Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> Out of curiosity really, but if lyx knows where miktex or equivalent is >> why doesn't it find these layout ifles automatically - or is this >> particular to beamer. >> > Perhaps not a complete answer, but LyX ships with a set of "common" > layouts (whose locations it obviously knows) and expects the user to > provide layouts for other classes. Generally the latter are either > created by the user or obtained from the ether, as it were, so it would > not be practical for LyX to go hunt for them. > > Beamer's a bit of a special case, in that (a) the author of Beamer has > graciously included a LyX layout file and (b) it comes with the Beamer > package and hence in a predictable location.
Or, to put it another way, Beamer knows about LyX but LyX doesn't officially know about Beamer. Till Tantau has done a fantastic job of twisting LyX and Beamer together but the fit is still rather uncomfortable. Proper LyX support for Beamer would require additions to the core LyX code and until someone volunteers to do that it's unlikely that we'd introduce the current "hack", however brilliant it is. -- Angus
