On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, David L. Johnson wrote:
> ---Reply to mail from Andre' Poenitz about Custom formatting?
>
> >>
> >> Hi, I'd like to use LyX to write my school reports in. However, they
> >> need to be MLA formatted. I'm having trouble finding where, exactly, I could
> >> configure the relevant formatting options. How could I do this?
> >
> > Could you please explain what 'MLA' means?
>
> My guess would be "Modern Language Association", a US-based academic
> professional society which pretty much sets the standards for humanities
> journal publications.
>
> I have no idea wither there is a LaTeX package for MLA -- there ought to
> be, but not too many humanists use LaTeX (or would have, before LyX). If
> there is such a package, it would be straightforward to design a LyX
> layout for it.
>
I think LaTeX is becoming more popular among humanities folks.
Anyway, the things that you described, like margins, etc. can all be set
within LyX, from the layout document and layout paper menus. As far as
getting a MLA-style bibliography, check out
biblio/bibtex/contrib/mla/
on CTAN.
-Amir
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