Hi,
I'm starting a project for which LyX appears to be the best choice, but
I have a few questions related to getting started. I'd prefer to ask
them now and start doing things the right way rather than find out six
months from now that I have to go back and change things or, worse, that
I can't do what I intended to do from the beginning. So here are my
questions.
1. My usual work flow is to draft a paper, circulate it as a working
paper, present it at a conference, and then submit it to a journal
or as a book chapter. Each of these kinds of documents have
similar but distinct formats. What's the best way to set up a
document and work on in, understanding that it will go through
these stages of evolution and have to be changed along the way?
2. The templates that come with LyX seem to come overwhelmingly from
mathematics, computer science, and the natural sciences. I work in
the social sciences, and in my field virtually all journals and
books use a version of the /Chicago Manual of Style/ author-date,
B system. What would be the best way to use this system for
something like, say, a conference paper? LyX ships with several
conference paper templates, so should I just try to modify one of
them? How? Or, would I be better to start with a LaTeX class for
journal that uses this style and build a template around it?
3. Similarly, I will need templates for working papers, journal
articles, and book chapters. Should I roll my own from the start
or try modifying one that already exists? If the latter, what
would be the best one to use for my purposes?
4. Part of the project entails developing software using the R
statistical package. I've done this before, but never to the
extent of actually publishing the software, providing
documentation, etc. Since the papers I will be writing with LyX
will discuss theoretical issues, empirical studies, and technical
details of the statistical methods, it makes sense that I should
also use LyX to draft the documentation for the software as I
develop it. Are there any packages or templates specifically for
this purpose, especially for documenting statistical procedures
written in R?
FWIW, I did read all the posts in response to Jeremy Wells' questions
<http://marc.info/?t=105205177200001&r=1&w=2>about using LyX in the
humanities. My questions are a bit more specific.
Thanks for your help.