So I just pick Latex to write my thesis, I am very new to this I spent half a day googling the issue with no solution, so please forgive my question. Anyway I learned that if I want to make some of my text bold or italic I've to use this command \textit{my text...etc } but when I am trying nothing happens, the text looks exactly the same, I am just wondering if I should import something in the preamble.
In fact none of the text.. is working, I working with sharedlatex.
It seems that even biblatex is broken... the references don't show the way it should show.
Update
Here is the code sample.
NB: I removed the link to shared latex since it doesn't work with the rules
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1,T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspace
\usepackage[estonian, english]{babel} %the thesis is in English
\addto\captionsestonian{%
\renewcommand{\refname}{Viidatud kirjandus}%
\renewcommand{\appendixname}{Lisad}%
}
\usepackage[backend=biber, style=numeric]{biblatex}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\usepackage[parfill]{parskip}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[mathscr]{eucal}
\usepackage[labelsep=period]{caption}
% Packages for building tables and tabulars
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabu} % Wide lines in tables
\usepackage{xspace} % Non-eatable spaces in macros
% Including graphical images and setting the figure directory
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{img/}}
% Packages for getting clickable links in PDF file
%\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} %hide red (blue,green) boxes around links
\usepackage[all]{hypcap}
% Packages for defining colourful text together with some colours
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\definecolor{mauve}{rgb}{0.58,0,0.82}
\let\chapter\section
\usepackage[ruled, vlined, linesnumbered]{algorithm2e}
\SetKw{True}{true}
\SetKw{False}{false}
\SetKwData{typeInt}{Int}
\SetKwData{typeRat}{Rat}
\SetKwData{Defined}{Defined}
\SetKwFunction{parseStatement}{parseStatement}
% Nice todo notes
\usepackage{todonotes}
% comments and verbatim text (code)
\usepackage{verbatim}
% add table inline
\usepackage{wrapfig}
% Proper way to create coloured code listings
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{proof}
\usepackage{semantic}
\setlength{\inferLineSkip}{4pt}
\def\predicatebegin #1\predicateend{$\Gamma \vdash #1$}
\newcommand{\proveit}{ProveIt\xspace}
% Macros that make sure that the math mode is set
\newcommand{\typeF}[1] {\ensuremath{\mathsf{type_{#1}}}\xspace}
\newcommand{\opDiv}{\ensuremath{\backslash \mathsf{div}}\xspace}
% Nice Todo box
\newcommand{\TODO}{\todo[inline]}
% A way to define theorems and lemmata
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}
%Add images side by side
\usepackage{subcaption}
%Add other fonts I guess?
\usepackage{mathptmx}
%%% BEGIN DOCUMENT
\begin{document}
%===BEGIN TITLE PAGE
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\iflanguage{english}{%
\large
}%\iflanguage
\iflanguage{english}{%
\Large
}{%
\Large
}%\iflanguage
\end{center}
\vspace{2mm}
\begin{flushright}
{
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{5pt}
\begin{tabular}{r l}
\end{tabular}
}
\end{flushright}
%===COMPULSORY INFO PAGE
%=== Info in English
\newcommand\EngInfo{{%
\selectlanguage{english}
\noindent\textbf{\large}
\vspace*{3ex}
\noindent\textbf{Abstract:}
\noindent
\textsc{Whitespace}
\textsc{Whitespace} language.
\vspace*{1ex}
\noindent\textbf{Keywords:}\
\TODO{List of keywords}
%Layout, formatting, template
\vspace*{1ex}
\vspace*{1ex}
}}%\newcommand\EngInfo
%=== Info in Estonian
\newcommand\EstInfo{{%
\selectlanguage{estonian}
\noindent\textbf{\large Tüübituletus neljandat järku loogikavalemitele}
\vspace*{1ex}
\noindent\textbf{Lühikokkuvõte:}
%\noindent ...
\vspace*{1ex}
\noindent\textbf{Võtmesõnad:}\
\TODO{List of keywords}
%Layout, formatting, template
\vspace*{1ex}
\noindent\textbf{CERCS:}\TODO{CERCS kood ja nimetus:~\url{https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Classifiers/Details/d3717f7b-bec8-4cd9-8ea4-c89cd56ca46e}}
\vspace*{1ex}
}}%\newcommand\EstInfo
%=== Determine the order of languages on Info page
\iflanguage{english}{\EngInfo}{\EstInfo}
%\iflanguage{estonian}{\EngInfo}{\EstInfo}
\newpage
\tableofcontents{Table of Contents}
% Remember to remove this from the final thesis version
\newpage
% \listoftodos[Unsolved issues]
% END OF TODO PAGE
\newpage
\section{Introduction}
Bitcoin \cite{bitcoin} is probably the most well-known example of a digital technology implementing the idea of a ledger or a blockchain. Bitcoin has not only shown that the use of cryptology, replication and consensus make it possible to implement a digital ledger, but also that this technology can be a platform for performing safe exchange of cryptocurrencies. Along the same lines, in 2015 an open source project called Ethereum \cite{eth} entered the arena of blockchain technologies by providing not only a simile of Bitcoin, but a more flexible platform by the introduction of the so-called smart contracts, which have opened new opportunities for development on top of blockchain.
It is in this context that my Masters’ thesis work takes place. More specifically, my work aims at providing support to Timer Events as defined in the BPMN standard. Timer events are an interesting construct in BPMN because they provide ways to specify temporal constraints such as deadlines and/or \textbf{milestones} in the underlying business process. However, the notion of time in a technology such as Ethereum does not have a clear meaning: there is not \textit{global} clock, and the time for a transaction completion is not fixed (the same transaction can take a few seconds or several minutes). \textsc{Nevertheless}, we are aware of one existing solution that provides a sort of timer for Ethereum and, in discussion forums, it is also \texttt{claimed} that a timer service for Ethereum can implemented via an external service. However, it is unclear if such solutions can be applied into, and what would the implications of using them in a BPMN execution engine. Those are in fact the main goals of my research.
\newpage
% Use Biblatex if you have problems with Estonian keywords
\printbibliography %biblatex
\end{document}
references.bib
@online{omgwebsite,
author = "OMG",
title = "BPMN 2.0 by Example",
year = {2010},
url = "http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100601/10-06-02.pdf",
keywords = "bpm_by_example"
}
@online{bpmn20,
author = "OMG",
title = "Business Process Model and Notation(BPMN)",
year = {2011},
url = "http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0/PDF/",
keywords = "bpm_by_example"
}
@online{eth,
author = "Vitalik Buterin",
title = "Ethereum White Paper",
year = {2013},
url = "https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper",
keywords = "ethereum"
}
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