Hey List, Am Freitag, 19. September 2003 00:20 schrieb Matej Cepl: > On 2003-09-18, 15:55 GMT, Bruce wrote: > > One thing I have often thought LyX would be ideal for would be for > > preparing court documents, or other legal documents for that matter, that > > have a set structure and elements.
Since I didn't have time to write a class of my own yet, I use Lyx for my decisions based on a simple template and a "\usepackage" just as it is needed. > > The only document I have written in LaTeX so far is one contract for my > national TUG. which shouldn't have been a real problem > > working on a factum that has passed through several other lawyer's > > computers, and has the detruit of all their particular Word formatting > > quirks munged together. > > I know what you mean :-). LyX/LaTeX would be excellent in this -- there > is nothing more safe than plain ASCII file. and ASCII ist the best way of exchanging Documents > > The problem is that court documents don't seem to fit well with any of > > the standard text classes in LyX, see my template > >nor could I find anything particularly on topic on CTAN. right > I do not think, there is any such class, they have to be developed from > scratch (or on the top of existing classes). That is you probably need > to get your hands on some good LaTeX book -- LaTeX Companion or my > preferred Kopka, Daily. mine, too > > Some of the requirements would be additional elements (court file no., > > parties, counsel, etc.), this is not a real problem using report-class as scratch > Try to write a document you want with ERT and definitions in preamble > whenever needed. Then this new definitions can be summarized into new > class file and embellished with options and other paraphernalia. so I do > > and other requirements like sequential paragraph numbering through an > > entire document (including through different "sections" or "parts"), as "Kopka" shows > new counter is created with \newcounter and commands for dealing with it > are very well described in info file for LaTeX2e (if you are on Linux) > or in LaTeX2e Help file (on Windows). > > > which I couldn't figure out how to do with nesting. > > You have to do it with ERT -- LyX won't help you here. Because of this, it ist the best way to create a new class and a layout-file depending on it. If I only had time ... > > The actual placement of the various elements is also generally > > determined by the court rules in the relevant jurisdiction, though > > I assume this could be set up easily enough by someone knowledgeable. this is for me the real problem > Here boxes can do the job very well. as You might see in the template Micha-E.
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