Re: available templates and their names
2011/11/15 Liviu Andronic : > 2011/11/15 Richard Heck : >> There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it >> would give basic guidance to newcomers. That said, the Tutorial is >> > The LyX Essentials [1] is one such example. It is indeed helpful - in what it's written in it, and as an actual LyX example as well. Thanks! > You will also find a > template-like file (originally prepared for a thesis, but which you > could customize) based on 'article'. Yes, i've partly succeeded with that. thanks, Janek
converting from doc (doc import) - html and LaTeX approach failed
Hi, i'm trying to import a doc file, written in Polish. I'm running Windows 7 and using LibreOffice 3.4.4. I've read the wiki page about importing doc and tried writer2latex, but the result doesn't compile, giving some strange warning about overwritten command that i was unable to solve (sometimes LyX doesn't even import the .tex file), and the LaTeX source is unreadable. Robert Oakes' solution is for Linux only, as i understand. I've also searched mailining list archives and read about importing via html, but it didn't work too (LyX said "An error occurred while running: java -jar htmltolatex.jar -input "testingfile.html" -output "testingfile.tex" while trying to import html file). Other than that i didn't see anything in the archives that wasn't 5 or more years old (and thus clearly outdated). Is there anything else that i should check? :( regards, Janek Warchoł
Re: available templates and their names
2011/11/15 Richard Heck > > On 11/15/2011 07:37 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote: > > i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from > > Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the > > names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). > > Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? > > Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something > > more intuitive? > > > The templates correspond, mostly, to certain document classes. So > elsarticle.lyx is a template for documents based upon the elsarticle.cls > class, which is used by some Elsevier journals. ok... 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 idea of having more > descriptive names isn't bad, but then they'd presumably be in English, > which isn't good for everyone. Whether we like it or not, we have to accept that English is the common international language. I don't have a problem with that as long as national languages' features work (like diacritics, for example). > There isn't an article template, though perhaps there should be, as it > would give basic guidance to newcomers. Should i send a suggestion to the developers mailing list? > That said, the Tutorial is > supposed to serve this kind of purpose, and most people have found, I > think, that it does so pretty well. So I'd suggest starting there. Yes, i'm reading that too. Thanks for your answer, Janek
available templates and their names
Hi, i'm new to LyX (i have a bit of experience with LaTeX though) - i'd like to help my friend to migrate her work from Word (bleh) to LaTeX world, and i thought that LyX might be a good way. I wanted to check if LyX suits us by compiling some LyX samples and modifying them, so i opened some LyX templates (File -> New from Template). To my great disappointment, i don't have any idea what the names of most of them mean (what is ijmpc, for example?). Moreover, in most cases LyX says "The selected document class requires external files that are not available". I've only succeeded with "letter" (which is quite straightforward) and "thesis" (partly). Am i missing something big? Is there any simple article template? Would it be good to suggest changing templates' names to something more intuitive? thanks in advance, Janek Warchoł (from Poland)
