On 05/20/2010 03:58 PM, [Ricardo Rodriguez] eBioTIC. wrote:
Hi all,
New to this incredible edition framework, please, forgive me if I am
missing something obvious.
One the most difficult decisions I'm facing while starting to work
with LyX is to chose what Document class I must use for a given work.
It seems to me really hard do decide between the multiple options
without having an in depth knowledge of the whole LyX ecosystem.
So, please, could you advice me on what Document class I must use to
edit a problems book?
This decision is not as momentous as you might think. It's generally
pretty easy to change from one class to another, within reason, e.g.,
from one book class to another. Going from book to article is a bit more
of a challenge, because you lose chapters and so have to choose new
layouts for them. But that's about it.
So: Do you need Chapters? If so, start with Book; if not, start with
Article. If you want to know about the difference between the various
book classes, then you can look at the koma-script docs (scrguien.pdf)
for those, at the memoir docs, etc. All of these have lots of
flexibility, but you may or may not need it.
It will accompany a Quantitative Genetics essay. It will include text
paragraphs presenting the problems by themselves, each of them
composed of several parts. After each part, some text paragraphs
explaining the theoretical basis of the proposed solution will appear
followed by the solution by itself that will include numbered
mathematical formulas (they will be cross-referenced in the text) and
some more text explaining the reasoning.
What I definitely WILL suggest is that you spend a bit of time creating
character styles, or paragraph layouts, for these different sorts of
things (Problem, Basis, Solution). This will allow you to apply a
consistent format across your book. It will take work to get it
right---you'll want to study chapter 5 of the customization manual, and
you'll need to learn a little LaTeX (or else just ask questions)---but
you do not have to do this work now and can mess with it over time. I'm
attaching a trivial module that does nothing but define those three
layouts, give them pretty labels, and make them do nothing special. Use
them now; define their behavior later.
Richard
#\DeclareLyXModule{Problem Book}
#DescriptionBegin
#Trivial starting layouts for a problem book
#DescriptionEnd
Format 11
Style Problem
CopyStyle Standard
# LatexType Environment
# LatexName problem
LabelType Static
LabelString "Problem"
LabelSep "MM"
End
Style Basis
CopyStyle Standard
# LatexType Environment
# LatexName basis
LabelType Static
LabelString "Theoretical Basis"
LabelSep "MM"
End
Style Solution
CopyStyle Standard
# LatexType Environment
# LatexName solution
LabelType Static
LabelString "Solution"
LabelSep "MM"
End
