enable alignment for `\declarationAuthorship`

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Changed
 
 - the margins are now set using relative values, which makes them adapt to different paper sizes
+- add alignment parameter to `\declarationAuthorship`, it is still by default aligned to the bottom of the page, but can now be pushed to the top using `\declarationAuthorship[t]`
 
 ## Fixed
 

HsH-classes.dtx

@@ -378,12 +378,13 @@
     properly acknowledged at their point of use.
   }
 \fi
-\newcommand\declarationAuthorship{
+\newcommand{\declarationAuthorship}[1][b]{
+  \let\@param#1
   \renewcommand{\thanks}{\sbox0}
   \foreach \x [count=\i] in \@author{\ifnum\i>1\global\@oneAuthorfalse\fi}
 %
   \thispagestyle{plain}
-  \vspace*{\fill}
+  \if\@param b\vspace*{\fill}\fi
   {\rule{\textwidth}{0.1pt}}
   \vskip 3em
   {\centering\huge\textbf{\dATitlename}\par}
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@
       \end{tabular}
     }
   \par}
+  \if\@param t\vspace*{\fill}\fi
 }
 %
 %% reconfig Titlepage -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

README.md

@@ -177,9 +177,8 @@ You can use the following macros to define the different information presented o
 - `\keywords` will not be printed on the title-page, but rather on the end of the abstract, if you define some. They will also be but into the PDFs
   metadata.
 
-### `\declarationAuthorship`
-This macro will typeset a declaration of authorship, which is needed for most academic works. It will be produced at the bottom of the current page,
-separated by a horizontal line. <br>
+### `\declarationAuthorship[align]`
+This macro will typeset a declaration of authorship, which is needed for most academic works. You can choose to have it on the bottom (`b`) or top (`t`) of the page, with bottom beeing the default. <br>
 The macro is defined in German and English and will automatically match your document language.
 
 ### `\abs`

src/HsH-article.cls

@@ -273,11 +273,12 @@
     properly acknowledged at their point of use.
   }
 \fi
-\newcommand\declarationAuthorship{
+\newcommand{\declarationAuthorship}[1][b]{
+  \let\@param#1
   \renewcommand{\thanks}{\sbox0}
   \foreach \x [count=\i] in \@author{\ifnum\i>1\global\@oneAuthorfalse\fi}
   \thispagestyle{plain}
-  \vspace*{\fill}
+  \if\@param b\vspace*{\fill}\fi
   {\rule{\textwidth}{0.1pt}}
   \vskip 3em
   {\centering\huge\textbf{\dATitlename}\par}
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@
       \end{tabular}
     }
   \par}
+  \if\@param t\vspace*{\fill}\fi
 }
 %% reconfig Titlepage -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \newtoks\@tabtoks

src/HsH-report.cls

@@ -289,11 +289,12 @@
     properly acknowledged at their point of use.
   }
 \fi
-\newcommand\declarationAuthorship{
+\newcommand{\declarationAuthorship}[1][b]{
+  \let\@param#1
   \renewcommand{\thanks}{\sbox0}
   \foreach \x [count=\i] in \@author{\ifnum\i>1\global\@oneAuthorfalse\fi}
   \thispagestyle{plain}
-  \vspace*{\fill}
+  \if\@param b\vspace*{\fill}\fi
   {\rule{\textwidth}{0.1pt}}
   \vskip 3em
   {\centering\huge\textbf{\dATitlename}\par}
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@
       \end{tabular}
     }
   \par}
+  \if\@param t\vspace*{\fill}\fi
 }
 %% reconfig Titlepage -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \newtoks\@tabtoks