>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Fields at 407 356 5842 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rich> This is where I fall short in using latex2e. I was a heavy
Rich> latex2.09 user starting in the mid/late-80s and had to create
Rich> significant hacks to areas like you are discussing and
Rich> more. Unfortunately, I then became so comfortable at being able
Rich> to hack latex code that the modern era of all these new
Rich> pre-packaged, documented, structured style files passed me by,
Rich> and now I'm trying to re-learn how to use latex with these new
Rich> packages (most of which are great).
That's why I think that, if we decide to build the ultimate
configurable class, the first thing to do is ask for help on
comp.text.tex. Such a project should be a pure LaTeX project at
first. When it works, then we will be able to add support in LyX for
that.
This approach has several advantages:
- we'll work with people who know what they are doing
- I suppose that many things already exist, and we don't want to re-do
them
- if such a package ends up in standard LaTeX places (CTAN, teTeX)
then we'll be able to share documents with LaTeX people without
sending a bunch of style files.
JMarc
