I'm trying to make a new document class, following the docs from LyX 1.1.5, where in 6.2.2 it says:
"For the sake of example we'll assume that the style file is called myclass.sty and it is meant to be used with report.cls which is a standard class. cp report.layout ~/.lyx/layouts/myclass.layout Then edit myclass.layout and change the line: \DeclareLaTeXClass{report} to read \DeclareLaTeXClass[report, myclass.sty]{report (myclass)} then add: Preamble \usepackage{myclass} EndPreamble near the top of the file. Start LyX and... [reconfigure, etc...]" I did all that, verbatim, except that the copy line was: cp /usr/share/lyx/layouts/report.layout ~/.lyx/layouts/myclass.layout because that's my LyXDir, and there was, indeed a report.layout there. When I restart LyX and select the Layout->Document popup, I don't see "report (myclass)" as I expect. I must say, I'm a bit confused by the mention first of "myclass.sty" and then the subsequent instruction saying "myclass.layout." I tried renaming myclass.layout to myclass.sty, with no effect. The file "report.sty" in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/report.sty doesn't have a line \DeclareLaTeXClass{report} in it, so I assume the .layout file above is what I should be starting with. What should I do next? Jim