Thanks very much! That solves the confusion.
Is it possible to eliminate and remove the "Default" page style from the
drop-down list and make "fancy" as the only available page style?
------- Original Message -------
On Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 at 1:22 AM, Paul A. Rubin <parubi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 6/13/22 19:18, tush via lyx-users wrote:
>
>> By the way, I just checked two other layout files that consist of only one
>> argument for PageStyle:
>>
>> aa.layout (Astronomy & Astrophysics) and amsart.layout (American
>> Mathematical Society (AMS) Article).
>>
>> The first should allow the user to use only page style "plain" and the
>> latter only "Headers".
>>
>> But opening a new file from the File->New.. menu and changing the new file's
>> document class into either of these, keeps the full general list of the
>> default article class just as it was before and doesn't make any effect to
>> the page-layout drop down list.
>>
>> ------- Original Message -------
>> On Monday, June 13th, 2022 at 11:43 PM, Paul A. Rubin
>> [<parubi...@gmail.com>](mailto:parubi...@gmail.com)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/13/22 18:03, tush via lyx-users wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am building my layout file and I want to better understand the effect of
>>>>
>>>> PageStyle empty|myheadings|...
>>>>
>>>> Inserting this line into my layout file does not make any apparent effect.
>>>>
>>>> Moreover, I looked at the content of `memoir.layout` and I see that there
>>>> are multiple page styles for this doc class:
>>>>
>>>> `PageStyle empty|plain|headings|myheadings|ruled|Ruled|companion`
>>>>
>>>> After loading this layout file, when I go to Document Settings->Page
>>>> Layout, I see in the drop-down the only the four regular ones:
>>>> Default,empty,plain,headings and fancy.
>>>>
>>>> I expected the drop down list to be updated according to the arguments
>>>> pass to `PageStyle`.
>>>>
>>>> Then what is the meaning of this class parameter?
>>>
>>> After setting the document class to memoir and before switching to the
>>> page style setting, did you click OK or Apply to apply the layout
>>> change? When I start a new document (article layout) and switch the
>>> layout to memoir, I get the full list of page style choices.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
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>
> Take a look at the memoir.layout file and also the Customization help file.
> Line 16 of the layout file reads "PageStyle Headings". As explained in
> section 5.3.5 of the customization manual, this is the default page style for
> the class. Now look at line 30 of the layout file: "PageStyle
> empty|plain|headings|myheadings|ruled|Ruled|companion". Note that it is in a
> section named "ClassOptions" (begins on line 28), which is explained in the
> customization manual in section 5.3.6.
>
> What you are seeing in amsart.layout, for instance, is the default page
> setting. There is no list of page styles in the class options section, so it
> presumably reverts to the LyX default.
>
> Paul
>
> PS: Please bottom-post for legibility.
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