On 2009-06-22, rgheck wrote: > Tad Marko wrote: >> Hello, >> Another basic newbie question:
>> I would like to extend the book layout with the "Chapterprecis" from the >> book (memoir)" layout. It is probably naive to assume this is as simple as >> copying book.layout and copying the Chapterprecis style from memoir layout. >> Can anyone tell me a bit about the proper way to do this? > That might well work, so far as LyX is concerned. But the book class > does not have a chapterprecis environment, so you'll need to define it. > You can just copy (or adapt) it from memoir.cls. Remember, that you *must not* change the book.cls document class file directly. Instead, you can a) Create a new class file based on book.cls. b) Create a new style file (package) and load in the layout or a module. c) Add the environment to the preamble block in your layout file. d) Add the environment to the preamble block of a module file. How to create a latex package or class is described in the clsguide.pdf (comes with your LaTeX distribution). How to write a LyX layout or module file is described in the Customization manual. Günter
