I am using the twoside margin in a book classes but I have inverse margins.
On odd pages left margin is wider than the right one and viceversa on even pages.
It is a subclasses, I attached it below, It seems to me there is not a possible conflict.
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1996/12/01]
\ProvidesClass{Thesis}
[2007/22/02 v1.0
LaTeX document class]
\def\baseclass{book}
\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{\baseclass}}
\def\@checkoptions#1#2{
\edef\@curroptions{\@ptionlist{\@currname.\@currext}}
\@tempswafalse
\@tfor\@this:=#2\do{
\@expandtwoargs\in@{,\@this,}{,\@curroptions,}
\ifin@ \@tempswatrue \@break@tfor \fi}
\let\@this\@empty
\if@tempswa \else \PassOptionsToClass{#1}{\baseclass}\fi
}
\@checkoptions{11pt}{{10pt}{11pt}{12pt}}
\PassOptionsToClass{a4paper}{\baseclass}
\ProcessOptions\relax
\LoadClass{\baseclass}
\newcommand\bhrule{\typeout{------------------------------------------------------------------------------}}
\newcommand\btypeout[1]{\bhrule\typeout{\space #1}\bhrule}
\def\today{\ifcase\month\or
January\or February\or March\or April\or May\or June\or
July\or August\or September\or October\or November\or December\fi
\space \number\year}
\usepackage{setspace}
\onehalfspacing
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{2.0ex plus0.5ex minus0.2ex}
\usepackage{vmargin}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% MARGINS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\setmarginsrb { 1.5in} % left margin
{ 0.6in} % top margin
{ 1.0in} % right margin
{ 0.8in} % bottom margin
{ 20pt} % head height
{0.25in} % head sep
{ 9pt} % foot height
{ 0.3in} % foot sep
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\raggedbottom
\setlength{\topskip}{1\topskip \@plus 5\p@}
\doublehyphendemerits=10000 % No consecutive line hyphens.
\brokenpenalty=10000 % No broken words across columns/pages.
\widowpenalty=9999 % Almost no widows at bottom of page.
\clubpenalty=9999 % Almost no orphans at top of page.
\interfootnotelinepenalty=9999 % Almost never break footnotes.
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
%\lhead[\rm\thepage]{\fancyplain{}{\sl{\rightmark}}}
%\rhead[\fancyplain{}{\sl{\leftmark}}]{\rm\thepage}
%\chead{}\lfoot{}\rfoot{}\cfoot{}
\pagestyle{fancy}
%\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\btypeout{\thechapter\space #1}\markboth{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}}
%\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{}
%\renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{}
%\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{%
%\markboth{\chaptername
%\ \thechapter. \ #1}{}}
%\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
%\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection \ #1}}
\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else
\hbox{}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\newpage
\if@twocolumn\hbox{}\newpage\fi\fi\fi}
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amssymb,amscd,amsthm,xspace}
\theoremstyle{plain}
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[chapter]
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[chapter]
\newtheorem{corollary}[theorem]{Corollary}
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
\newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition}
\newtheorem{axiom}[theorem]{Axiom}
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}[theorem]{Definition}
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem{remark}[theorem]{Remark}
\usepackage[centerlast,small,sc]{caption}
\setlength{\captionmargin}{20pt}
\newcommand{\fref}[1]{Figure~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\tref}[1]{Table~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\eref}[1]{Equation~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\cref}[1]{Chapter~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\sref}[1]{Section~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\aref}[1]{Appendix~\ref{#1}}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.1}
\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.75}
\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.75}
\setcounter{topnumber}{9}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{9}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{20}
\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage[scriptsize]{subfigure}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{lstpatch}
\lstset{captionpos=b,
frame=tb,
basicstyle=\scriptsize\ttfamily,
showstringspaces=false,
keepspaces=true}
\lstdefinestyle{matlab} {
language=Matlab,
keywordstyle=\color{blue},
commentstyle=\color[rgb]{0.13,0.55,0.13}\em,
stringstyle=\color[rgb]{0.7,0,0} }
\usepackage[pdfpagemode={UseOutlines},bookmarks=true,bookmarksopen=true,
bookmarksopenlevel=0,bookmarksnumbered=true,hypertexnames=false,
colorlinks,linkcolor={blue},citecolor={blue},urlcolor={red},
pdfstartview={FitV},unicode,breaklinks=true]{hyperref}
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{
\let\\\space
}
\newcommand*{\supervisor}[1]{\def\supname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\thesistitle}[1]{\def\ttitle{#1}}
\newcommand*{\examiner}[1]{\def\examname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\degree}[1]{\def\degreename{#1}}
\newcommand*{\authors}[1]{\def\authornames{#1}}
\newcommand*{\addresses}[1]{\def\addressnames{#1}}
\newcommand*{\university}[1]{\def\univname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\UNIVERSITY}[1]{\def\UNIVNAME{#1}}
\newcommand*{\department}[1]{\def\deptname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\DEPARTMENT}[1]{\def\DEPTNAME{#1}}
\newcommand*{\group}[1]{\def\groupname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\GROUP}[1]{\def\GROUPNAME{#1}}
\newcommand*{\faculty}[1]{\def\facname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\FACULTY}[1]{\def\FACNAME{#1}}
\newcommand*{\subject}[1]{\def\subjectname{#1}}
\newcommand*{\keywords}[1]{\def\keywordnames{#1}}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% DOCUMENT VARIABLES
% Fill in the lines below to update the thesis template
% If you wish to cite each of the variables defined below, look at the
% section above for the citation command e.g. \examiner{} below is
% defined as \examname above so you cite it as \examname
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\thesistitle{} % Your thesis title - this is used in the title and abstract
%-------------------------------------------------
\supervisor{} % You supervisor's name - this is used in the title page
%-------------------------------------------------
\examiner{} % Your examiner's name - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \examname if you want it
%-------------------------------------------------
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy} % Your degree name - this is currently used in the title page and abstract
%-------------------------------------------------
\authors{} % Your name - this is used in the title page and abstract
%-------------------------------------------------
\addresses{} % Your address - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \addressnames if you want it
%-------------------------------------------------
\subject{} % Your subject area - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \subjectname if you want it
%-------------------------------------------------
\keywords{} % Keywords for your thesis - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \keywordnames if you want it
%-------------------------------------------------
\university{\texorpdfstring{\href{} % Your university's URL
{}} % Your university's name - this is currently used in the title page
{}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\UNIVERSITY{\texorpdfstring{\href{http://www.unipd.it (include http://)} % Your university's URL
{}} % Your university's name in capitals - this is currently used in the abstract page
{}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\department{\texorpdfstring{\href{Department or School Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your department's URL
{Department or School Name}} % Your department's name - used in the title page and abstract
{Department or School Name}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\DEPARTMENT{\texorpdfstring{\href{Department or School Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your department's URL
{DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}} % Your department's name in capitals - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \DEPTNAME if you want it
{DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\group{\texorpdfstring{\href{Research Group Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your research group's URL
{Research Group Name}} % Your research group's name - this is currently used in the title page
{Research Group Name}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\GROUP{\texorpdfstring{\href{Research Group Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your research group's URL
{RESEARCH GROUP NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}} % Your research group's name in capitals - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \GROUPNAME if you want it
{RESEARCH GROUP NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\faculty{\texorpdfstring{\href{Faculty Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your faculty's URL
{Faculty Name}} % Your faculty's name - this is currently used in the abstract page
{Faculty Name}}
%-------------------------------------------------
\FACULTY{\texorpdfstring{\href{Faculty Web Site URL Here (include http://)} % Your faculty's URL
{FACULTY NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}} % Your faculty's name in capitals - this is not currently used anywhere in the template, cite it with \FACNAME if you want it
{FACULTY NAME (IN BLOCK CAPITALS)}}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% The default title page, this is not used in this www.latextemplates.com version
\renewcommand\maketitle{
\btypeout{Title Page}
\hypersetup{pdftitle={\@title}}
\hypersetup{pdfsubject=\subjectname}
\hypersetup{pdfauthor=\authornames}
\hypersetup{pdfkeywords=\keywordnames}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{titlepage}
\let\footnotesize\small
\let\footnoterule\relax
\let \footnote \thanks
\setcounter{footnote}{0}
\null\vfil
\vskip 60\p@
\begin{center}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
{\large\textbf{\UNIVNAME}\par}
\vfill
{\huge \bf \@title \par}
\vfill
{\LARGE by \par}
\smallskip
{\LARGE \authornames \par}
\vfill
{\large A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the \par}
{\large degree of \degreename \par}
\bigskip
\bigskip
{\large in the \par}
{\large \facname \par}
{\large \deptname \par}
\bigskip
\bigskip
\bigskip
{\Large \@date \par}
\bigskip
\end{center}
\par
\@thanks
\vfil\null
\end{titlepage}
\setcounter{footnote}{0}%
\global\let\thanks\relax
\global\let\maketitle\relax
\global\let\@thanks\@empty
\global\let\@author\@empty
\global\let\@date\@empty
\global\let\@title\@empty
\global\let\title\relax
\global\let\author\relax
\global\let\date\relax
\global\let\and\relax
\cleardoublepage
}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% ABSTRACT PAGE DESIGN
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\newenvironment{abstract}
{
\btypeout{Abstract Page}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\null\vfil
\begin{center}
\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}
{\normalsize \UNIVNAME \par} % University name in capitals
\bigskip
{\huge{\textit{Abstract}} \par}
\bigskip
{\normalsize \facname \par} % Faculty name
{\normalsize \deptname \par} % Department name
\bigskip
{\normalsize \degreename\par} % Degree name
\bigskip
{\normalsize\bf \@title \par} % Thesis title
\medskip
{\normalsize by \authornames \par} % Author name
\bigskip
\end{center}
}
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
\vfil\vfil\vfil\null
\cleardoublepage
}
\addtocounter{secnumdepth}{1}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{6}
\newcounter{dummy}
\newcommand\addtotoc[1]{
\refstepcounter{dummy}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}}
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{
\btypeout{Table of Contents}
\begin{spacing}{1}{
\setlength{\parskip}{1pt}
\if@twocolumn
\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
\else
\@restonecolfalse
\fi
\chapter*{\contentsname
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
\@starttoc{toc}
\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
\cleardoublepage
}\end{spacing}
}
\renewcommand\listoffigures{
\btypeout{List of Figures}
%\addtotoc{List of Figures}
\begin{spacing}{1}{
\setlength{\parskip}{1pt}
\if@twocolumn
\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
\else
\@restonecolfalse
\fi
\chapter*{\listfigurename
\@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}
{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}}
\@starttoc{lof}
\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
\cleardoublepage
}\end{spacing}
}
\renewcommand\listoftables{
\btypeout{List of Tables}
%\addtotoc{List of Tables}
\begin{spacing}{1}{
\setlength{\parskip}{1pt}
\if@twocolumn
\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
\else
\@restonecolfalse
\fi
\chapter*{\listtablename
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\listtablename}{\MakeUppercase\listtablename}}
\@starttoc{lot}
\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
\cleardoublepage
}\end{spacing}
}
\newcommand\listsymbolname{Abbreviations}
\usepackage{longtable}
\newcommand\listofsymbols[2]{
\btypeout{\listsymbolname}
\addtotoc{\listsymbolname}
\chapter*{\listsymbolname
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\listsymbolname}{\MakeUppercase\listsymbolname}}
\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
\cleardoublepage
}
\newcommand\listconstants{Physical Constants}
\usepackage{longtable}
\newcommand\listofconstants[2]{
\btypeout{\listconstants}
\addtotoc{\listconstants}
\chapter*{\listconstants
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\listconstants}{\MakeUppercase\listconstants}}
\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
\cleardoublepage
}
\newcommand\listnomenclature{Symbols}
\usepackage{longtable}
\newcommand\listofnomenclature[2]{
\btypeout{\listnomenclature}
\addtotoc{\listnomenclature}
\chapter*{\listnomenclature
\@mkboth{
\MakeUppercase\listnomenclature}{\MakeUppercase\listnomenclature}}
\begin{longtable}[c]{#1}#2\end{longtable}\par
\cleardoublepage
}
\newcommand\acknowledgements[1]{
\btypeout{Acknowledgements}
\addtotoc{Acknowledgements}
\thispagestyle{plain}
\begin{center}{\huge{\textit{Acknowledgements}} \par}\end{center}
{\normalsize #1}
\vfil\vfil\null
}
\newcommand\dedicatory[1]{
\btypeout{Dedicatory}
%\thispagestyle{plain}
\null\vfil
\vskip 60\p@
\begin{center}{\Large \sl #1}\end{center}
\vfil\null
\cleardoublepage
}
\renewcommand\backmatter{
\if@openright
\cleardoublepage
\else
\clearpage
\fi
\addtotoc{\bibname}
\btypeout{\bibname}
\@mainmatterfalse}
\endinput
Best Answer
If you can't switch to another class or at least use
geometryinstead ofvmargin, a quick way to produce typographically sensible margins is to use\setmarginsrbagain (with changed parameters for inner and outer margin) in the preamble of your document.