On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:09:25 +1100 Typhoon <typh...@aanet.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:14:27 +0800 > "Louis A. Turk" <l...@dayspringpublisher.com> wrote: > > > Hi fellow lyx users, > > > > I have the body of a book formatted beautifully with lyx using the > > Memoir Class, but I'm having many problems formatting the front > > matter. The first page is blank (is this normal?), the even numbered > > folios are missing, and there is one too many pages between the > > front matter and main body. > > > > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/UsingMemoirInLyX links to the following two > > documents that are supposed to help, but for some reason I can't get > > them to download. And I haven't been able to find them anywhere > > else. > > > > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0303098/public/lyx/memoir-titlepages.lyx > > http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0303098/public/lyx/memoir-titlepages.pdf > > > > Does anyone know of a different source for these documents? > > > > Are there other sample documents or instructions available that show > > how to format the front matter when using Memoir? > > Hi Louis, > There are discussions in the archives about this. Two schools of > thought, but mine is to completely "handcraft" the front pages of a > book whether using the Memoir class or the book class (never used > Koma). > > I'm attaching a template that I have worked on. It's not perfect, but > the intention is that you replace a few variables in the front (like > surname, etc) and it should build you a fairly nice frontmatter. > > The "adjustable" \newcommands are all at the top. (you > will need to cut the \documentclass definition from the top for use > with LyX. > > As I say, it isn't completely finished, so you will want to check > carefully if you decide to use it. > > Again, there are two schools of though on this, and I haven't used a > "pure" LyX approach to building the frontmatter in any recent version > of LyX, so things might have improved. > Ooops again. And it is probably better if you change the documentcall option to b5 paper. Alan > Cheers, > Alan > > > > > Louis > > > > > > > > > -- > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > Tel: 04 2748 6206 > > > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
