On 12/28/2009 02:38 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Monday 28 December 2009 13:50:39 rgheck wrote:
On 12/28/2009 11:02 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Monday 28 December 2009 06:18:25 Pieter Claassen wrote:
I am trying to build a custom style/minipage environment for
comments/warnings/tips. However, many other collaborators in the
documentation project are not Lyx/Latex boffins so I cannot really ask
them to install custom extensions to Lyx/Latex.
Currently I use a Box with a minipage environment, but this has to be
customised based on whether it is a tip/warning or note that I am
producing.
What is the easiest way to achieve this?
Thanks,
Pieter
Hi Pieter,
I've done it numerous ways. The best way I did it was to create a basic
LaTeX command called "callouttitleL" converted to LyX command
CalloutTitle and LaTeX environment callouttextL converted to LyX
environment CalloutText. Using these, you can have a text with an
arbitrary title. Three such arbitrary titles are "Note", "Tip" and
"Warning". I created custom LaTeX and LyX environments for those special
cases.
Here's the code:
You can put the preamble code into the layout, and then you only have to
deal with one file: the module.
Hi Richard,
I'm not sure what you mean. The only file I deal with is my layout file.
You have to paste the LaTeX separately into the LyX file.
If you mean putting a Preamble/EndPreamble pair inside a LyX environment, I
never do that because it can fail at the worst possible time. I documented
that a year or two ago on the lyx-users list. I always keep my LaTeX defs and
my LyX defs completely separate, with only the LatexName from the LyX def
linking them.
I'd be interested to know how this fails, when it does. The only issue
we tend to see like this concerns conflicts between user-defined stuff
and LyX-inserted stuff. The preamble stuff itself just gets output
verbatim whenever the relevant style is used, so I think it is fairly
foolproof. Indeed, the only difference between putting it into the
document preamble and putting into the layout is exactly when it gets
output---and the fact that preamble material associated with a given
style is output only if that style is used. There are some tricks here
regarding styles that depend on other styles. See the attached.
I have to learn how to use modules before my next book. Layouts have been
working well for me, but I understand modules are even better.
I'm attaching a module based on what you posted. As you will see,
there's nothing to it. It's just a layout file, except for the header
information. Put it in ~/.lyx/layouts/, reconfigure, and then look under
Document>Settings>Modules. Select it and there you go.
Richard
#\DeclareLyXModule{Callout}
#DescriptionBegin
#Adds styles for various sorts of minipages, for titles, warnings, etc.
#DescriptionEnd
#Author: Steve Litt
Format 11
Style CalloutTitle
Font
Series Bold
Size Larger
EndFont
LatexName callouttitleL
LatexType Command
Align Center
Preamble
\newcommand{\callouttitleL}[1]{\def\callouttitleT{#1}}
EndPreamble
End
Style CalloutText
LatexType Environment
LatexName callouttextL
LeftMargin MMMMMM
RightMargin MMMMMM
ParIndent MMM
TopSep 1.4
ItemSep 0.7
ParSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Align Block
AlignPossible Block
Font
Series Medium
Size Normal
Shape Italic
EndFont
DependsOn CalloutTitle
Preamble
\newenvironment{callouttextL}
{%
~\\[-0.25in]%
\setlength\fboxsep{4pt}%
\definecolor{shadecolor}{rgb}{1.00,0.90,0.90}%
\begin{shaded}%
\addtolength{\hsize}{-0.20\columnwidth}%
{\centering\Large\callouttitleT\\[0.2cm]}%
\raggedright%
\setlength\parindent{16pt}%
}%
{%
\end{shaded}%
\par
}%
EndPreamble
End
Style Warning
LatexType Environment
LatexName warningL
LeftMargin MMMMMM
RightMargin MMMMMM
ParIndent MMM
TopSep 1.4
ItemSep 0.7
ParSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Align Block
AlignPossible Block
LabelType Centered_Top_Environment
LabelString "Warning"
Font
Series Medium
Size Normal
Shape Italic
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{warningL}{\callouttitleL{Warning}\begin{callouttextL}}
{\end{callouttextL}}
EndPreamble
DependsOn CalloutText
End
Style Tip
LatexType Environment
LatexName tipL
LeftMargin MMMMMM
RightMargin MMMMMM
ParIndent MMM
TopSep 1.4
ItemSep 0.7
ParSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Align Block
AlignPossible Block
LabelType Centered_Top_Environment
LabelString "Tip"
Font
Series Medium
Size Normal
Shape Italic
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{tipL}{\callouttitleL{Tip}\begin{callouttextL}}
{\end{callouttextL}}
EndPreamble
DependsOn CalloutText
End
Style Note
LatexType Environment
LatexName noteL
LeftMargin MMMMMM
RightMargin MMMMMM
ParIndent MMM
TopSep 1.4
ItemSep 0.7
ParSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Align Block
AlignPossible Block
LabelType Centered_Top_Environment
LabelString "Note"
Font
Series Medium
Size Normal
Shape Italic
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{noteL}{\callouttitleL{Note}\begin{callouttextL}}
{\end{callouttextL}}
EndPreamble
DependsOn CalloutText
End
