%!TEX root=template.tex

%% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
%%  novathesis — nt-setup.sty
%% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
%%
%% Version 8.4.0 (2026-09-27)
%% Copyright (C) 2004-26 by João M. Lourenço <joao.lourenco@fct.unl.pt>
%% Departamento de Informática (www.di.fct.unl.pt)
%% Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (www.fct.unl.pt)
%% Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (www.unl.pt)
%%
%% Setup/initialization: config loading, babel, metadata, printing engine, school logic
%% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% LOADING CUSTOMIZATION STUFF - part 1
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

% --------------------------------------------------------
% Define DEFAULT corollaryUES for COVER and COPYRIGHT languages
%     and HYPERLINK color
\ntsetup{lang = \option{/novathesis/lang/main},
         color/links = DarkBlue,
         color/glossaries/gls = None,
}

% \NTRunHook{memoir}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% HOOK DECLARATIONS
%% Pre-declare all known novathesis hooks so that \NTAddToHook can be
%% used before the hook is first run.  Parametric hooks (e.g. cover/#-#)
%% are activated dynamically inside \NTRunHook at call time.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\NTDeclareHook{afterloading/schoolconfig}
\NTDeclareHook{printcovers/pre}     \NTDeclareHook{printcovers/post}
\NTDeclareHook{cover/pre}           \NTDeclareHook{cover/post}
\NTDeclareHook{cover/text/pre}      \NTDeclareHook{cover/text/post}
% Parametric cover hooks (activated dynamically for each cover)
% Note: text/pre and text/post are invoked inside nt_covers_print_text:n
\NTDeclareHook{print/spine/pre}     \NTDeclareHook{print/spine/post}
\NTDeclareHook{frontmatter/pre}     \NTDeclareHook{frontmatter/post}
\NTDeclareHook{mainmatter/pre}      \NTDeclareHook{mainmatter/post}
\NTDeclareHook{backmatter/pre}      \NTDeclareHook{backmatter/post}
\NTDeclareHook{abstracts/pre}       \NTDeclareHook{abstracts/post}
\NTDeclareHook{abstract/pre}        \NTDeclareHook{abstract/post}
\NTDeclareHook{abstract/mid}        \NTDeclareHook{abstract/title/before}
\NTDeclareHook{abstract/title/after}
\NTDeclareHook{listof/pre}          \NTDeclareHook{listof/post}
\NTDeclareHook{list_of/pre}         \NTDeclareHook{list_of/post}
\NTDeclareHook{printbib/pre}        \NTDeclareHook{printbib/post}
\NTDeclareHook{statement/pre}       \NTDeclareHook{statement/post}
\NTDeclareHook{acknowledgementsblock/pre} \NTDeclareHook{acknowledgementsblock/post}
\NTDeclareHook{copyright/pre}       \NTDeclareHook{copyright/post}
\NTDeclareHook{ntquote/pre}         \NTDeclareHook{ntquote/post}
\NTDeclareHook{keywords/pre}        \NTDeclareHook{keywords/post}
% Section-level hooks (used generically via \@nt@printifmaindoc@i)
\NTDeclareHook{dedication/pre}      \NTDeclareHook{dedication/post}
\NTDeclareHook{acknowledgements/pre}\NTDeclareHook{acknowledgements/post}
\NTDeclareHook{quote/pre}           \NTDeclareHook{quote/post}
% Spine hooks (used by uminho school)
\NTDeclareHook{spine/pre}           \NTDeclareHook{spine/mid}
\NTDeclareHook{spine/post}


%  TEMPLATE CUSTOMIZATION / OPTIONS
%      Please open and edit the appropriate
%       configuration file “0-Config/1_novathesis.tex”
%============================================================
\input{\DIRCONFIG/1_novathesis}

%============================================================
%  COMMAND-LINE OVERRIDES
%      Any \ntsetup options may be given at the command line,
%      without editing 0-Config/1_novathesis.tex, e.g.:
%        latexmk -pdflua -usepretex \
%          -pretex='\def\ntoverride{doctype=msc,school=uminho/ec,lang=pt}' template
%      or, with a plain engine:
%        lualatex -jobname=template '\def\ntoverride{doctype=msc}\input{template}'
%      These values take precedence over 0-Config/1_novathesis.tex.
%============================================================
\ifdefined\ntoverride
  \ClassInfo{novathesis}{Applying command-line overrides: \ntoverride}
  \expandafter\ntsetup\expandafter{\ntoverride}
  % Re-apply "school" so that school-derived macros (e.g. the degree
  % acronym, which depends on "doctype") are recomputed and consistent,
  % regardless of the order of the keys given in \ntoverride.
  \edef\@nt@override@school{school=\option{/novathesis/schoolgiven}}
  \expandafter\ntsetup\expandafter{\@nt@override@school}
\fi

\def\@DOCTYPE{\option{/novathesis/doctype}}
\def\@DOCSTATUS{\option{/novathesis/docstatus}}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\xdef\@DOCCLASS{\prop_item:Ne \c__nt_docclass_prop {\@DOCTYPE}}
\ExplSyntaxOff

\edef\@LANG@COVER{\option{/novathesis/lang/cover}}
\edef\@LANG@COPYRIGHT{\option{/novathesis/lang/copyright}}
\edef\@LANG@MAIN{\option{/novathesis/lang/main}}
\edef\@LANG@MAIN@LONG{\GetLangLong(\@LANG@MAIN)}

\@setabstractorder
\IfMemVoidT{AbstractOrder}{en}{%
  \SetAbstractOrder*(en)={en,pt}
}
\IfMemVoidT{AbstractOrder}{\@LANG@MAIN}{%
  \SetAbstractOrder*(\@LANG@MAIN)={\@LANG@MAIN,en}
}


%============================================================
% LOAD ADDITIONAL PACKAGES
%============================================================
%%%%% Configure multilingual language support
\definecolor{darkblue}{rgb}{0.0,0.08,0.45}%

\babeladjust{
  autoload.bcp47 = on
}

\babelprovide[main,import]{\expanded{\@LANG@MAIN@LONG}}

% --------------------------------------------------------
% FIX BABEL TRANSLATION
% \RequirePackage{babel}      % Support for multilingual documents
% \RequirePackage{translator} % Support month name translations for pgfcalendar
\ntselectlang{\@LANG@MAIN}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Create list of loaded languages
%% which will be loaded dynamically by Babel
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\edef\@LANG@LOADED{\@LANG@COVER, \@LANG@COPYRIGHT, \@LANG@MAIN, \GetAbstractOrder(\@LANG@MAIN)}
\UniquifyList{\@LANG@LOADED}[\@LANG@LOADED]

% 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% FIX BABEL
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\input{fix-babel.tex}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Include strings for all the languages
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\@nt@langloaded@reset

% DO NOT wrap this loop in \ExplSyntaxOn.  \InputIfFileExists reads the .ldf
% files at *execution* time, so an active ExplSyntax would apply expl3 catcodes
% to their contents, where a space is ignored: every translated string silently
% loses its spaces ("O Candidato" -> "OCandidato", and likewise the whole
% copyright paragraph).  \@for keeps normal catcodes throughout.
\@for\mylang:=\@LANG@LOADED\do{%
  \InputIfFileExists{\DIRSTRINGS/strings-\mylang.ldf}%
      {\@nt@langloaded@push{\mylang}}%
      {\ClassError{novathesis}
                  {File not found: '\DIRSTRINGS/strings-\mylang.ldf' file!}%
                  {Add a file with the translations for this language.}}%
}%


\SetBkmString*(1-1)={\GetBkmString(cover,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(1-2)={\GetBkmString(incover,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(2-1)={\GetBkmString(frontpage,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(2-2)={\GetBkmString(infrontpage,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(N-1)={\GetBkmString(inbackcover,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(N-2)={\GetBkmString(backcover,\@LANG@MAIN)}
\SetBkmString*(spine)={\GetBkmString(spine,\@LANG@MAIN)}


%--------------------------------
% TIKZ
\usetikzlibrary{calc}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% DOCUMENT METADATA
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\ExplSyntaxOn

% --------------------------------------------------------
% Department
%============================================================

\NewMemStore { Department }

% 1. The Public Command
% s = star (*) <= only define if undefined
% r() = required ID in parens <= the lang code
% m = mandatory value <= the name of the department
\NewDocumentCommand { \ntdepartment } { s r() m }
 { 
 % We pass the star status (boolean) and expanded arguments to the internal logic
 \nova_process_department:nee { #1 } { #2 } { #3 }
 }

% 2. Internal Logic
\cs_new_protected:Npn \nova_process_department:nnn #1 #2 #3
 { 
 % Handle the optional ID: if empty/NoValue, use 'default'
 \tl_set:Nn \l_tmpa_tl { #2 }

 % Logic Branching
 \bool_if:nTF { #1 }
 { 
 % Starred version: Only set if NOT already defined
 % We check if the 'department' data for this ID is empty/unset
 \IfMemVoidT { Department } { \l_tmpa_tl }
 { \MemSet { Department } { \l_tmpa_tl } { #3 } }
 }
 { 
 % Unstarred version: Set/Overwrite regardless
 \MemSet { Department } { \l_tmpa_tl } { #3 }
 }
 }


% 3. Generate expansion variants
\cs_generate_variant:Nn \nova_process_department:nnn { nee }


% Scratch variables used across the field-command implementations below.
% (\l_tmpa_tl, \l_tmpb_tl, \l_tmpa_seq, \l_tmpb_seq are expl3 kernel pre-declarations.)
\tl_new:N \l__nt_tmpc_tl

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntmajorfield(*)(lang){ value } — major field of study
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% Shared logic for \ntmajorfield / \ntminorfield: set <store>(lang) to <value>,
% unconditionally, or only if not already set (star variant).
\cs_new_protected:Npn \__nt_set_field_if_star:nnnn #1 #2 #3 #4
 {
 % #1 = star bool, #2 = store name, #3 = lang key, #4 = value
 \bool_if:nTF { #1 }
 { \IfMemVoidT { #2 } { #3 } { \MemSet* { #2 } { #3 } { #4 } } }
 { \MemSet* { #2 } { #3 } { #4 } }
 }

\NewDocumentCommand { \ntmajorfield } { s r() m }
 { \__nt_set_field_if_star:nnnn { #1 } { MajorField } { #2 } { #3 } }

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntminorfield(*)(lang){ value } — minor field of study
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\NewDocumentCommand { \ntminorfield } { s r() m }
 { \__nt_set_field_if_star:nnnn { #1 } { MinorField } { #2 } { #3 } }

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntdegreename(*)(lang){ value } — degree / programme name
% Prepends DegreeNamePrefix (if defined by the school) and also sets MajorField.
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\cs_new_protected:Npn \__nt_set_degreename:nn #1 #2
 { 
 \datamatch { \match } { DegreeNamePrefix } (%
 { \@DOCTYPE,\@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCCLASS,\@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCTYPE,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCCLASS,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@LANG@COVER } %
 ) %
 \ifblank { \match }
 { \MemSet* { DegreeName } { #1 } { #2 } }
 { \MemSet* { DegreeName } { #1 } { \match\ #2 } } %
 \MemSet* { MajorField } { #1 } { #2 } %
 }
\NewDocumentCommand { \ntdegreename } { s r() m }
 { 
 \bool_if:nTF { #1 }
 { \IfMemVoidT { DegreeName } { #2 } { \__nt_set_degreename:nn { #2 } { #3 } } }
 { \__nt_set_degreename:nn { #2 } { #3 } }
 }

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntspecialization(*)(lang){ value } — specialization track
% Prepends SpecializationString (if defined) and also sets MinorField.
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\cs_new_protected:Npn \__nt_set_specialization:nn #1 #2
 { 
 \datamatch { \specmatch } { SpecializationString } (%
 { \@DOCTYPE,\@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCCLASS,\@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DEGREEACR,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCTYPE,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@DOCCLASS,\@LANG@COVER },%
 { \@LANG@COVER } %
 ) %
 \ifblank { \specmatch }
 { \MemSet* { Specialization } { #1 } { #2 } }
 { \MemSet* { Specialization } { #1 } { \specmatch\ #2 } } %
 \MemSet* { MinorField } { #1 } { #2 } %
 }
\NewDocumentCommand { \ntspecialization } { s r() m }
 { 
 \bool_if:nTF { #1 }
 {
 \IfMemVoidT { MinorField } { #2 }
 { \__nt_set_specialization:nn { #2 } { #3 } }
 }
 { \__nt_set_specialization:nn { #2 } { #3 } }
 }

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntsponsors(order,type,lang){ value } — funding sponsor entry
% Parens hold three comma-separated fields: display order, content type
% (logo/text), and language code.
% Bug-fix: old code stored the "type" field as the value instead of the
% mandatory {value} argument (now #2).
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\NewDocumentCommand { \ntsponsors } { r() m }
 { 
 % Split "(order,type,lang)" on comma
 \seq_set_split:Nnn \l_tmpa_seq { , } { #1 }
 \tl_set:Ne \l_tmpa_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l_tmpa_seq { 1 } } % order
 \tl_set:Ne \l_tmpb_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l_tmpa_seq { 2 } } % type
 \tl_set:Ne \l__nt_tmpc_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l_tmpa_seq { 3 } } % lang
 \MemSet* { Sponsor }
 { \l__nt_tmpc_tl , \l_tmpa_tl , \l_tmpb_tl }
 { #2 }
 }

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \nttitle(type,lang){ value } — document title
% Also stores a plain-text variant (no line-break commands) and, for type=main,
% sets the spine title to the same plain value.
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\NewDocumentCommand { \nttitle } { r() m }
 { 
 % Split "(type,lang)" on comma
 \seq_set_split:Nnn \l_tmpa_seq { , } { #1 }
 \tl_set:Ne \l_tmpa_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l_tmpa_seq { 1 } } % type
 \tl_set:Ne \l_tmpb_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l_tmpa_seq { 2 } } % lang
 \MemSet* { DocTitle } { \l_tmpb_tl , \l_tmpa_tl } { #2 }
 \NewlineToSpace { #2 } [ \l__nt_tmpc_tl ]
 \MemSet* { DocTitle } { \l_tmpb_tl , \l_tmpa_tl , plain } { \l__nt_tmpc_tl }
 \str_if_eq:eeTF { \l_tmpa_tl } { main }
 { \MemSet* { DocTitle } { \l_tmpb_tl , spine } { \l__nt_tmpc_tl } }
 { }
 }


% Define a temporary token list variable
\tl_new:N \l__memory_clean_tl

\NewDocumentCommand { \NewlineToSpace } { m o }
 { 
 % 1. Store the input (#1) into the variable
 \tl_set:Nn \l__memory_clean_tl { #1 }

 % 2. Perform the replacement.
 % In expl3, ~ represents a space token (catcode 10).
 % This replaces every occurrence of the token \\ with a space.
 \tl_replace_all:Nnn \l__memory_clean_tl { ~\\~ } { ~ }
 \tl_replace_all:Nnn \l__memory_clean_tl { ~\\ } { ~ }
 \tl_replace_all:Nnn \l__memory_clean_tl { \\~ } { ~ }
 \tl_replace_all:Nnn \l__memory_clean_tl { \\ } { ~ }

 % 3. Check if the optional argument (#2) is provided
 \IfNoValueTF { #2 }
 { 
 % If no optional arg: Output the result directly
 \tl_use:N \l__memory_clean_tl
 }
 { 
 % If optional arg exists: Set the provided macro (#2) to the result
 \tl_set_eq:NN #2 \l__memory_clean_tl
 }
 }


% \PrintDateISO { 2022-12-25 } -> localized date, e.g., December 20, 2022; 20 de dezembro de 2022
% \PrintDateISO { 2022-12 } -> e.g., December 20, 2022; Dezembro, 2022
% \PrintDateISO { 2022 } -> e.g., 2022
% \PrintDateISO*{ 2022-12 } -> e.g., DECEMBER, 2022 (starred = uppercase the month name)
%
% \nt_print_iso_date:nnn's own #2/#3 (separator/date string) are typeset
% directly by a \cs_new_protected: function, so they're opaque to
% \MakeUppercase -- \MakeUppercase{\PrintDateISO[~]{...}} silently does
% nothing, since \MakeUppercase can only see through fully expandable macros,
% and a protected function is deliberately immune to that kind of expansion.
% Wrapping just the already-expanded month name (\l_tmpa_tl, plain text by
% the time #1 is applied to it) from *inside* the protected function sidesteps
% that entirely, so the starred form does the right thing directly.
\NewDocumentCommand { \PrintDateISO } { s O{,~} m }
 {
 \IfBooleanTF { #1 }
   { \nt_print_iso_date:nnn { \MakeUppercase } { #2 } { #3 } }
   { \nt_print_iso_date:nnn { } { #2 } { #3 } }
 }

% Sequential variables to store Y, M, D
\seq_new:N \l_nt_date_seq
% Generate the 'Nne' variant (N = seq, n = delimiter, e = fully-expanded string)
\cs_generate_variant:Nn \seq_set_split:Nnn { Nne }

\cs_new_protected:Nn \nt_print_iso_date:nnn
   {
     % Split the input string by the hyphen (-)
     \seq_set_split:Nne \l_nt_date_seq { - } { #3 }

     \int_case:nn { \seq_count:N \l_nt_date_seq }
       {
         % Case 1: Only Year (YYYY)
         { 1 } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 1 } }

         % Case 2: Year and Month (YYYY-MM)
         { 2 } {
                 \tl_set:Ne \l_tmpa_tl { \babelmonthname { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 2 } } }
                 \nt_titlecase_first:N \l_tmpa_tl
                 #1 { \tl_use:N \l_tmpa_tl }
                 #2 % separator
                 \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 1 } % year
         }

         % Case 3: Full Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
         { 3 } {
                 \localedate { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 1 } }
                 { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 2 } }
                 { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_date_seq { 3 } }
         }
       }
   }


% Define the command with an optional d() argument and a mandatory m argument
\NewDocumentCommand { \SetDateISO } { d() m }
 { 
 \nt_set_iso_date:nn { #1 } { #2 }
 }

% Sequential variable to store the split parts
\seq_new:N \l_nt_parts_seq

\cs_new_protected:Nn \nt_set_iso_date:nn
 { 
 % 1. Store the raw ISO string
 \MemSet { DocDate } { #1 } { #2 }
 
 % 2. Split the string by the hyphen
 \seq_set_split:Nnn \l_nt_parts_seq { - } { #2 }
 
 % 3. Process based on how many parts were found
 \int_case:nn { \seq_count:N \l_nt_parts_seq }
 { 
 % Case: YYYY
 { 1 } 
 { 
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, year } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 1 } }
 }
 
 % Case: YYYY-MM
 { 2 }
 { 
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, year } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 1 } }
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, month } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 2 } }
 % Use Babel's \monthname to get the localized text
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, month, text } 
 { \babelmonthname { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 2 } } }
 }
 
 % Case: YYYY-MM-DD
 { 3 }
 { 
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, year } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 1 } }
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, month } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 2 } }
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, month, text } 
 { \babelmonthname { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 2 } } }
 \MemSet* { DocDate } { #1, day } { \seq_item:Nn \l_nt_parts_seq { 3 } }
 }
 }
 }


\ExplSyntaxOff


\NewMemStore{DocDate}

\let\ntdate\SetDateISO
\SetDateISO(submission){2000-01-31}
\SetDateISO(exam){2000-01-31}


%============================================================
% Author identification
%============================================================
\NewMemStore{DocAuthor}
\SetDocAuthor*(name)={Author Name}
\SetDocAuthor*(name,short)={Author Short Name}
\SetDocAuthor*(gender)={Author Gender}
\SetDocAuthor*(degree,\@LANG@COVER)={Author Previous Degree}

% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
% \ntauthorname(gender){Full Name}{Short Name}
% \ntauthordegree(lang){previous degree name}
% ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
\NewDocumentCommand{\ntauthorname}{ r() m m }
  {
    % #1 = gender (m/f), #2 = full name, #3 = short name
    \MemSet*{DocAuthor}{gender}{#1}
    \MemSet*{DocAuthor}{name}{#2}
    \MemSet*{DocAuthor}{name,short}{#3}
  }
\NewDocumentCommand{\ntauthordegree}{ r() m }
  {
    % #1 = lang, #2 = previous degree name
    \MemSet*{DocAuthor}{degree,#1}{#2}
  }


%============================================================
% Setting cover defaults
%============================================================


% strings to be defined for each language
\nttitle(main,\@LANG@COVER){\GetDefaultNtTitle(\@LANG@COVER)}
\ntdepartment(\@LANG@COVER){\GetDefaultNtDepartment(\@LANG@COVER)}
\ntdegreename(\@LANG@COVER){\GetDefaultNtDegreeName(\@LANG@COVER)}


% "Other lists" (listoffigures/listoftables/.../custom) registered per
% matter (frontmatter/backmatter, or any key \ntaddlistof/print/otherlists
% names -- not a small fixed set like the print-order buckets above, so
% the seq is created lazily on first push, mirroring options-ext.sty's
% old ".newpush" semantics exactly). Plain-named (no "_"/":") so
% \ntaddlistof's classical body (see the note on it below) can push
% without ExplSyntaxOn active at the call site.
\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@listof@push #1#2
  {
    \seq_if_exist:cF { g__nt_listof_#1_seq } { \seq_new:c { g__nt_listof_#1_seq } }
    \seq_gput_right:cn { g__nt_listof_#1_seq } {#2}
  }
% \@nt@listof@ifdefined{<bucket>}{<true>}{<false>} -- like \ifoptiondefined
% used to be for this registry.
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@listof@ifdefined #1
  { \seq_if_exist:cTF { g__nt_listof_#1_seq } }
% \@nt@listof@run{<bucket>}{<code, using #1 for the current item>} --
% same "no :c variant of seq_map_inline" situation as
% \@nt@printorder@run above; same fix.
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@listof@run #1#2
  { \expandafter\seq_map_inline:Nn\csname g__nt_listof_#1_seq\endcsname {#2} }
\ExplSyntaxOff

%============================================================
% Adding list_of
% NOTE: kept in LaTeX2e syntax (\IfStrEqCase, not expl3's \str_case:nnF).
% The branches below embed literal prose in \ClassError messages, and under
% \ExplSyntaxOn every space in that prose would be swallowed
% ("Can'tmakelistoflistings.").  Not worth an ExplSyntax block here.
\newcommand*{\ntaddlistof}[2][]{%
  % #2 = the list of SOMETHING without the initial "\"
  \ifoptioncontains{/novathesis/listof/skip}{#2}{}{%
  \@ifmtarg{#1}{%
    \edef\@listofat{\option{/novathesis/print/otherlists}}%
  }{%
    \edef\@listofat{#1}%
  }
  % \typeout{\ISTOF 1=[\@listofat] 2=[#2]}\NTADDLISTOF%
  \IfStrEqCase{#2}{%
    {listoffigures}{\@nt@listof@push{\@listofat}{%
              \clearforchapter%
              \listoffigures
    }}%
    {listoftables}{\@nt@listof@push{\@listofat}{%
              \clearforchapter%
              \listoftables
    }}%
    {listoflistings}{\@nt@listof@push{\@listofat}{%
            \ifcsdef{listoflistings}{%
                \clearforchapter%
                \phantomsection
                \bookmark[level=\@nt@lol@bkm@level, dest=\HyperLocalCurrentHref]{\listoflistingscaption}
                \listoflistings
            }{%
                  \ClassError{novathesis}{Can't make list of listings. Please report this problem in the 'novathesis' github. Thanks!}{}%
            }%
    }}%
    {listofalgorithms}{\@nt@listof@push{\@listofat}{%
              \clearforchapter%
              \phantomsection
              \ifcsdef{listalgorithmname}{%
                \bookmark[level=\@nt@lol@bkm@level, dest=\HyperLocalCurrentHref]{\listalgorithmname}
              }{%
                \ifcsdef{listalgorithmcfname}{%
                  \bookmark[level=\@nt@lol@bkm@level, dest=\HyperLocalCurrentHref]{\listalgorithmcfname}
                }{%
                  \ClassError{novathesis}
                             {Cannot make list of algorithms. Please report this problem in the 'novathesis' github. Thanks!}{}%
                }%
              }%
              \listofalgorithms
    }}%
  }[%
      \clearforchapter
      \@nt@listof@push{\@listofat}{%
          \ifcsdef{#2}{%
            \csuse{#2}%
          }{%
            \ClassError{novathesis}
                       {Cannot make #2. Please report this problem in the 'novathesis' github. Thanks!}{}%
          }%
      }%
   ]%
  }%
}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% STRUCTURAL PRINTING ENGINE
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%============================================================
% Print document “parts/sections/regions”
% Kept in LaTeX2e syntax for the same reason as \ntaddlistof above: the
% branches carry literal text, which \ExplSyntaxOn would strip spaces from.
\newcommand*{\ntprint}[1]{%
  \IfStrEqCase{#1}{%
    {frontcover}{%
          \thispagestyle{empty}%
          \pagestyle{empty}%
          \ntprintcovers%
    }%
    {frontmatter}{%
          \ntthesisfrontmatter% Before the main text (TOC, etc) — Roman page numbering
          \phantomsection
          \bookmark[level=0, dest=\HyperLocalCurrentHref]{\GetBkmString(frontmatter,\@LANG@MAIN)}
          % Nest all front-matter items under the "Front Matter" bookmark node.
          % \@nt@bkm@level=1 shifts \ChapterNoTitle pages (copyright, dedication, …)
          % to level 1; \shiftbookmarks shifts chapter-level items (list-ofs) likewise.
          % \bookmark[level=0]{Contents} and \bookmark[level=0]{List of…} use explicit
          % levels so they stay at level 0 and are unaffected by \shiftbookmarks.
          \begingroup
            \def\@nt@bkm@level{1}%
            \shiftbookmarks{\ntprintlist{#1_\@DOCSTATUS}}%
          \endgroup
    }%
    {mainmatter}{%
          \ntthesismainmatter% Main text — Arabic page numbering
          \thispagestyle{novathesis@mainmatter}%
          \pagestyle{novathesis@mainmatter}%
          \ntprintlist{#1}%
    }%
    {backmatter}{%
          \ntthesisbackmatter     % The back text — Arabic page numbering
          \phantomsection
          % level=-1 (not 0): "Front Matter" gets away with level=0 only because
          % nothing is open yet at a shallower level when it's written. By the
          % time "Back Matter" is written, a \part (level -1) may still be the
          % open ancestor, and a level=0 sibling of chapters would nest inside
          % it instead of popping back out to the top level. -1 matches \part's
          % own level, so this always closes back out to the top -- whether or
          % not the document uses \part at all (with no open ancestor at -1 or
          % shallower, a level=-1 bookmark still becomes a plain root, exactly
          % as level=0 did before in the no-\part case).
          \bookmark[level=-1, dest=\HyperLocalCurrentHref]{\GetBkmString(backmatter,\@LANG@MAIN)}
          \shiftbookmarks{\ntprintlist{#1}}%
    }%
    {backcover}{%
          \thispagestyle{empty}%
          \pagestyle{empty}%
          \ntprintbackcover%
    }%
  }[\ifcsmacro{ntprint#1}{\csuse{ntprint#1}}{\ifcsmacro{#1}{\csuse{#1}}{}}]%
}

% Print-order registries: which sections print, and in what order, for
% each of frontmatter (per docstatus)/mainmatter/backmatter. Were 5
% options-package lists (seeded with a default order, some fully
% replaced by school .clo files wanting a custom one); now 5 plain
% seqs. \@nt@printorder@set/@run are plain-named (no "_"/":") so
% classical code -- including every school .clo file -- can call them
% without needing ExplSyntaxOn active at the call site.
\ExplSyntaxOn
\seq_new:N \g__nt_print_frontmatter_final_seq
\seq_new:N \g__nt_print_frontmatter_provisional_seq
\seq_new:N \g__nt_print_frontmatter_working_seq
\seq_new:N \g__nt_print_mainmatter_seq
\seq_new:N \g__nt_print_backmatter_seq

% \@nt@printorder@set{<bucket>}{<item1,item2,...>} -- (re)set the print
% order for <bucket> (one of frontmatter_final, frontmatter_provisional,
% frontmatter_working, mainmatter, backmatter) to the given comma-list.
% Used both for the default declarations below and by school .clo files
% that want a fully custom order; the "set" semantics (full replace,
% not append) match \options{.../key = {...}}'s old behaviour exactly.
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@printorder@set #1#2
  { \seq_set_from_clist:cn { g__nt_print_#1_seq } {#2} }

% \@nt@printorder@run{<bucket>}{<code, using #1 for the current item>}
% -- run <code> once per item registered under <bucket>, in order.
% l3seq has no generated ":c" variant of seq_map_inline (confirmed by
% testing directly -- unlike clist/seq_new, _gput_right, etc., which do),
% so the csname is built with the plain \csname/\expandafter primitives
% instead, which work identically regardless of ExplSyntaxOn state.
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@printorder@run #1#2
  { \expandafter\seq_map_inline:Nn\csname g__nt_print_#1_seq\endcsname {#2} }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\newcommand*{\ntprintlist}[1]{%
  \@nt@printorder@run{#1}{%
    \begingroup
      \clearpage
      \ifcsmacro{ntprint##1}{%  \ntprint#1 is defined
        % \bookmarksetupnext{rellevel=1}%
        \NTRunHook{ntprint##1/pre}\csuse{ntprint##1}\NTRunHook{ntprint##1/post}%
      }{%                       \ntprint#1 is undefined
        \ifcsmacro{##1}{%       \##1 is defined
          % \bookmarksetupnext{rellevel=1}%
          \NTRunHook{##1/pre}\csuse{##1}\NTRunHook{##1/post}%
        }{%                     nothing is defined
          \ClassError{novathesis}{Invalid contents for frontmatter or mainmatter: [##1]}{}%
        }%
      }%
      % \unskip%
      \clearforchapter%
      \ignorespaces%
    \endgroup
  }%
}

% \ifoptionequal/\if@backmatter/\forallglossaries/\forglsentries/
% \printunsrtglossary are plain classical control sequences (no "_"/":"
% in their names), so they can be called freely from inside this expl3
% body. The listtypes registry check, the string comparison, and the
% not-empty flag (formerly a classical \newif) all move to expl3; none
% of this carries typeset prose -- "frontmatter"/"backmatter" are
% internal keywords, not document text.
\ExplSyntaxOn
\bool_new:N \l__nt_glossary_nonempty_bool

% Per-type title override lookup (glossaries/titles, see nt-core.sty).
% Parses the "type=Title,type2=Title2,..." option value on every call
% rather than caching it, since \ntsetup may run again between calls
% (e.g. a school .clo customizing it after the class default is set).
\clist_new:N \l__nt_glstitle_clist
\seq_new:N   \l__nt_glstitle_pair_seq
\tl_new:N    \l__nt_glstitle_key_tl
\tl_new:N    \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl
\tl_new:N    \l__nt_glstype_tl

% bib2gls's internal name for the main (undeclared-type) glossary is "main",
% not "glossary" -- but \ntaddfile{glossaries}[glossary]{...} is how users
% register its source files, so accept "glossary" as an alias for "main" in
% glossaries/groupheadings and glossaries/titles, matching that file-key.
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@glstype_alias:n #1 % #1 = glossary type, already expanded
  {
    \str_if_eq:eeTF {#1} {main}
      { \tl_set:Nn \l__nt_glstype_tl {glossary} }
      { \tl_set:Nn \l__nt_glstype_tl {#1} }
  }
\cs_new_protected:Npn \@nt@glstitle_lookup:n #1 % #1 = glossary type, already expanded
  {
    \tl_clear:N \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl
    \clist_set:Ne \l__nt_glstitle_clist { \option{/novathesis/glossaries/titles} }
    \clist_map_inline:Nn \l__nt_glstitle_clist
      {
        \seq_set_split:Nnn \l__nt_glstitle_pair_seq {=} {##1}
        \int_compare:nNnT { \seq_count:N \l__nt_glstitle_pair_seq } = {2}
          {
            \tl_set:Ne \l__nt_glstitle_key_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l__nt_glstitle_pair_seq {1} }
            \tl_trim_spaces:N \l__nt_glstitle_key_tl
            \str_if_eq:eeT {#1} { \l__nt_glstitle_key_tl }
              {
                \tl_set:Ne \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl { \seq_item:Nn \l__nt_glstitle_pair_seq {2} }
                \tl_trim_spaces:N \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl
              }
          }
      }
  }

\cs_new_protected:Npn \myprintglossaries
  { % "glossaries" in listof/skip is just a friendlier spelling of
    % print/glossaries=false -- there being no \ntaddlistof entry for
    % glossaries to skip in the first place, unlike listoffigures & co.
    \ifoptioncontains {/novathesis/listof/skip} {glossaries}
      { \ntsetup{print/glossaries=false} }
      { }
    % ignore if no glossaries were defined
    \seq_if_in:NnTF \g__nt_listtypes_seq {glossaries}
      {
        \ifoptionequal {/novathesis/print/glossaries} {false}
          { }
          {
            \if@backmatter
              \def \@matter {backmatter}
            \else
              \def \@matter {frontmatter}
            \fi
            \str_if_eq:eeTF { \option{/novathesis/print/glossaries} } { \@matter }
              {
                \forallglossaries {\thisglossary}
                  {
                    \bool_set_false:N \l__nt_glossary_nonempty_bool
                    \forglsentries [\thisglossary] {\thisentry}
                      { \bool_set_true:N \l__nt_glossary_nonempty_bool }
                    \bool_if:NT \l__nt_glossary_nonempty_bool
                      {
                        \group_begin:
                          \exp_args:Ne \@nt@glstype_alias:n {\thisglossary}
                          \ifoptioncontains {/novathesis/glossaries/groupheadings} {\l__nt_glstype_tl}
                            { }
                            { \renewcommand*{\glsgroupheading}[1]{} }
                          \exp_args:Ne \@nt@glstitle_lookup:n {\l__nt_glstype_tl}
                          \tl_if_empty:NTF \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl
                            { \printunsrtglossary [type=\thisglossary] }
                            {
                              \printunsrtglossary
                                [ type=\thisglossary, title={\tl_use:N \l__nt_glstitle_result_tl} ]
                            }
                        \group_end:
                      }
                  }
              }
              { }
          }
      }
      { }
  }
\ExplSyntaxOff


% --------------------------------------------------------
% DEFAULT VALUES FOR frontmatter AND mainmatter

\@nt@printorder@set{frontmatter_final}{%
    statement,        % The statement page
    copyright,        % (*) The copyright page
    dedication,       % (*) Print the dedication
    acknowledgements, % (*) Print the acknowledgments
    quote,            % (*) Print the quote
    abstracts,        % Print abstracts in multiple languages.
    aidisclose,       % AI disclosure statement
    alllistof,        % Print all the listof defined in “6_list_of.tex”
    myprintglossaries, % Print the Glossary, Acronyms, Symbols, etc…
}

\@nt@printorder@set{frontmatter_provisional}{
    statement,         % The statement page
    copyright,         % (*) The copyright page
    dedication,        % (*) Print the dedication
    acknowledgements,  % (*) Print the acknowledgments
    quote,             % (*) Print the quote
    abstracts,         % Print abstracts in multiple languages.
    aidisclose,        % AI disclosure statement
    alllistof,         % Print all the listof defined in “6_list_of.tex”
    myprintglossaries, % Print the Glossary, Acronyms, Symbols, etc…
}

\@nt@printorder@set{frontmatter_working}{
    abstracts,       % Print abstracts in multiple languages.
    aidisclose,      % AI disclosure statement
    alllistof,       % Print all the listof defined in “6_list_of.tex”
    myprintglossaries, % Print the Glossary, Acronyms, Symbols, etc…
}

\@nt@printorder@set{mainmatter}{
    chapters,        % Print document chapters
}%

\ifoptionequal{/novathesis/print/webography}{}{%
  \@nt@printorder@set{backmatter}{
      bibsingle,            % Print the bibliography
      alllistof,            % Print all the listof defined in “6_list_of.tex”
      myprintglossaries,    % Print the Glossary, Acronyms, Symbols, etc…
      appendices,           % Print appendices, if any!
      annexes,              % Print annexes, if any!
      index,                % Print the index
      colophon,             % Print the Colophon page
  }%
}{%
  \@nt@printorder@set{backmatter}{
      bibseparate,          % Print the web references separate from the remainder of the bibliography
      alllistof,            % Print all the listof defined in “6_list_of.tex”
      myprintglossaries,    % Print the Glossary, Acronyms, Symbols, etc…
      appendices,           % Print appendices, if any!
      annexes,              % Print annexes, if any!
      index,                % Print the index
      colophon,             % Print the Colophon page
  }%
}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY LOGIC
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Update Schoold's images folder
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\ntfor\match:={\@UNIV,\@UNIV/\@SCHL}\do{%
    \IfFileExists{\DIRSCHOOLS/\match/Images/DO_NOT_REMOVE_THIS_FILE.txt}{%
            \prependtographicspath{{\DIRSCHOOLS/\match/Images/},}}{}%
}


%============================================================
%  UNIVERSITY/SCHOOL SPECIFIC MATERIALS
%============================================================
\InputIfFileExists{\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV/\@UNIV-defaults.clo}
    {}
    {\ClassError{novathesis}
                {Missing file '\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV/\@UNIV-defaults.clo'}{}}

\IfFileExistsCase
  [\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV/\@SCHL/]
  { 
    {\@UNIV-\@SCHL-\@DEGREEACR-defaults.clo}{\input{\ntfoundpath}}, 
    {\@UNIV-\@SCHL-defaults.clo}{\input{\ntfoundpath}}, 
  }
  { 
    \ClassError{novathesis}
               {Missing file '\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV/\@SCHL/\@UNIV-\@SCHL-defaults.clo'}
               {}
  }

\ValidateLtxProcessor{\@UNIV}{\@SCHL}{\@DEGREEACR}
\ValidateDegree{\@UNIV}{\@SCHL}{\@DEGREEACR}

\def\@ntsetuplevel{}

% Now we can load biblatx
\NTRunHook{afterloading/schoolconfig}


% Prefer: DOI, else eprint, else URL
\renewbibmacro*{doi+eprint+url}{%
  \iffieldundef{doi}
    {%
      \iffieldundef{eprint}
        {\usebibmacro{url+urldate}}% no doi/eprint → URL (with date if available)
        {\usebibmacro{eprint}}% no doi, but eprint → eprint
    }%
    {\printfield{doi}}% doi present → DOI
}


% --------------------------------------------------------
% Customize the pagestyle
\newcommand{\rightorleftmark}{%
  \setbox0=\hbox{\rightmark}
  \ifdim\wd0>0.1pt\relax
    \rightmark
  \else
    \leftmark
  \fi
}
\makepagestyle{novathesis@mainmatter}
\makeoddfoot{novathesis@mainmatter}{}{\thepage}{}
\makeevenfoot{novathesis@mainmatter}{}{\thepage}{}
\makeheadrule{novathesis@mainmatter}{\textwidth}{\normalrulethickness}
\makeevenhead{novathesis@mainmatter}{\small\textsc{\leftmark}}{}{}
\makeoddhead{novathesis@mainmatter}{}{}{\small\rightorleftmark}

\makepagestyle{novathesis@frontmatter}
\makeoddfoot{novathesis@frontmatter}{}{\thepage}{}
\makeevenfoot{novathesis@frontmatter}{}{\thepage}{}

\ifoptionequal{/novathesis/media}{paper}{
  \ntsetup{color/links=Black}
  \openright
}{
  \openany
}


% --------------------------------------------------------
% If option “debug={index}” option is active,
%     highlight index keywords in the main text
\providecommand*{\debugindexcolor}{red!50}
\newcommand{\showlabelsinline}[2]{%
  \setbox0=\hbox{\fcolorbox{\debugindexcolor}{white}{\tiny#1#2}}%
  \marginpar{\copy0}%
}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% LOADING CUSTOMIZATION STUFF - part 2
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\AtEndPreamble{
  \iftoggle{/novathesis/print/index}{%
    \makeindex[intoc,columns=2,options=-s \DIRNTFILES/ntindexstyle]%
  }{}%
}

%============================================================
%  THESIS/DISSERTATION COVER DATA (title, author, etc)
%   Please open and edit the appropriate
%       configuration file “0-Config/3_cover.tex”
%       configuration file “0-Config/9_<university>_<school>.tex”
%============================================================
\ntselectlang{\@LANG@COVER}%
\input{\DIRCONFIG/3_cover}
% \NTRunHook{cover}
\IfFileExists{\DIRCONFIG/9_\@UNIV_\@SCHL.tex}
     {\def\@ntsetuplevel{\@UNIV/\@SCHL/}\input{\DIRCONFIG/9_\@UNIV_\@SCHL.tex}}
     {\def\@ntsetuplevel{\@UNIV/}\InputIfFileExists{\DIRCONFIG/9_\@UNIV.tex}{}{}}


%============================================================
%  THESIS/DISSERTATION FILES
%   Please open and edit the appropriate
%       configuration file “0-Config/4_files.tex”
%============================================================
\input{\DIRCONFIG/4_files}
\ntaddfile{bib}{\DIRSTYFILES/fix-bib.bib}
% \NTRunHook{files}

%============================================================
% ADDITIONAL PACKAGES and MACROS
%      Please open and edit the appropriate
%       configuration file “0-Config/8_packages.tex”
%============================================================
% \NTRunHook{packages/pre}
\AtEndPreamble{\input{\DIRCONFIG/5_packages}}
% \NTRunHook{packages/post}

%============================================================
%  WHICH LIST_OF TO PRINT
%   Please open and edit the appropriate
%       configuration file “0-Config/6_list_of.tex”
%============================================================
\AtEndPreamble{
% is only loaded after school's configuration
% can be changhed with "\ntsetup{print/other}"
  \makeatletter
  \NTRunHook{list_of/pre}
  \input{\DIRCONFIG/6_list_of}
  \NTRunHook{list_of/post}
}


%============================================================
% Deal with AI disclose declaration
%============================================================
\AtEndPreamble{
  \ifoptionequal{/novathesis/print/aidisclosure}{aidisclose}{
    \input{\DIRCONFIG/7-aidisclose}
  }{\gdef\aidversion{0.0.0}}
}


%============================================================
\setcounter{biburlnumpenalty}{100}% Allow to break DOIs in bibliography
\ExplSyntaxOn
\seq_if_exist:cT { g__nt_filereg/@nt/file/bib/\@DOCTYPE }
    { \expandafter\seq_map_inline:Nn\csname g__nt_filereg/@nt/file/bib/\@DOCTYPE\endcsname
        { \addbibresource{#1} }
    }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\ifdocunset{\ntsetup{docstatus=working}}{}

\ifoptionequal{/novathesis/spine/layout}{unset}
    {\ifdocfinal{\ifmaindoc{\ntsetup{spine/layout=trim}}
                            {\ntsetup{spine/layout=false}}}
                {\ntsetup{spine/layout=false}}}
    {}
\ifdocfinal{\ntsetup{print/committee=true}}{}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\ExplSyntaxOn
\newcommand{\@nt@loadallfiles}[2]{%
  \seq_if_exist:cT { g__nt_filereg/@nt/file/#2/#1 }
      { \expandafter\seq_map_inline:Nn\csname g__nt_filereg/@nt/file/#2/#1\endcsname {\@ntloadfile@i{##1}} }%
}
\ExplSyntaxOff

\newcommand{\@ntloadfile@i}[2][]{%
  \InputIfFileExists{#2}{}{#1}}

\NewDocumentCommand{\PrintAddedFile}{O{\@DOCTYPE} m}{%
  % #1=KEY
  % #2=file class
  % #3=optional bookmark level
  \iffileadded[#1]{#2}
    {\@nt@loadallfiles{#1}{#2}}
    {}%
}


\ExplSyntaxOn
\newcommand{\iffileadded}[2][\@DOCTYPE]{%
  \seq_if_exist:cTF { g__nt_filereg/@nt/file/#2/#1 }}
\ExplSyntaxOff

% --------------------------------------------------------
% LOAD A DEFAULT COPYRIGHT PAGE DEFINITION
\newcommand{\@nt@AddFileIfExists}[1]{%
% #1 = class
% #2 = sub class [OPTIONAL]
% #3 = file name
% #4 = dir list
% #5 = action if not found [OPTIONAL]
  \@ifnextchar[{\@nt@AddFileIfExists@i{#1}}{\@nt@AddFileIfExists@i{#1}[\@DOCTYPE]}%
}

\def\@nt@AddFileIfExists@i#1[#2]#3#4{%
  \@ifnextchar[{\@nt@AddFileIfExists@ii{#1}[#2]{#3}#4}{\@nt@AddFileIfExists@ii{#1}[#2]{#3}#4[]}%
}

\long\def\@nt@AddFileIfExists@ii#1[#2]#3#4[#5]{%
  \ntfor\arg:=#4\do{\IfFileExists{\arg#3}{\ntaddfile{#1}[#2]{\arg#3}\ntforbreak}{}}[#5]%
}


\InputIfFileExistsInDirsTF {nt-spine.sty}
  {%
    {\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV/\@SCHL},
    {\DIRSCHOOLS/\@UNIV},
    {\DIRSTYFILES},
  }
  {} % true
  {\ClassError{novathesis}{No 'nt-spine' file found.}{}}%

\ifoptionequal{/novathesis/spine/layout}{false}
  {}% skip the spine
  {% print the spine 
    \ifmaindoc{\AtEndDocument{\csuse{ntprintspine}}}{}%
  }