Re: Latex error

[Richard Heck]

On 11/07/2010 10:08 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Am 06.11.2010 05:23, schrieb Sandhya:
I am using the IJCGA Latex class and Lyx layout files from the LyX 
wiki page
on MacOSX. I copied the *.cls and *.layout files to ~/tex/latex/ and
/Library/Application Support/LyX-1.6/layouts/ respectively. I also
reconfigured LyX. Now when I use the sample LyX document, it 
terminates with
an error:

LaTeX Error: Unknown option `english' for package `graphics'.

This is because LyX uses the package babel by default. This packages 
is necessary if you write non-English documents or English documents 
containing text in other languages. Many article classes don't accept 
babel because they are English-only. So to get it work, go to the LyX 
preferences and uncheck there in the language settings the option "Use 
babel".

But note: it is strongly recommended to re-enable the babel option for 
all other documents you write with LyX.

Shouldn't "Use babel" really be a document setting, rather than a 
preference? If so, we can still get this into 2.0.

Uwe, do you know if layouts can disable babel, with e.g.:
    Provides babel 1
??

rh