On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Ingar Pareliussen wrote: > We have discussed such a system earlier, and to put it bluntly, it is > probably never going to happen. It is not impossible, but it is very hard > to do. First it needs to construct the latex and lyx class files, which is > complicated. It then needs to advocate good layout.
Well, we could argue about what constitutes good typography, and whether Lyx/Latex/Tex actually implements it or just Knuth's tastes, but the only typographical standards that're relevant to a thesis are the requirements of your grad school. If they want (as mine does) a 12-point font, double-spaced with page numbers in the upper right corner, 1.2 inches from the top, then that's what you give them. > However, if you have lot of time on your hands and really want such a > feature; mail me, I have some ideas how to proceed :-). Having been through it, I don't think it would be that hard to do most of the simple stuff - some way to set margins, page number positions, heading styles, etc - *IF* one had adequate documentation. Most of my time was actually spent in trial & error, checking out this package or that to see if it would really do what I needed. Even some instructions would help. James (I've actually been trying to make a template out of mine. It's pure latex, not Lyx, but if anyone's interested I could tar it up and send it. Maybe next week, depending on how the skiing is...)
