On Dec 6, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Richard Heck wrote: > > On 12/06/2011 09:43 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> >> 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. > > Classes can be difficult or trivial, and if all you need is what you've > said, then it may be pretty trivial. Let's say you're otherwise happy > with the article class. Then the simplest thing to do is copy it over to > ericscls.cls and make the handful of changes you need to have it the way > you want it. Done. For the LyX layout, copy article.layout over to > ericscls.layout.
Thanks for this, too, Richard. Glad to hear it may not be so difficult after all. A little unclear about the reference to classes and layouts here. Is it, as Geunter suggested, that customizing a layout is another option, or do classes need layouts? Thanks again, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected]
