On 11/17/2011 03:22 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2011-11-16, Richard Heck wrote: >> On 11/16/2011 02:59 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: >>> However, does it make sense to include so many templates that are missing >>> some external files? Majority of templates that i had tried to open said >>> "The selected document class requires external files that are not >>> available". >> The external files required are LaTeX document classes, packages, etc. >> There are bazillions of these, for various different purposes. It's not >> expected that you would have them all installed, though you can easily >> enough install the ones you need. > IMV, it would help a lot if LyX could filter the templates that do not > work with the current installation. We do this for document classes, so > the vast part of the required logic is already available. > > First, I don't think this is possible, at least not without major surgery. The templates are simply opened from a file dialog.
But the more important point is that the templates DO "work with the current installation". You can't compile them, but you can use them in LyX, experiment with them, etc. (The full dialog does actually explain this.) That is why "Unavailable" document classes are still, um, available. As Helge sometimes points out, this is important. You can install LyX without LaTeX if you like (say, on a netbook with a 4GB SSD), and it will work just fine for editing. Richard
