sciposter latex for A0 posters in LyX
I struggled with the a0poster latex packages and the .layout files that people so kindly posted here, but I found them very hard to work with. I looked for other options and found the sciposter package, together with sectionbox, multicol and wallpaper latex packages. I found these much easier to work with, to get a decent A0 landscape poster with 5 columns and nice boxes of white text and graphics on top of a colourful background. I used the a0poster layout to start with, and added various preambles, and I managed to get my references typed in a box in APA format too. Could I recommend that a proper layout be added to lyx for this? My knowledge of .layout files is very limited. Mateo. On Friday 16 November 2007 12:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > create a poster. > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should > I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background > decorations or watermarks? > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could > share? > > Thanks. > > Mateo.
Re: A0 posters in LyX
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# \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*
MaxCounter Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3
# Header (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
LatexType Environment
KeepEmpty 1
NextNoIndent 1
LabelType Top_Environment
LabelFont
# FamilySans
Color latex
Sizesmall
EndFont
LatexName header
LabelString " Header
"
End
# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
CopyStyle Header
LatexName pbox
LabelString "_ Box
_"
End
# Environment Separator
Style Separator
CopyStyle Header
Marginfirst_dynamic
LabelType static
LatexType Paragraph
LabelString "_ end
_"
End
# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
LatexType Command
LatexName begin
NextNoIndent 1
PassThru 1
MarginFirst_Dynamic
LabelType Static
LabelString "begin: "
Font
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color latex
EndFont
End
# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end
LabelString "end: "
End
Style NewColumn
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
LabelString "new column"
End
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On 19.11.07, Robert Orr wrote:
> Thank you...
> It might not be obvious to everyone.
> I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
> to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
> perfectly.
> > LabelString " Header
> > "
> > End
...
Seems like these long lines got wrapped by your mail program.
I learned, why my example does not work any more:
To use the new environments, you need to put the files
``a0poster-kh.tex`` und ``rgbtxt.tex`` from
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/theo3/Comp/hp750c/computing_hp750c_A0.de.shtml
in a place where latex will find them and include the line::
\input{a0poster-kh}
in the Document (as ERT).
Guenter
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On Monday 19 November 2007 23:22, Robert Orr wrote:
> Thank you...
>
> It might not be obvious to everyone.
I missed something. I have been trying to use the a0poster.layout and cannot
get anything to work. What do you fix? Could you attach your working
a0poster.layout?
>
> I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
> to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
> perfectly.
>
> > LabelString " Header
> > "
> > End
> > LabelString "_ Box
> > _"
> >
> > LabelString "_ end
> > _"
> >
> > # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> > with BeginEnvironment!!!
>
> --- "G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I've found several references through Google
> >
> > search on how to create an
> >
> > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
> >
> > what LyX tools to use to
> >
> > > create a poster.
> > >
> > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
> >
> > graphics and tables, or, should I
> >
> > > use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
> >
> > about background decorations
> >
> > > or watermarks?
> > >
> > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
> >
> > article layout and use a
> >
> > > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> > >
> > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
> >
> > with LyX that they could
> >
> > > share?
> >
> > I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
> > documented in
> > a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
> > with a home-made LyX style
> > (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
> >
> > I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
> > LyX) on the net and
> > adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
> > longer work, however since
> > I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
> > are no longer there or
> > changed a bit.)
> >
> >
> > Guenter
> >
> > > #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
> >
> > on this
> > # \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
> > # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
> > #
> > # Author : Guenter Milde
> > #
> > # Input general definitions
> > Input stdclass.inc
> >
> > # There are no chapters in a poster.
> > NoStyle Chapter
> > NoStyle Chapter*
> > # Nor are there parts
> > NoStyle Part
> > NoStyle Part*
> >
> > MaxCounter Counter_Section
> > SecNumDepth 3
> > TocDepth3
> >
> > # Header (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
> > Style Header
> > LatexType Environment
> > KeepEmpty 1
> > NextNoIndent 1
> > LabelType Top_Environment
> > LabelFont
> > # FamilySans
> > Color latex
> > Sizesmall
> > EndFont
> > LatexName header
> > LabelString " Header
> > "
> > End
> >
> > # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
> > Style PosterBox
> > CopyStyle Header
> > LatexName pbox
> > LabelString "_ Box
> > _"
> > End
> >
> >
> > # Environment Separator
> > Style Separator
> > CopyStyle Header
> > Marginfirst_dynamic
> > LabelType static
> > LatexType Paragraph
> > LabelString "_ end
> > _"
> > End
> >
> > # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
> > EndEnvironment!!!
> > # Begin an environment
> > Style BeginEnvironment
> > LatexType Command
> > LatexName begin
> > NextNoIndent 1
> > PassThru 1
> > MarginFirst_Dynamic
> > LabelType Static
> > LabelString "begin: "
> > Font
> > # FamilySans
> > Sizesmall
> > Color latex
> > EndFont
> > End
> >
> > # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> > with BeginEnvironment!!!
> > # End an environment
> > Style EndEnvironment
> > CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> > LatexName end
> > LabelString "end: "
> > End
> >
> > Style NewColumn
> > CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> > LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
> > LabelString "new column"
> > End
>
>
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Re: A0 posters in LyX
Thank you...
It might not be obvious to everyone.
I used the a0poster.layout that was attached but I had
to fix a couple of "end of lines", then it worked
perfectly.
> LabelString " Header
> "
> End
> LabelString "_ Box
> _"
>
> LabelString "_ end
> _"
>
> # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> with BeginEnvironment!!!
--- "G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I've found several references through Google
> search on how to create an
> > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on
> what LyX tools to use to
> > create a poster.
>
> > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for
> graphics and tables, or, should I
> > use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What
> about background decorations
> > or watermarks?
>
> > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA
> article layout and use a
> > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
>
> > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced
> with LyX that they could
> > share?
>
> I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive,
> documented in
> a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether
> with a home-made LyX style
> (a0poster.layout, see attachment).
>
> I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without
> LyX) on the net and
> adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not
> longer work, however since
> I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages
> are no longer there or
> changed a bit.)
>
>
> Guenter
> > #% Do not delete the line below; configure depends
> on this
> # \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
> # Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
> #
> # Author : Guenter Milde
> #
> # Input general definitions
> Input stdclass.inc
>
> # There are no chapters in a poster.
> NoStyle Chapter
> NoStyle Chapter*
> # Nor are there parts
> NoStyle Part
> NoStyle Part*
>
> MaxCounterCounter_Section
> SecNumDepth 3
> TocDepth 3
>
> # Header (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
> Style Header
> LatexType Environment
> KeepEmpty 1
> NextNoIndent1
> LabelType Top_Environment
> LabelFont
> # Family Sans
> Color latex
> Size small
> EndFont
> LatexName header
> LabelString " Header
> "
> End
>
> # Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
> Style PosterBox
> CopyStyle Header
> LatexName pbox
> LabelString "_ Box
> _"
> End
>
>
> # Environment Separator
> Style Separator
> CopyStyle Header
> Margin first_dynamic
> LabelType static
> LatexType Paragraph
> LabelString "_ end
> _"
> End
>
> # !!!Attention: Must be closed with
> EndEnvironment!!!
> # Begin an environment
> Style BeginEnvironment
> LatexType Command
> LatexName begin
> NextNoIndent1
> PassThru1
> Margin First_Dynamic
> LabelType Static
> LabelString "begin: "
> Font
> # Family Sans
> Size small
> Color latex
> EndFont
> End
>
> # !!! Attention: Use only for environments started
> with BeginEnvironment!!!
> # End an environment
> Style EndEnvironment
> CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> LatexName end
> LabelString "end: "
> End
>
> Style NewColumn
> CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
> LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
> LabelString "new column"
> End
>
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Re: A0 posters in LyX
On Monday 19 November 2007 08:21, G. Milde wrote: > On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > > create a poster. > > > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, > > should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about > > background decorations or watermarks? > > > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use > > a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? > > > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they > > could share? > > I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in > a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX > style (a0poster.layout, see attachment). Thanks, this is what I am looking for. I'll try it out. > > I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and > adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however > since I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer > there or changed a bit.) > > > Guenter
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On 16.11.07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've found several references through Google search on how to create an
> a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to
> create a poster.
> Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I
> use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations
> or watermarks?
> Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a
> tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it?
> Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could
> share?
I use the a0poster.cls LaTeX class, part of texlive, documented in
a0.pdf (German) or a0_eng.pdf (English) toghether with a home-made LyX style
(a0poster.layout, see attachment).
I found some examples of a0poster.cls use (without LyX) on the net and
adapted it with use for LyX. (The result does not longer work, however since
I switched from tetex to texlive and some packages are no longer there or
changed a bit.)
Guenter
#% Do not delete the line below; configure depends on this
# \DeclareLaTeXClass[a0poster]{A0 Poster}
# Wrapper layout for the a0poster.cls poster class
#
# Author : Guenter Milde
#
# Input general definitions
Input stdclass.inc
# There are no chapters in a poster.
NoStyle Chapter
NoStyle Chapter*
# Nor are there parts
NoStyle Part
NoStyle Part*
MaxCounter Counter_Section
SecNumDepth 3
TocDepth3
# Header (framed box, 0.9 * \textwidth)
Style Header
LatexType Environment
KeepEmpty 1
NextNoIndent 1
LabelType Top_Environment
LabelFont
# FamilySans
Color latex
Sizesmall
EndFont
LatexName header
LabelString " Header
"
End
# Poster box (framed box, 0.96 * \linewidth)
Style PosterBox
CopyStyle Header
LatexName pbox
LabelString "_ Box
_"
End
# Environment Separator
Style Separator
CopyStyle Header
Marginfirst_dynamic
LabelType static
LatexType Paragraph
LabelString "_ end
_"
End
# !!!Attention: Must be closed with EndEnvironment!!!
# Begin an environment
Style BeginEnvironment
LatexType Command
LatexName begin
NextNoIndent 1
PassThru 1
MarginFirst_Dynamic
LabelType Static
LabelString "begin: "
Font
# FamilySans
Sizesmall
Color latex
EndFont
End
# !!! Attention: Use only for environments started with BeginEnvironment!!!
# End an environment
Style EndEnvironment
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName end
LabelString "end: "
End
Style NewColumn
CopyStyle BeginEnvironment
LatexName "end{pcolumn} \begin{pcolumn}"
LabelString "new column"
End
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On Friday 16 November 2007 14:10, Les Denham wrote: > On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > > create a poster. > > > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, > > should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about > > background decorations or watermarks? > > > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use > > a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? > > > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they > > could share? > > Mateo, > > Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching > the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus. But the best > solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster. The more > complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it > becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX). I have created my graphics with Inkscape. By what I see, it might make sense to continue using Inkscape for the full poster. I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the beamer/LyX combination gives you-- together with my references properly formatted with bibtex. Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a screen layout. > > No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating > the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the > plotting stage. That way you don't put things in that are too small to be > viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed. My posters are plotted > using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster > is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it. Many > other printer and plotter drivers can do the same. > > If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- > but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right.
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've found several references through Google search on how to create an > a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to > create a poster. > > Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should > I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background > decorations or watermarks? > > Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a > tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? > > Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could > share? Mateo, Last time I had a poster paper to present I spent quite a while researching the possibilities using LyX, and ended up using Scribus. But the best solution depends on exactly what you want to put on the poster. The more complicated it gets, and the more graphics you want to use, the harder it becomes to use LyX (or LaTeX). No matter what software you use, there is a lot to be said for generating the poster at a manageable size such as A4, then enlarging it at the plotting stage. That way you don't put things in that are too small to be viewed properly on the poster when it is displayed. My posters are plotted using SDI plotting software which allows any desired scaling as the poster is sent to the plotter, so no specific tool is needed to enlarge it. Many other printer and plotter drivers can do the same. If I did use LyX, I would most likely use minipages to control layout -- but even with them, it's hard to get things looking right. -- Les ~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
Re: A0 posters in LyX
On Friday 16 November 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wanted to have the facility of generating a clean design -- like what the > beamer/LyX combination gives you-- together with my references properly > formatted with bibtex. > > Could I get a beamer presentation onto one A4 landscape page? The trouble I > see is with the font sizes, as beamer makes everything quite large for a > screen layout. I haven't used beamer, but I do use powerdot -- a similar class -- on a regular basis, and I can see the problem with fonts. If you have a relatively large amount of text, and relatively few figures (even if they are fairly large) you might get good results with a very straightforward approach using article class and the multicol package to put perhaps three columns onto a single landscape page. With this method I'd put the figures and tables in floats and let LaTeX figure out where to put them -- but I'd also expect to waste a lot of time juggling margins, font sizes and spacing to fill the page without overflowing it. -- Les ~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
A0 posters in LyX
I've found several references through Google search on how to create an a0poster.layout, but I haven't found any tips on what LyX tools to use to create a poster. Should I use minipages and fixed floats for graphics and tables, or, should I use columns? Any special handling of fonts? What about background decorations or watermarks? Or, should I design a one-page (A4) landscape APA article layout and use a tool like psa4toa0.sh to enlarge it? Anyone have an example a0poster that they produced with LyX that they could share? Thanks. Mateo.
