On 22.07.08, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
> In a different thread, Gunter Milde penned these words:
> > You need to clone both, LyX layout::
> >
> > Style Questions
> > CopyStyle Enumeration
> >
> That is THE most powerful LyX idiom I've ever seen.
> When I have time I'll check whether I can actually change appearances
> in LyX like this:
> Style MyNewStyle
> CopyStyle Standard
> LeftMargin MMM
> RightMargin MMM
> Font
> Size Larger
> EndFont
> End
> If that's possible, then within LyX I can see at a glance that my new
> style is custom, and that I later have to develop the LaTeX to complete
> it.
I'd use a different colour (or sans-serif fonts), but this is a matter of
taste. Maybe a label (like
Label myStyle
) would be an idea as well, but might be too distracting in the text.
BTW, you can leave out
> CopyStyle Standard
if you want to clone Standard, as Standard is what a new style copies by
default.
> So Gunter -- thanks SO much for that idiom. It makes LyX a much more
> useful tool.
You are welcome. However, I just found this idiom in the sources (and the
Customization guide -- always read the docs). My and your thanks should
go to the one who actually implemented the CopyStyle keyword!
One more useful idiom:
Style MyTemplate
Label myStyle
LabelFont
Series Medium
Shape Italic
Size Small
Color blue
EndFont
# ... more definitions
End
Style MyEnv
CopyStyle MyTemplate
# changes
End
# more private styles ...
# Remove auxiliary style
NoStyle MyTemplate
See my dinbrief.layout version on the lyx wiki as an example.
Günter
