Re: LyX Beamer Sweave: makebeamertitle not being defined?

[Daniel E . Weeks]

Daniel E. Weeks <wee...@...> writes:

> 
> I am using LyX to make Beamer slides while supporting the use of R  
> statistical commands via the Sweave package.
> 
> If I follow the instructions found here
> 
>   http://ggorjan.blogspot.com/2008/09/using-beamer-with-lyx-sweave.html
> 
> LyX/Sweave/Beamer works just fine.  But as soon as I try to put in  
> Title or Author information at the beginning, LyX refuses to typeset  
> the presentation, returning instead this error message:
> 
> Undefined control sequence.
> 
>   \makebeamertitle
> The control sequence at the end of the top line
> of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
> misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
> spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
> and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
> 
> This is mystifying to me, as the 'makebeamertitle' is defined in the  
> included beamer.layout now packaged with LyX.
> 
[ Original posting shortened ] 
> LyX Version 1.6.4.1
> Platform: Mac OS X Versoni 10.5.8 on an Intel machine.
> 
> 


The solution to the "LyX Beamer Sweave: makebeamertitle not being defined"
problem was to put this:

 \newcommand\makebeamertitle{\frame{\maketitle}}%

in the LaTeX Preamble box, which is accessed via the Document -> Settings dialog
box.