On Friday 16 February 2007 11:04 pm, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Dec 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am using LYX 1.3.5 to write a novel Running on Suse Linux 9.3 I have
> > finally setteld to use Doc Class Memoir because it gives me least
> > problems regarding my preferences
>
> Llewelyn,
>
> First, let me encourage you to upgrade to -1.4.4. The -1.3.5 release is
> very old and no longer supported. No reason why the latest stable release
> will not run on your system.
>
> > All the Book classes available on my version of LYX have a common
> > shortcoming LOOK at any Book you buy or get from the Library and you will
> > see that chapter one starts on the right hand page . The page is
> > therefore bound on its left edge Similarly if I do some document for my
> > office or for a sales proposal we put it into a presentation folder with
> > the binding on the left.
> >
> > In the Book class in LYX odd pages eg number one are always with the
> > Binding space on the right side of the page .This convention is very
> > troublesome
>
> Second, you're looking at it from the wrong viewpoint. Take a book from
> your shelf and open it anywhere. You'll see that the outer page margins are
> wider than the inner page margins. That's because when you lay the book
> flat on its back, the inner margins of both pages make the text area look
> centered.
>
> > The second problem is that LYX will only start a Chapter on odd number
> > pages and this results in Lyx inserting blank pages Blank pages are thus
> > even number and so always take up position on the left side of an open
> > book . I would be better served if A) no convention about chapters
> > starting on odd or even pages
> > OR
> > B)LYX started chapters on even pages if it had to have a convention about
> > this OR
> > C) If I had some code I could enter in the document to change the Chapter
> > start convention on the fly
>
> Third, you can make changes so chapters will start on either odd or even
> pages, but that's not standard for the types of books LaTeX and LyX were
> designed to handle. Yes, novels will start chapters anywhere they want --
> even in the middle of the page -- but that's not typographic convention for
> a book.
> please tell me how .I would like to insert it in my book preamble.I hope you
would know which one of those definitions in the preamble conrol this even
odd page matter for chapters ?
> Fourth, if you want to get the maximum from LyX you'll need to learn
> LaTeX. Whether you'll enter it in the unfortunately-named ERT, or in the
> preamble, or you want to know how to change the appearance of your
> document, you need LaTeX. Two recommendations: Guide to LaTeX, 4th Edition
> and The LaTeX Companion, 2nd Edition.
> It seems I must but but that will take time and I need in the meantime a
work around for this specific problem . I have already written 340000 words
for a two book novel series ,please do help me.
> > The simplest would be if I could enter code so that all odd number pages
> > are set to have binding space on the left instead of right I can then
> > work around all other problems
>
> You can do this, but your book will look very odd when you're done. I've
> seen books like that: the text area is pushed to the outer edges of the
> pages with a huge white space on either side of the binding. Very
> amateurish, IMNSHO.
> Please tell me how ??/ please .If its not so good when I have done it I can
>
always reverse my settings back thanks
> Rich
