Hi Maarten,
thank you for the fast reply.
I confirm that your modification removes the error, but the document
output ignores the style sheet. Is this because I am using the Book
classfile and is there a workaround?
Thanks,
Sarjoun
On 4/25/06, Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:09:55PM -0400, Sarjoun Skaff wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> ...
>
> > This leads me to assume that classes have to be modified to work with LyX,
> > is this correct?
>
> No. Existing classes work unmodified, provided you build the corresponding
> .layout file for them.
>
> > If yes, why didn't the documentation say so? I have spent
> > an enormous amount of energy just trying to understand if I could directly
> > use an IEEE class provided by a conference. Now I think that the answer is
> > no.
>
> I expect the answer is yes... and I even expect that we have an existing
> layout file that would work with just minimal modifications.
>
>
> > Problem with title pages
> > ========================
> > I was able to format a title page for my proposal document written with the
> > Article class. I added the following to the preamble:
> > \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> > \usepackage{myTitlePage},
> >
> > where myTitlePage.sty is adapted from Herbert Voss's style page
> > (http://www.lyx.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/www-user/help/titlepage/Attic/myTitl
> > ePage.sty?rev=1.2).
> >
> > However, I am unable to use this style file for my thesis, probably because
> > I'm using the Book class. I get the following error: LaTeX Error:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] undefined. The same problem happens when I use the Report
> > class,
> > but disappears if I use the Article class.
>
> Confirmed.
>
> A quick fix is to replace \renewcommand on line 17 by \newcommand.
> (Yes, I'm sorry, you have to know a little LaTeX programming language
> for this :-( )
>
> - Martin
>
>
>
>
