On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Mayank Jha <mayank25080...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for referring me to the mailing-list history page! >>> We would need a GUI interface which allows one to create document classes >>> from the Latex classes without any prior knowledge of Latex or .layout >>> files and at the same time enabling advanced users to tweak the .layout >>> file by adding "layout module" created by them either with the help of the >>> GUI interface or Latex code. >>> Did I miss something ? Am I wrong somewhere ? Please let me know!! >> >> Hi Mayank, >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by "which allows one to create document >> classes from the LaTeX class". >> > Scott, > It seems to me that this is an issue of vocabulary. What we call here > a 'layout' may seem to a newcomer like a 'document class'. I think the > confusion is natural, as layouts for LyX are bridges to LaTeX classes. > I'm no expert in this but I would think that Mayank grasped the > essentials on what we hope to get from this project.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. I agree that he seems to have understood the goals. Scott
