In some classes fancyhdr is not the solution. However we can expect
the layouts to provide the right environments already. In this case
they can be made incompatible with the
new module, can't they?
fancyhdr can be used with all document classes. See for example my example file that uses
KOMA-script article.
To my knowledge there are only 2 document classes providing their own commands to set
headers/footers. Therefore the module is at least useful for all other classes.
Moreover, my example file demonstrates that fancyhdr doesn't interfer with KOMA-scripts own
commands. I use there e.g. KOMA-scripts \markboth command as argument of \lhead.
I did a lot of testing today and haven't found a case where loading the module makes documents
uncompilable although this can in general happen with every module we have. Attached is a slightly
improved version of the module file.
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Richard asked:
> Finally, there can be issues about the header or footer getting too
> tall, if I remember right. Is that correct? If so, should we do
> something to help people there?
There is nothing we can do about this - people have to take care of this. I have seen files where
they are only using a center header and put there a logo that spans most of the whole page width.
There is no way to guide the user because everything is allowed here and it depends on the user what
he likes.
regards Uwe
#\DeclareLyXModule[fancyhdr.sty]{Custom Header/Footerlines}
#DescriptionBegin
#Adds 6 commands to be able to define header and footer lines
#NOTE: To use this mudule you must set the "Headings style" in
# the menu Document Settings -> Page Layout to "fancy"!
#DescriptionEnd
Format 28
Style "Left Header"
Category FrontMatter
Margin First_Dynamic
LatexType command
LabelType Static
LabelSep xx
LatexName lhead
LabelString "Left Header:"
OptionalArgs 1
KeepEmpty 1
ParSkip 0
TopSep 0
BottomSep 0
ParSep 0
LabelFont
Color Green
EndFont
End
Style "Center Header"
CopyStyle "Left Header"
LatexName chead
LabelString "Center Header:"
End
Style "Right Header"
CopyStyle "Left Header"
LatexName rhead
LabelString "Right Header:"
End
Style "Left Footer"
CopyStyle "Left Header"
LatexName lfoot
LabelString "Left Footer:"
End
Style "Center Footer"
CopyStyle "Left Header"
LatexName cfoot
LabelString "Center Footer:"
End
Style "Right Footer"
CopyStyle "Left Header"
LatexName rfoot
LabelString "Right Footer:"
End
