Changed genericAlgorithm definition to make it usable outside figures

latex/thesis/common.tex

@@ -154,7 +154,13 @@
 % Generic algorithm environment allowing for pseudocode and mathematical expressions
 % Source: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/218450 (taken from source and modified)
 %
-
+ 
+% defines algorithm counter for chapter-level
+\newcounter{nalg}
+\let\OldChapter\chapter
+\renewcommand{\chapter}{\setcounter{nalg}{1}\OldChapter}
+%defines appearance of the algorithm counter
+\renewcommand{\thenalg}{\thechapter .\arabic{nalg}}
 % defines a new caption label as Algorithm x.y
 \DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{algocaption}{Algorithm \thenalg} 
 
@@ -170,10 +176,12 @@
         basicstyle=\normalfont,
         columns=fullflexible,
         keywordstyle=\color{black}\bfseries,
-        % For some reason the first and last entries seem to be ingored
-        keywords={a, for, while, end, do, nd, or, return, if, b}
+        keywords={,for, while, end, do, nd, or, return, if,}
         numbers=left,
         xleftmargin=.04\textwidth,
+        captionpos=b,
+        belowskip=1.5em,
+        aboveskip=1.5em,
         #1 % This is to add custom settings
     }
 }