Amir Karger wrote:
>
> Please read this if you're interested in the template/example effort!
> (I apply it specifically to the hollywood class.)
>
> On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 09:56:17AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> > >>>>> "Garst" == Garst R Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Garst> Here's a README to go in examples so that folks will know they
> > Garst> have to set up the hollywood.cls in order for it to make sense.
> >
> > Garst,
> >
> > What about turning this text into a piece of documentation to put un
> > Extended.lyx? I really think that it belongs there.
> >
> > JMarc
>
> Have to agree with Jean-Marc here. Look at the aapaper section, for example.
> (This is a particularly good place to put the "post-printing" information).
[snip what I agree with]
> I think that your template is *too* short, because it doesn't display the
> very basic layouts. In fact, I think that your example file would make a
> great template, if you removed most of the text. I've impressed with your
> creativity, so here's a challenge; make a template that tells an exciting
> story with just a couple lines of narrative, a couple lines from each of two
> speakers, one parenthetical, one transisition, one EXT, and one INT.
> (If that's too hard, you could just take a favorite *really* quick scene
> from a movie, or just write "here is where you put the first character's
> soliloquy". But I think you can do better :)
I agree, but the fact that you cannot edit the labels used for putting
in Speakers complicates this. But I think I can work around the problem.
Expect a new, exciting, short, imaginative ... template RSN.
> Meanwhile, the example file should be (IMO) designed to display more
> interesting things you can do with the class. This includes fancy latex
> tricks, specialized uses of layouts to get interesting output, etc.
The problem in hollywood.cls is that spec scripts are intentionally
bland in form. I think the idea is to force readers to focus on content
and not be distracted by the beauty of printing.
>IMO, if
> you don't have an interesting example file, then it's not worth having one.
> Currently, most of the examples are of things that can't be put into the
> docs because the docs are in book layout, or because they're too long.
> For example, I've already written to the list to suggest that (1) we
> probably don't need examples/aa_head.lyx because we have
> templates/aapaper.lyx, and (2) the Sherlock Holmes stuff from extended
> belongs in examples/multicolumn.lyx (actually, I think mike suggested this
> and I just agreed).
>
> I know I should have said all this when you originally put out the hollywood
> class. Sorry.
No aplogy needed. Especially on Friday. I think that most of this
message should also go in Extended to tell people how to write neat
templates.
> -Amir
Thanks to all who have provided both encouragement and technical
support.
--
Garst
