Thanks to all your help, I'm able to make layout files in my ~/.lyx/layouts
directory to change just about anything I want in the Lyx environment. But of
course layout file changes don't change the finished product (.dvi, .ps, .pdf
etc).
My understanding is I need to make a .sty file to change what I want in the
finished product. First question: What would be in a myclass.sty file that
does nothing but change the font size of the Author environment to Giant,
otherwise keeping the Report text class as-is?
Assuming I can make such a myclass.sty file, my other two questions concern
what is not said in 6.22. Below I reproduce 6.22, interspersed with my
twoquestions in angle brackets <>. Thanks in advance. Once I get this figured
out I'll make a simple tutorial so nobody else will need to ask these silly
questions again :-)
6.2.2 LaTeX2e sty file
If your new document class is provided as a style file that is used in
conjunction with an existing, supported document class, start by copying the
existing class's layout file into your local directory. For the sake of
example we'll assume that the style file is called myclass.sty and it is
meant to be used with report.cls which is a standard class.
<where do I put myclass.sty??>
cp report.layout ~/.lyx/layouts/myclass.layout
Then edit myclass.layout and change the line:
\DeclareLaTeXClass{report}
to read
\DeclareLaTeXClass[report, myclass.sty]{report (myclass)}
Then add:
Preamble \usepackage{myclass}EndPreamble
near the top of the file.
<what file? myclass.layout, or something else??>
