If you have no previous experience with Latex, writing a new class form scratch is a rather difficult task. You may want to explore an alternative path: customize an existing class to your need. I would recommend you take a look at the class memoir and especially at its very extensive manual. Memoir was designed with customization in mind and can be tailored to cover many different uses from academic book to commercial or art books and so forth. It may be all you need. At worst, you will learn quote a bit on how a Latex class works.
Cheers, Stefano On Nov 27, 2013 6:34 AM, "Tamás Balázs" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sir or Madam, > > This question is long-matured in me for a long time. > I have been using lyx to several purposes for 3 to 4 years. > Now I decided to make a new book class/template for lyx. > The main reason for this is that I want to create something unique and > write a book in he future. > I believe in myself in that way that I can do that. However, I also need > your assistance to succeed. > I have some questions for you regarding my aims: > > Is it possible to write the new book template in lyx or do I need to write > it in tex/latex ? > If I need to code it in latex then would it be possible to use/test it in > lyx ? > Or will I need an other program for example texlive ? > I want to use the template in lyx at the end of the process as I did > before. > It won't be a problem if I need to code it. I just want to create an > original book template > which meet my needs. That's all... > > Thank you so much for your help ! > > > Best Regards, > Tamás Balázs > >
