Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Because MikTeX will not download them by default, right? This
> 'feature' is annoying... especially when people who do not have
> persistent network connection firgure that it would be a good idea to
> use it instead of installing a full-blown miktex and be done with it.
I agree. I also think that we should only put those packages in
chkconfig.ltx that are needed by LyX features, not those needed by document
classes.
> Uwe> I also shipped the files for powerdot, the compeditor to beamer
> Uwe> as I got lots af requests here too. I ship the examle files of
> Uwe> powerdot and its .layout file. I also added the following checks
> Uwe> to chkconfig.ltx:
>
> Uwe> \TestPackage{enumitem} % needed by powerdot \TestPackage{genmisc}
> Uwe> % needed by powerdot \TestPackage{listings} % needed by powerdot
> Uwe> \TestPackage{xkeyval} % needed by powerdot
>
> Uwe> Can the powerdot stuff can go in, or not, or later?
I propose to do the same what I did with beamer.layout: Make an agreement
with the author to distribute it under the GPL with LyX in the future.
Then, check it carefully, fix it if needed and put it in.
> Also, it would be nice to make the list of presentations-related
> classes coherent, like
>
> presentation (foilTeX)
> presentation (slides)
> presentation (beamer)
> presentation (powerdot)
> presentation (seminar)
Yes.
> Finally, the modifications made to powerdot and beamer layout fields
> should be sent back to their author.
We maintain beamer.layout in LyX now, Till Tantau will release future beamer
versions without it, so in this case we don't need to do that.
Georg
