On 9/2/19 11:51 AM, Ralph Boland wrote:
Gave it a try. Unfortunately it didn't work.
It turns out problem isn't as I described though.
amsbook (and presumably all the other ams document classes) work
ok. The problem is I have defined my own document class based on
amsbook and that fails. It seems Lyx knows about amsbook class
not needing the \usepackage{makeidx} line and doesn't add it.
But Lyx can't figure out that, since my class is based on amsbook
it doesn't need the line either.
I think Lyx has to have a checkbox in Document>Settings>Indexes
for whether the line should be added to the tex file.
Thanks for you help.
Ralph Boland
On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 at 08:27, Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/2/19 4:28 AM, Ralph Boland wrote:
I get an error when I try to create a Lyx document with an index
using amsbook document class. Searching the problem on the internet
I found out that for amsbook and other ams document classes the
\usepackage(makeidx) line is unnecessary and generates an error
if added to your tex document.
I tested this by generating the .tex file from my .lyx file (using
Latex (pdflatex))
and then commenting out the line in the .tex file:
\usepackage(makeidx)
With this line commented out the problem goes away.
The problem is of course that Lyx adds this line to the .tex file
if I create an index. So I cannot prevent this from occurring.
I am using Lyx 2.3.2 and Debian 10 OS.
Is this fixed in Lyx 2.3.3?
Ralph Boland
Try putting "provides makeidx 1" in Document > Settings > Local layout.
This will hopefully dissuade LyX from adding the redundant \usepackage
command ... maybe.
Paul
I'm replying to the list to keep the discussion visible there.
I assume you have a custom layout file for your class. The
amsbook.layout file contains the line "Provides makeidx 1" near
the top. You might try copying that into your layout file.
Paul
