On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Wolfgang Riedel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to create my own lyx templates for special kind of letters. For
> the first example it works very well, I'd only to modify an existing
> letter template. But in the second case, I need a little bit another
> syntax for the created latex file.
> In detail: there is an local latex documentclass ubrief.cls. This works
> with following input:
> ...
> \begin{document}
> \begin{brief}{adress}
> ...
> \end{brief}
> \end{document}
> My question is now, how can I describe in the lyx template (and layout),
> that my latex environment "brief" needs an additional parameter?
> Has anybody an example for such a definition?
>
> Thank you for any help!
> Wolfgang
>
I had the same kind of problems while creating a layout for "lettre.cls"
class from ???? (sorry, don't know anymore).
I never sent this layout because I never got time enough to clean it (but
I use it, actually, it works). The principle are :
- do not declare your environements as latex environments but as
new latex commands.
- add a EndOfFile/EndOfBlock command to close the environment when
needed.
I use the same kind of trick to get rid of imposed order of
environment/commands you can find in classes like ... lettre.cls, etc.
Example ( simplified, out of context, from my lettre.layout file;
interpret with care!). Some comments added by hand just for this mail. The
actual commands are much more complicated because of closing, signature
and so on, I hope that I didn't forgot crucial details
----------------------
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{lettre (Francais)}
# French Letter textclass definition file.
# Author : Alain Castera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Modifies only some things from letter.layout
# to use the lettre.cls class from ????
# Input general definitions
Input letter.layout
# (Re)define some stuff
Preamble
%% to indicate that we started a lettre environment
\newif\ifneedsendletter
%% used to close "lettre" environment when needed
\newcommand{\findemessage}
{
\ifneedsendletter
\end{letter}
\needsendletterfalse
\fi
}
EndPreamble
%% in lettre, the argument of environment lettre is the address
Style Destinataire
Margin Right_Address_Box
LatexType Command
LatexName lettre
Preamble
\newcommand{\lettre}[1]
{ \findemessage %% you can have multiple "lettres" inthe same file
\begin{letter}{#1}
\needsendlettertrue
}
EndPreamble
End
#As a temporary(?) trick
Style FinDeFichier
KeepEmpty 1
LatexType Command
LatexName findemessage
LabelType Static
LabelString Fin_du_fichier.
LeftMargin Fin_du_fichier.
# label font definition
LabelFont
Series Bold
Shape Italic
Latex Latex
EndFont
End
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Hope this helps
Alain
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