Did you run reconfigure and restart LyX?
Also sprach Jim Osborn:
> I'm trying to make a new document class, following the docs
> from LyX 1.1.5, where in 6.2.2 it says:
>
> "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.
>
> 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.
> Start LyX and... [reconfigure, etc...]"
>
> I did all that, verbatim, except that the copy line was:
>
> cp /usr/share/lyx/layouts/report.layout ~/.lyx/layouts/myclass.layout
>
> because that's my LyXDir, and there was, indeed a report.layout there.
> When I restart LyX and select the Layout->Document popup, I don't see
> "report (myclass)" as I expect.
>
> I must say, I'm a bit confused by the mention first of "myclass.sty"
> and then the subsequent instruction saying "myclass.layout." I
> tried renaming myclass.layout to myclass.sty, with no effect.
> The file "report.sty" in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/report.sty
> doesn't have a line \DeclareLaTeXClass{report} in it, so I assume
> the .layout file above is what I should be starting with.
>
> What should I do next?
>
> Jim
