Dave Hewitt wrote:
I copied "article.layout" from the LyX\Resources\layouts directory and
renamed it "nrc1.layout", then I pasted it into my user layout
directory. Following along with Customization -> Ch. 5, I altered the
second line in the file this way:
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[nrc1,nrc1.sty]{article (nrc1)}
(the nrc package comes with nrc1.cls, nrc1.sty, nrc2.cls, nrc2.sty, plus
a bunch of other files including a PDF "user's guide", which probably
means something to people that know LaTeX)
The PDF manual is actually quite well written, but oddly enough it gives
no clue what nrc1.sty and nrc2.sty would be used for. Maybe you can use
article.cls and load nrc1.sty as a package?? Anyway, you'll want to use
nrc1.cls (one column) or nrc2.cls (two column). So the optional
arguments (inside the brackets) above are almost surely wrong.
I also tried simply:
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{article (nrc1)}
This is the way to go (and works for me).
I also tried adding various combinations of package names into the
brackets of example 1 (as I sort of deduced the User's Guide was telling
me to do), but unsurprisingly they didn't work either.
I added some Preamble code to the file on one attempt as per the UG, but
that didn't help (and I really had no clue what I was doing anyway).
Probably a good idea to delete that, then.
In no attempt did I alter anything else down in the file.
Either way, YES, the document class shows up in the LyX drop-down, but
when I choose it, LyX generates an error window with a red 'X' on it and
a warning that says "The document could not be converted into the
document class nrc1" -- I click OK and it reverts to "article" in the
drop-down. This is what happened with two other classes I tried as well.
This happens when you create a new document (ctrl-N or File -> New) and
then switch it to NRC1 using Document -> Settings... -> Document Class?
Odd that it doesn't happen for me. I'm attaching the layout file I
kludged (from article.layout), although it should exactly match your
most parsimonious attempt. I don't know that it exposes all the bells
and whistles of the NRC class (such as journal name), but it doesn't
blow up in my face.
There's one bit of funkiness I came across. It shouldn't cause LyX to
revert to article, but it will cause a minor headache trying to get
output. By default, LyX adds \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} to every
document. According to the NRC manual, this is a bozo no-no. So you
need to go to Tools -> Preferences... -> Outputs -> LaTeX and change
"TeX encoding" from "T1" to "default". At this point, you have two
choices. If all you're ever going to use is the NRC classes, click
Save. That gets rid of the encoding line in every LyX document. If you
plan to use other classes, though, you're probably going to want to
click Apply but not Save. That applies it only to the current session.
Unfortunately, that also means you have to remember to do this every
time you futz with an NRC document. (Maybe Richard or somebody knows a
way to make this document-specific, or to slip it into the layout file.
I don't.)
One last thing. There are some options for each of the NRC packages,
such as 'leqno' for NRC1 (which I assume moves equations numbers from
the right margin to the left). If you want to specify any of those for
a document, just go to Document -> Settings... -> Document Class and
stuff the options, separated by commas, into the aptly named Options
field. No need to mess with the layout file.
Let us know if the attached layout file blows up on you.
/Paul
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{article (NRC)}
# Article textclass definition file. Taken from initial LyX source code
# Author : Matthias Ettrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Transposed by Pascal André <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Heavily modifed and enhanced by serveral developers.
Format 4
Input stdclass.inc
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth 3
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
Style Part
Align Left
AlignPossible Left
TopSep 2
BottomSep 1.5
Font
Size Larger
EndFont
End
Style Part*
Align Left
AlignPossible Left
TopSep 2
BottomSep 1.5
Font
Size Larger
EndFont
End
