fi
            \usecounter{enumiv}%
            \let\p@enumiv\@empty
            \renewcommand\theenumiv{\arabic{enumiv}}}%
      \if@openbib
        \renewcommand\newblock{\par}
      \else
        \renewcommand\newblock{\hskip .11em \@plus.33em \@minus.07em}%
      \fi
      \sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000%
      \sfcode`\.=\@m}
     {\def\@noitemerr
       {\@latex@warning{Empty `thebibliography' environment}}%
      \endlist}
                 
\renewenvironment{theindex}
               {\if@twocolumn
                  \@restonecolfalse
                \else
                  \@restonecoltrue
                \fi
                \columnseprule \z@
                \columnsep 35\p@
                \twocolumn[\@makeschapterhead{\indexname}]%
                \@mkboth{\uppercase{\indexname}}%
                        {\uppercase{\indexname}}%
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\numberline{}\indexname}
                \thispagestyle{plain}\parindent\z@
                \parskip\z@ \@plus .3\p@\relax
                \let\item\@idxitem}
               {\if@restonecol\onecolumn\else\clearpage\fi}