On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:14:01PM +0000, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> I ran into a problem using elsart.layout (with elsart.cls). If I opt for
> doublespacing, LaTeX bombs processing the \doublespacing command in the
> preamble (immediately following the load of setspace.sty). It must be
> something specific to elsart.cls, since double spacing works with any
> other class. (It's not a LyX problem -- same thing happens working
> directly with LaTeX.)
>
> There's an easy work-around in LaTeX: elsart.cls lets you specify
> doublespacing as an option in \documentclass (which obviates the need to
> load setspace). The question is, can elsart.layout be modified to do
> that? I tried editing it, putting in a NoStyle setspace directive, but
> setspace still got loaded (and LaTeX still blew up). I'm probably a bit
> too dense to handle the online help for layout files in any case.
>
> Any suggestions?
You can enter class options in the document dialog ("Extra options" field).
