Hi,
I have played with the foils for a while, here is what I came up with.
I use this as a base when I give a talk.
Nothing fancy.
Roland
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Jose L. Gomez Dans wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using lyx 1.0.0, and have been usuing lyx since 0.12. Top job, guys!
> Anyway, I have a couple of queries. I have a little Latex experience, and so
> far, I've been using the report class. I now find myself in nedd to produce
> some foils, and I haven't got a clue of what the layout out for that is. I
> was wondering if anyone could supply a dummy (or not so dummy :D) lyx file
> with an example. Something like
> FOIL_TITLE.
> BLAH
> BLAH
> BLAH
> Perhaps it's just me being stupid and not understanding the environment
> quotations, but it would be *really* useful.
>
> The latex question is related to the use of the mathematical symbol one
> customarily uses for real numbers or natural numbers. I know for certain
> that this symbol is widely used in Germany and in Spain, but can't recall
> seeing it in any Anglo-Saxon text :). Basically, they look like a funny R
> and N, with some of the lines doubled. There's also another one for complex
> numbers, C. Can anyone explain how to get to this symbol going?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Jose
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> Radar & Communications Group
> Department of Electronic Engineering
> University of Sheffield UK
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#This file was created by <rokrau> Tue Feb 2 20:06:04 1999
#LyX 1.0 (C) 1995-1999 Matthias Ettrich and the LyX Team
\lyxformat 2.15
\textclass foils
\begin_preamble
\usepackage{psfrag}
\leftheader{\bf left head}
\rightheader{\em right head}
\rightfooter{right foot eg. with the page number: \thepage}
\MyLogo{ if i just had a Logo}
\end_preamble
\options dvips
\language default
\inputencoding default
\fontscheme avant
\graphics dvips
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize letterpaper
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 1
\use_amsmath 0
\paperorientation landscape
\headsep 0pt
\footskip 0pt
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle foilheadings
\layout Title
This is the title page
\newline
for the presentation
\layout Author
given by Dr.
Ing.
Roland Krause
\layout Date
sometime in 1999
\layout Standard
\pagebreak_bottom
\latex latex
\backslash
thispagestyle{empty}
\layout ShortFoilhead
\added_space_bottom 0.4in*
\latex latex
\backslash
hrule height 2pt
\layout Standard
\series bold
\size large
A foilhead
\layout Standard
is a horizontal line with a vertical space of 0.4in below.
\layout Itemize
Then I emphasize on the wild theory
\layout Itemize
and so on
\layout Itemize
how boring, everybody sleeps by now...
\layout Standard
\added_space_top vfill \added_space_bottom vfill
\series bold
\color blue
Until I make a conclusion, filling above and below then I add another line
with 0.1in space above and below.
\layout Standard
\added_space_top 0.1in \added_space_bottom 0.1in \pagebreak_bottom \align center
\latex latex
\backslash
hrule height 2pt
\layout Standard
\line_top
\series bold
\size large
Ok here is another slide
\layout Standard
trying to emulate the first slide as close as possible without
\color red
ERT
\layout Itemize
comes very close now because the lines actually work pretty well
\layout Standard
But there are two things, I don't like.
\layout Enumerate
No control over the line thickness
\layout Enumerate
No control over the spacing above the header.
\newline
Inserting vertical space will move the line down.
\layout Enumerate
Same holds also for the footer.
\newline
Can't have my conclusion floating on the slide.
\layout Standard
\added_space_top vfill \line_bottom \pagebreak_bottom
\series bold
\color blue
But at least I can make it blue :-)
\layout Standard
\line_top
\series bold
\size large
Now here is my proposal
\layout Standard
If I could implement
\family typewriter
\backslash
hrule
\family default
or
\family typewriter
\backslash
hline
\family default
analogously to
\family typewriter
\backslash
hfill
\family default
as a special character all my problems would be solved.
\layout Itemize
One could have a submenu of
\family typewriter
\backslash
hrule
\family default
in order to specify the thickness.
\layout Itemize
Then the ShortFoilHead would be the
\backslash
hrule special character.
\layout Itemize
and the same holds for the footer.
\layout Standard
\added_space_top vfill \added_space_bottom vfill
\series bold
\color blue
Once again a victory over
\color red
ERT
\color blue
would have been achieved...
\layout Standard
\added_space_top 0.1in \added_space_bottom 0.1in \pagebreak_bottom \align center
\latex latex
\backslash
hrule height 2pt
\the_end
