On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> A template is a means, not an end. As soon as you finish tailoring the >> sketch of a document (using the class that you've chosen) to your >> likes, then you're good to go: start writing and filling it up with >> actual content. When you finish writing the document and you're ready >> to submit it, if you are happy with the looks of the final output and >> anticipate to create such documents later, _then_ you may consider >> carving out of it a template, put it into the LyX templates folder (or >> any other folder, for the matter), and re-use whenever the needs >> arise. > > I'd like to followup on this, even though the original thread is dated. I'm > wondering whether templates are even a possible solution for me. > > I compose in Scrivener, then compile to LatTeX and import into LyX. Within > the constraints of the APA and Chicago styles I know what I want documents to > look like. It's pretty barebones: > Do check that a LaTeX class following these guidelines exists. With a bit of luck, even a LyX layout file would be available.
Regards Liviu > title bold in a font only a little larger than text, sometimes centered, > sometimes at the left margin; headings bold at the left margin in a font the > same size as text; ability to switch between footnotes and footnotes at the > end/endnotes. > > Once I get a document formatted to my satisfaction I'd rather not have to go > through the process all over again with each new version or new paper. Other > than by doing a lot of cutting and pasting, I don't see how a template could > be used with documents imported from other applications and not originally > composed in LyX. > > Getting in a little over my head here, but my naive user's sense is a class > would be required. I imagine it's not so easy to create a new class, even > building on an existing class. I wonder if there is a class out there that > would already provide what I'm looking for. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." > > - Amos Oz > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
