On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, David Neeley wrote:
I am a firm believer in creating styles and using them rather than overriding particular pieces of a document--to the fullest possible extent. That makes upkeep of that document over time a much more consistent effort with much less effort involved. It also makes repurposing the document for other formats simpler as well.
David, If you cannot easily adjust an existing style (including Memoir and KOMA), but it's important for you to have something custom-built for your needs or those of your company, why not hire one of the LyX developers to create it for you to your specifications? It may not be the case that the majority of users need -- even want -- to create new styles. I'm not a graphic artist or page layout expert, so I'm grateful that those who have those skills have designed layouts and typefaces that are elegant and communicate easily and well. And I just use them, happy that I don't have to concern myself with these details. We take our vehicles to a professional mechanic when we don't have the skills or time to learn how to do it ourselves, Our economies are filled with specialists, and we have the option of investing the time and effort learning how to something complex ourselves or hiring those who already know how to do it. Open source applications (such as LyX) are created, maintained, and improved by volunteers, in their spare time. It's not unreasonable to hire them for custom work. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.(TM) | Accelerator <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
