On 01/20/2017 02:50 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
Today, just for giggles, I opened a new document and set the class to
Beamer. But, when I look at the environments menu it's for a text class
(book or article). I was really surprised by this. So, I followed past
practice and copied a known-good .lyx file.
Might I have done something incorrectly? Or is this just a fluke on my
system?
Rich,
The document class menu (Document > Settings... > Document Class >
Document Class> contains multiple Beamer entries: two versions of Beamer
Article (which, as it sounds, is designed to mold a Beamer presentation
into an article); Beamerposter (self-explanatory?); and Beamer (what you
were seeking). Classes are organized by category, with categories listed
alphabetically, and the original-accept-no-substitutes Beamer class is
in the Presentations category, rather late in the list.
It's been this way for a while, and across all systems as far as I know
(so no fluke). My usual approach is either to open the menu, scroll like
crazy and then look for Beamer or to do File > New from Template...,
pick the "beamer-conference-ornate-20min.lyx" template (thank goodness I
can just click on it and don't have to type it), and then delete or
overwrite stuff.
You might want to consider the following: take an old Beamer
presentation with any customization you typically use, strip out the
details, and save it in ~/.lyx/templates. To start a new presentation,
use File > New from Template..., navigate to ~/.lyx/templates (a bit of
a PITA) and open your template. Fill stuff in and save as some other file.
Paul
