With my FMBmatter.inc I can handle the \frontmatter - \mainmatter - \backmatter in a lyx-ful way without ert
If it makes sense we can keep it into the layout dir and put a "Input FMBmatter.inc" into some book layouts. http://www.perce.de/lyx/FMBmatter.gif Herbert -- http://www.lyx.org/help/
# Book textclass definition file for use of # \frontmatter pagecounting like i,ii,... # \mainmatter standard counting # \backmatter appendix handling # # Herbert Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2002-04-04 # # the new layouts for the control of # \frontmatter # \mainmatter # \backmatter # Style StartFrontmatter Margin Static LatexType command LatexName frontmatter LeftMargin xxxxxxxxxxxxxx::xx LabelSep xx KeepEmpty 1 Align Left LabelType Static LabelString "Begin frontmatter!" # label font definition LabelFont Series Bold Shape Italic Color Red EndFont End Style StartMainmatter Margin Static LatexType command LatexName mainmatter LeftMargin xxxxxxxxxxxxxx::xx LabelSep xx KeepEmpty 1 Align Left LabelType Static LabelString "Begin mainmatter!" # label font definition LabelFont Series Bold Shape Italic Color Red EndFont End Style StartBackmatter Margin Static LatexType command LatexName backmatter LeftMargin xxxxxxxxxxxxxx::xx LabelSep xx KeepEmpty 1 Align Left LabelType Static LabelString "Begin backmatter!" # label font definition LabelFont Series Bold Shape Italic Color Red EndFont End # # it is possible to create lyx_???matter to prevent # the user from writing anything in such layout lines. # with # \newcommand\lyx_frontmatter{% # \frontmatter\kill% # } # it's possible to ignore all the rest of the line #