The guexam class

Format University of Glasgow exam papers (only Physics and Astronomy so far).

Version 0.15, 2011 November 23.

• See the documentation for fuller discussion.
• Download: tarball or zip file
• Samples: default AandA style, and optional PhysHons style.
• If you want the university logo to appear on the typeset papers, you will need to download and install the gulogo package.

Note that this class file is still in flux to some extent, and at some point in the reasonably near future, we have plans to change the interface quite significantly. If you use it, therefore, it would be wise to keep a note of the version of the class that you use. If you need an earlier version of the class, let me know.

The class was called exam until release 0.14. It was renamed to avoid a conflict with a pre-existing LaTeX class with the same name.

Releases:

0.15, 2011 November 23

Avoid conflict with ifpdf package. Now depends on ifpdf.

0.14, 2010 August 6

• Fixed the problem where the question-continuation marks would be messed up by the presence of floats.
• Added P2.clo; adjust 'showing solutions' banner to avoid collision with other headers (thanks to Morag Casey for the .clo file and the report).
• Changed the name of the class to 'guexam', from potentially confusing 'exam'. Support guexam.config for forcing options (for example).

0.13-1, 2008 November 21

Make the gulogo style optional, so that question authors don't have to download and install that before they can draft a question. Also adjust the logo size.

0.13, 2008 November 11

Add university logo, and slightly rearrange the header. Add {questiondata} environment.

0.12-2, 2008 April 14

...keep on truckin'. Further changes to the \partmarks* spacing code, still largely unprincipled, but looking closer to what's required.

0.12-1, 2008 April 3

...and again. This time, I think I actually see what the problem was. Macro \partmarks now forces a new paragraph (it was documented to be usable at the end of a paragraph, so this is again forced, and the documentation made more explicit), this makes what I thought was the solution actually work. Which is nice. Redefined enumerate and itemize environments, to improve spacing somewhat.

0.12, 2008 April 3

Further adjustments to \partmarks: again, it should be more consistent without necessarily being more principled, alas.

0.11, 2008 March 30

Minor fixes: Adjust display of partmarks -- should now be more consistent; option [showsolutions] no longer defaults [{no,}pageperquestion]; add macro \e to format roman exponential.

0.10, 2008 January 17

Fix \vec when it appears in sub- or superscript position. Add \paperident command.

0.9, 2007 December 10

Various formatting changes. Added optional argument to \includequestion overriding question number.

0.8, 2007 November 25

You can now use \usepackage within [compose] mode.

0.7, 2007 November 20

Make changes to the display of the 'University of Glasgow' banner at the top: resolves some font problems. Other minor layout tweaks.

0.6, 2007 November 18

Fixed bold maths problems: \vec now works with greek letters, too. Support MTpro2 (mathtime maths fonts) with the new [mtpro2] class option. The {solution} environment can appear multiple times within a question. Question numbers now appear correctly in 'final' mode.

0.5, 2007 October 30

Fix collision with LaTeX internal: a \comment at the start of a {question} now works.