>>>>> "Mike" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> Hi everybody, I know I've been quiet for a while - real life
Mike> tends to do that to you occasionally. Since 1.0.2 is imminent,
Mike> is there any documentation that really, really needs to be
Mike> done/modified before the release?
- The new bibtex features (parsing of .bib file)
- explaining how to install a .sty or .cls file so that TeX/teTeX
finds it (this one could go in LaTeXConfig.lyx). Maybe explain also a
bit better what ctan is, and how to find mirrors).
- write a doc for the cv class that I did not add to LyX because I am
too lazy to write some doc :)
Mike> I've been tinkering with
Mike> making an AASTeX layout (American Astronomical Society journal
Mike> format) and adding a few words about making layouts; is there
Mike> anything else that needs to be done so people can sleep soundly
Mike> at night?
Some words about layouts would indeed be *very* useful, since the
current documentation is not really user-oriented.
Mike> Since I mentioned layouts - I've decided that the layout section
Mike> in Customization.lyx really belongs in Extended.lyx, since it
Mike> isn't really a customization of LyX in the traditional
Mike> "customization" sense (different colors, different font,
Mike> etc.). Objections?
Making a new layout file is somehow out of the scope of a normal LyX
user, and I'd say that it is better there. However, Extended.lyx
should have a pointer to that at the beginning of the part on
alternative textclasses.
Mike> And since I'm here ... if 1.0.2 is really the last of the 1.0.x
Mike> series, we should consider offering a separate docs and layouts
Mike> package, so that as the docs are expanded, and more people
Mike> submit layouts :-), people can grab those smaller files, type
Mike> "make install-docs" or whatever, and have them automatically
Mike> replace the docs in the lyx installation, without have to
Mike> recompile the source.
If we have a tar file which contains only the docs and lib files
updates, it can be set up so that people just have to do
cd /usr/local/share/lyx
tar zxvf lyx-doc-update.tar.gz
and optionally
./configure
And if people do not have access to the main installation and want to
update locally:
cd .lyx
tar zxvf lyx-doc-update.tar.gz
Is that simple enough?
JMarc
