On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:17:08 -0400
Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote:
> On 08/14/2013 10:16 PM, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My Layout file, derived from the Book doc class, has the following
> > code:
> >
> > ========================================
> > \ifx\stevelitt\undefined \else
> > \renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\MakeUppercase{\slshape\chaptername{}
> > \thechapter: #1}}{}}
> > %\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\MakeUppercase{\slshape\thesection
> > :
> > #1}}} \renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{Steve Stiffler}}
> >
> > \fancyhf{}
> > \fancyhf[OLH]{\rightmark}
> > \fancyhf[ERH]{\leftmark}
> > \fancyhf[ORH,ELH]{\thepage}
> >
> > \fi
> > ========================================
> >
> > Ideally, what I'd like to do is set (or not set) command \stevelitt
> > in the LyX Document Preamble, but that doesn't work --- define it
> > or not, the layout code acts as if it's not defined. I suspect the
> > reason is that LyX places the code from the layout file earlier in
> > the resultant LaTeX file than the LyX document preamble, so
> > \stevelitt is always undefined *when the conditionally compiled
> > code is encountered*.
>
> Yes, that is correct.
>
> Try wrapping the conditional code in \AtBeginDocument to defer its
> execution.
Thanks Richard,
That would be incredibly cool if it works. Meanwhile, I already
implemented a different solution, which I'll describe in a different
email.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
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