On 01/11/2014 06:33 AM, Baron Peters wrote:
Dear LYX developers,
I love the LYX software, but there are just a few minor problems that I've not
been able to resolve.
1) I'm writing a book and I would like to place example calculations in shaded boxes
which are clearly delineated from the main text. Some example calculations are quite
long so page breaks are needed. However, it seems that page breaks are only allowed with
the "Box (simple frame, page breaks)" options. It would be great if shaded
boxes could also include page breaks.
Probably what you want is shading in the one that allows page breaks. I
don't use boxes, so I'm no expert, but there is tons of info on how to
customize these boxes in the Embedded Objects manual. Remember, this is
LaTeX. You can do anything. But LyX can't do everything. Sometimes you
have to get your hands dirty.
2) I have tried to convince my students and colleagues to switch from MS Word
to LYX. The one troublesome point for most of them is that certain key style
files are not available for LYX. A website that used to supply REVTEX4.1 is no
longer working. Many journals supply LATEX templates, and for someone who
knows both LYX and LATEX well, it should be possible to create equivalent LYX
templates.
LyX comes with support for Revtex 4.1, unless I'm mistaken. You have to
install the class itself, but there is a layout file for it.
Creating layouts for journal class files is not a hard thing to do. But
it's something that someone who actually uses that class needs to do.
People here have done such things many times. And if you'd like to try,
then we'll all be happy to answer questions, etc.
Richard
