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 # ba_thesis
 
 This repository contains resources related to the Bachelor-Thesis
-"Application of Optimization Algorithms for Channel Decoding"
+`Application of Optimization Algorithms for Channel Decoding`
 (The related sofware has it's own [repo](https://git.scc.kit.edu/ba_duo/ba_sw))
+
+
+## Compiling the sources
+
+The folders of each presentation (located in `latex/presentations`) and the thesis (`latex/thesis`)
+contain a `build.sh` script.
+
+In order to compile the sources for one of the documents, simply navigate into the corresponding
+directory and run
+
+```bash
+$ ./build.sh
+```
+
+A new `build` folder containing the compiled pdf will be created.
+
diff --git a/latex/presentations/02_12_2022/.latexmkrc b/latex/presentations/02_12_2022/.latexmkrc
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+$pdflatex="pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
+$out_dir = 'build';
diff --git a/latex/presentations/02_12_2022/build.sh b/latex/presentations/02_12_2022/build.sh
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+mkdir -p build/build
+latexmk -pdf
diff --git a/latex/presentations/example/.latexmkrc b/latex/presentations/example/.latexmkrc
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+$pdflatex="pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
+$out_dir = 'build';
diff --git a/latex/presentations/example/build.sh b/latex/presentations/example/build.sh
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+mkdir -p build/build
+latexmk -pdf
diff --git a/latex/thesis/build.sh b/latex/thesis/build.sh
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+mkdir -p build/build
+latexmk -pdf