Hi all, So I svn'ed LyX 2, built it, and ran it. So far so good except outlines. I ran it against one of my existing books and its associated layout file and seealso.inc, and it worked.
One fascinating thing is for the first time in my history with LyX, I got it to recognize a layout file first crack out of the box. All I had to do was put the correctly named .layout in the same directory as the document, and bang, it worked. I know 1.6.x was *advertised* to work that way, but it didn't. Later I'll do some experiments to see if 2.0.x really works that way every time, or whether I just got lucky the first time with 2.0.x. In the past I've found layout recognition to be a hit or miss intermittent. In August I put in a request for a couple improvements to LyX outline mode that would stratospherically launch productivity. See it here: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org/msg154181.html http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6174 The enhancement described, or even something close, would enable authors to construct from scratch outlines within LyX, enhancing the organization and value of their documents. It would also limit mistakes as the author flips between outline view and document view. I see right now it's owned by "nobody", and it would be wonderful if it could be addressed. If the enhancement as I described it is too difficult to code in time for release, I can work with the developer to simplify the enhancement while still retaining its value. Anyway, my next step will be to observe and document how all the features added since 1.5.x work. 1.6.x had a lot of different inserts. 1.6 has layout modules, which I haven't explored yet. I hear 2.0 allows you to shut off spellcheck in certain styles, which probably means there's LOTS of customization that can be done at the style level. Anyway, thanks for the great software. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
