How to make a clone of the Enumerate environment?

[Steve Litt]

Hi all,

I'm trying to make a simple clone of the Enumerate environment. Once I can do 
that, I'll make a few changes. But I've not been able to clone it. Here's my 
layout file:

#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
#  \DeclareLaTeXClass[book]{quizbook}

Input stdclass.inc

Preamble
\let\questions = \enumerate
\let\oldquestions = \oldenumerate
EndPreamble

Style Questions
        Margin                Static
        LatexType             Item_Environment
        LatexName             questions
        NextNoIndent          1
        LeftMargin            MMN
        LabelSep              xx
        ParSkip               0.0
        ItemSep               0.2
        TopSep                0.7
        BottomSep             0.7
        ParSep                0.3
        Align                 Block
        AlignPossible         Block, Left
        LabelType             Enumerate
End

The preceding layout produces the output shown in the attached 
screenshot_questions.gif. However, if I change the LatexName in the LyX 
environment from "questions" to "enumerate", it outputs as shown in the 
attached screenshot_enumerate.gif.

Can somebody explain to me why the two don't output the same? Can somebody 
explain how I can truly clone the Enumerate environment?

NOTE: In order to toggle the output when switching between LatexType questions 
and LatexType enumerate, you must Tools->reconfigure and then terminate and 
restart LyX. Trust me on this -- I tried without reconfiguring and the output 
didn't toggle.

Thanks

SteveT
 
Steve Litt
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<<attachment: screenshot_enumerate.gif>>

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