On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 07/16/2010 05:32 AM, Sajjad wrote: > > Hello Forum, > > I have made similar post couple of months ago. The new class that i am > trying to incorporate into LyX layout is accompanied by a description of the > class file. > > I did some configuration so that get the liuthesis.layout in > Document->settings->Document class option combox box. I believe that it is > not enough to get started with the writing yet. > > And i am kind of confused how to make the related configuration in the > layout file. Lets take an example: > > 1. In the accompanied manual, it specifies number of options that i can > set. One of the options is "Output format". The possible values for this > option are: > > - print. > - ePress. > - pdfRelease. > - draft. > > How to specifiy this option in the layout file. I have checked the > customization chapter for LyX. Should it go under the section "ClassOptions" > section or "AddToPreamble" ? > > If you want one of these options set by default, but for the user to be > able to override it, then add it ClassOptions, e.g.: > Class Options > Other ePress > End > These will turn up on the Document Class pane of Document>Settings. > > > > There are several other Macros in the accompanied pdf file that must be > configured in the layout file. > > > During the previous post, one Julien showed me some hint ; like inputting > the department name of the thesis that i am writing for and it was specified > in the class options from LyX Documents Settings menu. He suggested this > based on his extensive experience with LyX. > > Now if i have to specify the department name in the liuthesis.layout file > it should have went into "ClassOptions" section and inside "Other" > subsection. Shouldn't it? > > Yes, just as with ePress, since this is a class option. > > > I need some suggestion make this mapping between the manual that i have > now and .layout file that i have to edit. Some of the macros defined in the > manual has no corresponding options defined in the LyX manual. What to do > then? > > That depends upon the command. Ones like \subject are going to be treated > as paragraphs. So: > Style Subject > LatexType command > LatexName subject > # this tells LyX that it goes into Front Matter > InTitle 1 > End > Very basic, with no special formatting, but it will work. The only one of > the Front Matter commands you can't do this way is \thesisDate, because LyX > doesn't yet do multi-argument commands. There will be support for that in > 2.0, however. So, for now, you'd have to enter that as ERT. > Any hint on how to do you find /subject to be treated as a Style? In the manual it specifies that it takes only one argument. > > Then I'd do: > TitleLatexName makeFrontPage > so LyX will issue \makeFrontPage to create the title page, etc. > > The theorem, etc, environments can probably be copied over from LyX's own > theorems.inc. > > Richard > > InTitle 1 >
