This is my LaTeX working directory. Because Draft is so messy, it always take a long time for me to find tex file and pdf file so I spilt a tex file into many. Because I’m a bad student as welll as a bad writer, I choose not to divide the chapters at the beginning. I will divide them when I’m writing the dissertation.
├── Chapters
│ ├── concl.tex
│ ├── draft.tex
│ └── intro.tex
├── Draft
│ ├── after.tex
│ ├── before.tex
│ ├── thesis.acn
│ ├── thesis.acr
│ ├── thesis.alg
│ ├── thesis.aux
│ ├── thesis.bbl
│ ├── thesis.bcf
│ ├── thesis.blg
│ ├── thesis.fdb_latexmk
│ ├── thesis.glg
│ ├── thesis.glo
│ ├── thesis.gls
│ ├── thesis.ist
│ ├── thesis.lof
│ ├── thesis.log
│ ├── thesis.lot
│ ├── thesis.out
│ ├── thesis.pdf
│ ├── thesis.run.xml
│ ├── thesis.tex
│ └── thesis.toc
├── Inputs
│ ├── acronyms.tex
│ ├── backmatter.tex
│ ├── expanders.tex
│ ├── frontmatter.tex
│ ├── info.tex
│ ├── mainmatter.tex
│ ├── settings.tex
│ └── titlepage.tex
└── bib.bibthesis.tex
\input{before}
I write here.
\input{after}before.tex
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
\input{../Inputs/settings}
\input{../Inputs/expanders}
\input{../Inputs/acronyms}
\begin{document}
\input{../Inputs/info}
\input{../Inputs/frontmatter}
\chapter{Introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\chapter{Draft}after.tex
\chapter{Conclusion}
\input{../Inputs/backmatter}
\end{document}info.tex
\renewcommand{\title}{something}
\newcommand{\subtitle}{something}
\renewcommand{\author}{somebody}
\newcommand{\supervisor}{somebody}
\newcommand{\studentID}{something}
\newcommand{\dept}{something}
\newcommand{\university}{something}
\newcommand{\submissiontext}{\textbf{Declaration:} This dissertation is submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for \degree. something}
\renewcommand{\degree}{something}
\newcommand{\degreedate}{something} % It's a shame I don't know how to get the word of the month.frontmatter.tex
%\pagestyle{empty}
\input{../Inputs/titlepage}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{roman}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgements}
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
\newpage
\tableofcontents
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\listoffigures
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\listoftables
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abbreviations}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype, title=Abbreviations]Note that in report document class, \pagestyle{empty} will result in only the first page of every chapter to display page number. To solve the problem, use titlepage environment in the title page, that is, use \begin{titlepage} and \end{titlepage}.
mainmatter.tex
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\input{../Chapters/something1}
\input{../Chapters/something2}
\input{../Chapters/somethingN}backmatter.tex
\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
\chapter*{References}
\printbibliography