Greatful thanks to Mr. Voss and Mr. Tsur for responses to my initial
query.
My initial error was easily fixed by telling lyx the desired orientation.
I could not find a lyx approach to putting an "oval" box (rounded corners)
around pages. My solution has been to create my own commands (in the
prefix) and enter these througout the text in TeX mode. This is awkward
and moves backwards -- tediously fussing with appearance. While it works,
I want to pick the option from the drop-down environment menu.
After semester end, I want to experiment with the seminar layout file. One
option, if possible, is to associate specific latex commands with
individual lyx environments. But I might want, say, some boxed and some
unboxed pages. Associating latex sequences with the portrait slide seminar
environment would result in a single option. I could create two or three
portrait slide environments (no box, rounded box, square box), but this
moves away from the disciplined and parsimonious approach now adopted. It
is also messy.
By manipulating the prefix, I can get global changes. This limits desired
flexibility.
Is there a layout file that can serve as a model? Am I thinking along the
wrong lines altogether? (Quite possible. I've never worked with the layout
files and am not familiar with the source code.)
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:30:34PM -0500, Mark Hansel wrote:
>> If answered already, please point me to the answer.
>>
>> Using lyx, I cannot force seminar class to print portrait mode. Exporting
>> the latex and working with it directly will yeild proper (desired) output.
>
>Add 'portrait' to the 'Extra Options' field in the document dialog.
>
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