I have need for the LNCS layout, and am having trouble using this with LyX. You will perhaps like to know that my prior experience with any TeX is zero. In the past, I have used WYSIWYG systems (Ventura Publisher is my first choice, though I am also passingly familiar with Quark XPress and Aldus PageMaker). Further, while I do have some experience with UNIX administrative activities, the details for use of LyX are not clear, to me.
I obtained the LaTeX 2E distribution from the Springer-Verlag website, and have attempted to determine the proper location to which the various components of the download should be directed. That is, shall the .sty and .cls files be placed in the ./resources/tex directory What is less clear is the use of texhash, as it is not part of the LyX distribution. So, how do I install and make available to me the LNCS files, and how do I use them to prepare, or work with, a .layout file? Also, I have noted that when I tried to load a .dem file (the LNCS demo file), that LyX did properly complain of the file type (opening a dialog box to announce the problem) but, it kept the icon for the mouse pointer as an hourglass, instead of converting it to an arrow. Yes, I understand that LyX wants to load .lyx files. wrb
