Hello,
I have attached version 0.0 of my AASTeX layout file to this message. The
tar file includes aastex.layout and sample.lyx, which astronomers will
recognize as a portion of the "reLyXed" version of the sample.tex file
which is included with AASTeX 5.0. It is not finished by any stretch of
the imagination and there is still much ERT, i.e. DO NOT COMMIT THIS TO
CVS! I am only providing it for evaluation and to use it as a springboard
to ask questions.
So, that said, here are some questions. AASTeX still follows more of a
plain TeX philosophy for some commands than a LaTeX philosophy.
1) How would I implement commands like \and and \acknowledgements? \and is
an author divider that has a specific formatting function. One would use
it in LaTeX like
\author{Mike Ressler}
\and
\author{John Q. Docwriter}
\acknowledgements simply adds some space between the last paragraph of the
text and the acknowledgement paragraphs. It is written as a simple
stretchable vertical space. It is NOT an environment. Is it possible to
implement argument-less LaTeX commands in the layout?
2) I would like to implement things like \altaffilmark, \notetoeditor,
etc. to appear like regular footnotes, but obviously to generate the above
commands. How do I do that?
3) I would like to use the natbib citation mechanism of \citet and \citep.
How might I do that?
I'm sure there is a lot more I need to ask, but I'll start with those. I
RTFM'd the Custumization doc and looked over other layout files, but I'm
still stumped on these - let me know if I missed something obvious.
Thanks!
Mike
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aastex_lyx.tar.gz
