Within LyX in the help menu, are some very nice tutorials. It is a good starting point. Otherwise, generic Latex books can be found that can help.
Useful ones include,
LaTeX Beginner’s Guide by Stefan Kottwitz
Simplified Introduction to LaTeX by Harvey Greenburg
The (Not So) Short Introduction to LaTeX by Tobias Oetiker
There is a LyX wiki as well. It is a steep learning curve though.
In all honesty, unless there is a lot of math in your thesis, it may be easier
to learn something like Scribus. I’m not knocking LaTeX or LyX... in fact I
love them. However, I am starting to learn Scribus and it can be much easier
to do things, IMHO.
For example, I have to write a “business proposal” for one of my classes. I
would like to place pull quotes into the margins, or wrap text around a quote.
I googled long and hard, to find a lot of manual work may be involved. From
what I can see with Scribus, I would place a text frame where I want the
quote, and let the other column text wrap around it automatically.
However, this is a shift from what LaTeX and LyX are, which is "What You See
Is What You Mean" instead of "What You See Is What You Get." With Scribus, you
have to setup styles and be concerned about formatting, while with LaTeX you
specify a format and it will automatically be consistent. I believe the lines
are blurring though. LaTeX is fundamentally a programming language, with
further programming languages used within things such as biblatex. I cannot
count the hours spent trying to fight something out with LyX and LaTeX, which
should have been simple.
All that said, its issues and problems are also it’s strength. Since it is
fundamentally a modular programming language, you can automate and get it to
do anything you wish. The same could be said for Scribus, as it is an open
source program, you can add and change whatever you wish as well.
I suppose it boils down to, is this a one off use of LaTeX, or something you
wish to learn and utilize throughout life? If so, it may be worth while to
learn LaTeX and Scribus, due to the strengths and weaknesses inherent to each
program. That is my personal motivation for learning both programs.
--
Respectfully,
Robert Susmilch
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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 07:02:13 PM Sajjad wrote:
> Thanks !
>
> It worked out eventually. Now I still have many options to enter and you
> suggested to preamble . Is there any reference to it where I can started
> with ?
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 1:44 AM, Sajjad <dosto.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the hint!
> >
> > I tried but the issue prevails. I am still getting the same error while
> > trying for a pdf preview.
> >
> > The .cls file came along with the a pdf file that narrates how to use it
> > and all the references are make to the LaTeX commands/notation which I am
> > not aware of. At the beginning of the document it, indeed mentions that
> >
> > "You must decide on an input encoding from start, and select the
> > corresponding
> > class option from tabell B.12 on sida 30. You must also tell rtthesis
> > whether you
> > intend to use part sectioning or not, see tabell B.1. There are many more
> > class op-
> > tions, but they will be mentioned below where there is room for a more
> > detailed
> > discussion for the corresponding features."
> >
> > How is it possible to insert all the options that are mentioned in the
> > documentation through LyX instead of LaTeX ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sajjadul
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Sajjad <dosto.wa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hello forum,
> >>
> >> I managed to insert a custom .cls file into the lyx interface as I can
> >> access it from the Documents->Settings.
> >>
> >> But I get the following error once i try to generate a preview pdf . The
> >> errors are as follows:
> >>
> >>
> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> //////
> >>
> >> 1. Class rtthesis Error: One of the options `latin1' and `utf8' must be
> >> given
> >>
> >> One of the options `latin1' and `utf8' must be given
> >>
> >> to select the character encoding of the loaded
> >>
> >> captions. Guessing your preference is just too
> >>
> >> dangerous
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. Package rtthesis-captions Error: One of the options `latin1' and
> >> `utf8' must
> >>
> >>
> >> One of the options `latin1' and `utf8' must
> >>
> >> be given to select the character encoding
> >>
> >> of the loaded captions
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. Package rtthesis-papers-captions Error: One of the options `latin1'
> >> and
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One of the options `latin1' and
> >>
> >> `utf8' must be given to select the
> >>
> >> character encoding of the loaded
> >>
> >> captions
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. LaTeX Error: Option clash for package inputenc.
> >>
> >>
> >> \setcounter
> >>
> >> {secnumdepth}{3}
> >>
> >> The package inputenc has already been loaded with options:
> >>
> >> [latin1]
> >>
> >> There has now been an attempt to load it with options
> >>
> >> [latin9]
> >>
> >> Adding the global options:
> >>
> >> latin1,latin9
> >>
> >> to your \documentclass declaration may fix this.
> >>
> >> Try typing <return> to proceed.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> //////
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am quite new to LaTex and I must use the custom class to write the
> >> report. Do I have to insert the required values as asked through the
> >> .layout file or the .clas file.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Some hints over this issue is earnestly requested.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Sajjadul
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