Hi,
As a newbie to Lyx, I'm almost there in understanding how to use LyX and
have a few basic questions. Here's what I think I know:
1. Templates are just LyX documents saved in the place where templates live.
2. Document classes are types of documents (books, articles, etc.)
3. But document classes are not just types of documents. They also can
come in multiple versions for each document type. (E.g., there can be a
dozen or more versions of an "article.") The distinction between the
different versions are largely stylistic, although they also can reflect
content. For example, a Springer article has a "Conjecture" style, but
most other article styles do not make conjectures.
4. Modules yet a lower level of granularity, and individual modules may
correspond to individual styles.
I hope this understanding is correct. Even so, I still can't completely
connect the dots. Here are two things I still don't understand.
1. I'm writing a conference paper. LyX has a few conference/proceedings
templates, but none suit my needs. Several document classes could work
for me, but they're not complete. For example, a conference paper should
list the conference, location, etc., and most likely this information
should have a distinct style. How should one handle this? By adding a
style to the document class? (How?) By manually adjusting the appearance
of text?
2. I'd like to design a template for a working paper series. The cover
page would have a few graphics, a title, author, date, institutional
affiliation, and contact information. The first following right page
would have a title, abstract, and keywords. The second even page would
start the actual paper. It would have a title, abstract, and author,
followed by the text itself. What's the best way to do this?
3. How do the various templates and document classes know when to insert
a page break? In other words, how do they control front and back matter?
Can the user customize or override this?
Thanks for your help.
Marsh Feldman
