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+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} % specify required latex format
+\ProvidesPackage{masterthesis}[2019/01/03 Masterthesis Package]
+
+% define licence option to include a licence statement
+\newif\if@uselicence\@uselicencefalse
+\DeclareOption{licence}{%
+    \@uselicencetrue
+}
+
+% define acknowledge option to include an acknowledgement
+\newif\if@acknowledge\@acknowledgefalse
+\DeclareOption{acknowledge}{%
+    \@acknowledgetrue
+}
+
+% define abstract option to include an acknowledgement
+\newif\if@abstract\@abstractfalse
+\DeclareOption{abstract}{%
+    \@abstracttrue
+}
+
+\newif\if@library\@libraryfalse
+\DeclareOption{library}{%
+    \@librarytrue
+}
+
+\ProcessOptions\relax
+
+% load packages
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % euro quality fonts [T1] (togeth. w/ textcomp)
+\usepackage{textcomp, amssymb}  % additional symbols (there are more packages)
+\usepackage[all]{xy} % creating figures within latex
+\usepackage[tight]{subfigure} % figures within figures
+\usepackage{ifpdf}
+
+% load biblatex
+\usepackage[
+    backend=biber,
+    bibstyle=ieee,
+    citestyle=ieee,
+    backref=true,
+    minnames=1,
+    maxnames=2,
+]{biblatex}
+
+% check if pdflatex is used
+\ifpdf
+    \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
+    \usepackage[pdftex]{color}
+    \usepackage[pdftex]{thumbpdf}
+    \usepackage[pdftex,
+		hidelinks = true,
+		colorlinks = false,%
+              %pagebackref=true, % bibliography -> text
+              linktocpage=true, % toc etc: make page number active (not name)
+              plainpages=false, % distinguish roman and arabic pagenumbers
+              bookmarksopen=true,%
+              bookmarksnumbered=true,%
+              pdfauthor={\@author},%
+              pdftitle={\@title},%
+              pdfsubject={\@subject},%
+              pdfkeywords={\keywords},%
+             ]{hyperref}       % clickabe references
+\else
+    \usepackage[hypertex,
+          plainpages=false, % distinguish roman and arabic pagenumbers
+          linktocpage=true, % toc etc: make page number active (not name)
+         ]{hyperref}        % clickabe references in .dvi
+                            % purposely included before color package
+    \usepackage[dvips]{color}     % color package, required by xy
+    \usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}  % graphics package
+\fi
+
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+
+%%% load further packages
+\usepackage{listings}
+
+% simplify quoting
+\usepackage{csquotes}
+\MakeOuterQuote{"}
+
+% support both german and english
+\usepackage[ngerman,english]{babel}
+\selectlanguage{english}
+
+\KOMAoption{toc}{bibliography, index, listof}
+
+\usepackage{makeidx}
+\makeindex
+
+\usepackage[xindy]{glossaries} % for \printglossary
+\makeglossaries
+
+%%% define commands
+\newcommand{\start}{%
+    \maketitle
+
+    \if@uselicence
+        \input{licence.tex}
+    \else\fi
+
+    \if@acknowledge
+        \input{acknowledge.tex}
+    \else\fi
+
+    \if@abstract
+        \input{abstract.tex}
+    \else\fi
+
+    \tableofcontents
+}
+
+
+\newcommand{\finish}{%
+    %\clearpage
+    \printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
+
+    %\clearpage
+    \printglossary
+
+    %\clearpage
+    \printindex
+
+    \clearpage
+    \input{declaration.tex}
+
+    \if@library
+        \clearpage
+        \input{library.tex}
+    \else\fi
+}