Dear list, With my previous pre-patch (is or will be working), a lyx user can open a .lyx file with its .cls and .layout files stored together. Now, it comes to the question how to make use of existing .cls/.layout when a new lyx file is created.
Currently, a user is supposed to put .cls under TEXINPUTS (localtexmf etc) and .layout under $HOME/.lyx/layouts, start lyx, run reconfigure and restart lyx. What would be more convenient to users? What do you think about the following possibilities? (Please *only* think from a user's prospective. :-) 1. When lyx starts, compare the dates between $HOME/.lyx/textclass.lst and $HOME/.lyx/layouts. If new layouts have been added to local layout directory. Run a (partial) reconfigure before lyx starts. (This can be done through a call to, for example, configure.py --check-new-layout ) 2. When lyx starts, check the availability of any .cls/.layout files in the current directory and add them to testclasslist (without changing $HOME/.lyx/textclass.lst ). This allows user to create new document with cls/layout in the current directory. This will not work well under windows when we always start lyx from a certain directory (double click lyx icon.) 3. A "load" button next to the "document class" list in the "document settings" dialog so a user can specify a layout file without reconfiguration. Again, please *only* think from a user's prospective. If you have to think about implementation, 1, and 2 are easy to do, and 3 should not be too difficult. Bo
