Siterer "B. Bogart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks, > > I checked out the link and was unable to get the instructions to > work, since the directions for where to put the sig-alternate.cls > file don't match my directory structure (there is no 'Base' > directory where there should be).
I do not use TeXLiVE, but in my last reply I guessed that the you had installed the sig-alternate.cls already. Sorry, about that, here is a page how to install a style file in LaTeX and teach LaTeX to recognise it. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=131507&page=2 The basics is that it is not important where you put the stylefile (.sty/.cls) is as long as it is in the LaTeX tree. And you need to run sudo texhash afterwards so LaTeX know that you have put something new there... > I can't get LyX to see my texlive stuff, if I hack the acmlayout > to file refer to the acmtrans2e class LyX says that the class > is "unknown", but it is listed on the "text info" gui. Ah, I suppose > textclass and documentclass are different things. Is the "text info" a misspelled "tex info", as in Tools->Tex Info ? If your style is listed here, LaTeX recognise it, and your problem is in the way you have modified the Layout file... Do I understand you right when I guess you do not want to use the sig-alernate.cls, but need to use the acmtrans2e.cls ? In this post from 2001 Roberto Marabini take a stepwise transformation of the article.layout to an acmtrans2e.layout for tetex. As we have covered the tetex vs livetex already you may try to use his recipe. http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users%40lists.lyx.org/msg11937.html > Can someone suggest a howto on creating lyX layouts? (what extra > choices are made in these layouts that are not in the document > class? Can't they be auto generated from the document classes > on a system?) I am afraid that .layout files must be handwritten. It is not difficult, but you need to understand how LyX and LaTeX interacts as this file describes this interaction. It is therfore put in the Help file: Customizing LyX: Features for the Advanced User, Chapter 5.2 Layouts. that comes with LyX. > At this rate I'll have to use openoffice and the acm word template. > :( Well, that would be up to you of course :). However, eventhough LyX might have a steep learningcurve I have never encountered anyone that have regretted learning it. And even an elephant are eaten a mouthfull at a time, if you can say that in English :) If you run into problems do not hesitate to ask. Ingar
