On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Waluyo Adi Siswanto wrote:
I would like to create book cover using LyX. I did searching and found how to use pstricks, however it is pure LaTeX.
Waluyo, No, PSTricks is not pure LaTeX. It is PostScript that can be used with LaTeX. PSTricks is a vector graphics application, not a page layout application.
Is there any example in implementing pstricks within LyX that I can learn.
You can write PSTricks code with LyX by putting it in a LaTeX box (called "ERT" unless that's changed).
Perhaps it would be very useful if a template of book-cover is in LyX template folder.
I suggest that you look at a page layout application such as Scribus which will allow you to set frames on each page (front and back covers, spine) and put text or graphics in each frame. You can use PSTricks, Inkscape, or The GIMP to produce the graphics and Scribus will see all the installed fonts so you can use what you think looks good. As the saying goes, choose horses for courses. A book cover is a page layout product. The book content is a text layout product done exceptionally well by LyX/LaTeX. Complicated, precisely drawn and sized figures are a PSTricks product that can be incorporated into the text body or used on the book's cover. Rich
