Greetings,
I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a new layout. I've
found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the manual on customization is
terribly wrong. I have already entered two bugs as 2972 and 2973. I'm
wondering whether I should enter the following additional bugs, or if
I'm just doing something completely wrong:
* Setting the Spacing option to double does not generate any LaTeX
with the setspace package, even though the manual states
otherwise: "Note that, contrary to other parameters, Spacing
implies the generation of specific LaTeX code, using the package
setspace.sty."
* Setting the Sides option to 2 has no effect at all; LyX puts
"onesided" into the document class options regardless.
* DefaultStyle does not set the default style, which remains
Standard. Only after pressing enter does the default style
actually become DefaultStyle.
* In the ClassOptions section, Other appears to have no effect at
all. I have set "Other 12pt", for example, and Lyx does not
include it as an optional argument, contrary to the manual.
* Again in the ClassOptions section, setting FontSize to only one
size does change the options in the Document Settings dialogue,
but curiously does not actually set the font size to that setting.
* As noted in bug 2973, the option TitleLatexCommand is wrong, and
should be TitleLatexName (which, curiously enough, is documented
in the LyX wiki).
Are these considered errors in the manual, or features? If they are
errors, should I enter a bug for each one, or is this email sufficie?
I do like Lyx, and I hope that this email doesn't suggest that I don't
appreciate what a great amount of effort has gone into it.
sincerely
john perry
--
John Perry, Assistant Professor (Mathematics, Computational Algebra)
University of Southern Mississippi
http://www.math.usm.edu/perry/
601-266-4293
Quivi mi cinse sì com´altrui piacqua oh maraviglia! ché qual elli scelse
l´umile pianta, cotal si rinacque subitamente là onde l´avelse.
-- Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio, I)
