On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
2011/11/15 Richard Heck<rgh...@comcast.net>
On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from
Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the
names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?).
Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template?
Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something
more intuitive?
The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So
elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls
class, which is used by some Elsevier journals.
ok... However, does it make sense to include so many templates that
are missing some external files? Majority of templates that i had
tried to open said "The selected document class requires external
files that are not available".
The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc.
There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not
expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily
enough install the ones you need.
The idea of having more
descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English,
which isn't good for everyone.
Whether we like it or not, we have to accept that English is the
common international language. I don't have a problem with that as
long as national languages' features work (like diacritics, for
example).
We do have non-English-speaking users, and the current naming scheme is
intelligible to them, whereas a purely English one would not be.
There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it
would give basic guidance to newcomers.
Should i send a suggestion to the developers mailing list?
Better yet, create the template and send it to the mailing list.
Basically, a template should exercise the basic features of the class,
and make it clear what needs filling in. Should be easy to do, and a
good way to get a feel for LyX, besides.
Richard
