On Wednesday 21 February 2007 12:02, Daniel Lohmann wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking for way to extend or customize the LyX layout (such as the > available styles) for a particular document only. While I know how to tweak > layouts in the global or user-specific Resources/layouts/ folder, I would > like to avoid this, as the document is shared with a couple of other users > and I don't want them to have to modify their personal configuration. The > document (which otherwise uses just standard classes and a standard layout) > should be editable "out of the box".
I do this on every document I write. I make a new .layout file, for the book, in the directory containing the book. The new layout style starts something like this: #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this # \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{tsjfbook} Then I add/redefine any environments I desire. The final step is making the file a symlink so it automatically works with LyX: ln -s /data/books/tsjf/tsjfbook.layout /home/slitt/.lyx/layouts/tsjfbook.layout Then within LyX I Tools->reconfigure, and the new styles are visible. HTH SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/