Peter Ljunglöf wrote:
> I would really like to have some kind of general "environment"
> paragraph style, so I could insert uncommon environments in a
> pseudo-lyx style. E.g., if I have only one or two theorems in my
> article (and I don't want to use an existing style which includes
> theorems), I don't want to design a new layout file just for that.
This is a nice idea. I think it may be possible. What we can do is
define a very general environment that takes a single argument, which is
the name of the environment you actually want. So we'll have something like:
\newenvironment{general}[1]{\begin{#1}}{\end{#1}}
Then create a layout that accepts one "optional" argument, which is in
fact required:
Style General
CopyStyle Standard
LatexType Environment
LatexName general
OptionalArgs 1
Preamble
\newenvironment{general}[1][]{\begin{#1}}{\end{#1}}
EndPreamble
EndStyle
Note that I've made the argument optional, with no default, so we'll get
an error if there's no argument provided. You may want to put in a default.
If that doesn't work, one can just put the argument in ERT, in braces,
at the very beginning of the environment. That /does/ work, and is a
generally useful trick.
> A suggestion for the future would be to have layout files for latex
> packages too. Then I could write a layout file for the theorem
> package, and in the document settings just add the theorem
> layout/package, and the document class would be independent of that.
> (As it is now, if I want to be able to use package X in articles,
> reports, books and slides, I have to make layout files article_X,
> report_X, book_X and slide_X, which is cumbersome).
I filed an enhancement request about this a while ago. The developers
seemed enthusiastic, but I don't know its status. See bug 2657.
I do wish I knew C++.
Richard
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