import.sty

\usepackage{setspace}
% this is a lorem ipsum generator for adding dummy texts
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}
% to make the first rows bold in tables
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{booktabs}
% this makes list of figures appear in table of contents
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}

% for passing temporary notes
\usepackage{todonotes}

\usepackage{morefloats}
\usepackage{float}

% highlighting
\usepackage{soul}

% referencing mutliple things with a single command - \cref
\usepackage{cleveref}


% this makes dots in table of contents
\renewcommand{\cftsecleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}}
% to change the title of contents
% \renewcommand{\contentsname}{Whatever}

% line numbers for review purposes
% this package might not be available in default latex installation 
% get it by 'sudo tlmgr install lineno'
%\usepackage{lineno}
%\linenumbers

% this allows checkmarks in the file
\usepackage{amssymb}
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{2714}{\checkmark}

% to be able to include latex comments
\newenvironment{dummy}{}{}