Liviu Andronic wrote:
Hello,
On 9/22/07, Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Users can load whatever modules they want.
Do I understand correctly that in 1.6 it will be possible to use
virtually any latex class with minimal fuss concerning the layout? I,
for example, have found a good few letter and cv classes on CTAN, but
never yet managed to try them because of the necessity to customize
the layout file.
No, it's not that good. The change just makes layouts more modular than
they used to be.
Layout editing takes some getting used to, but it's really not that
hard, once you get the feel. And it will be a little easier in 1.6,
since you'll be able to reload layouts on the fly rather than having to
restart LyX.
With letter classes, it might be pretty trivial. Most of them define the
same things; they just lay them out differently. So then the only thing
you'd need to do is change the first line, e.g., from
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{letter}
to:
# \DeclareLaTeXClass{newletter}
if newletter.cls is your new class. If the letter does define some new
environment you want to use, then you just add that.
Of course, what we could really use is some sort of UI for layout
editing. I've thought about writing that, but my time is limited, and
I've got other things on my plate, like BibLaTeX support.
Richard
Regards,
Liviu
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