Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
Dear Richard Find attached Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard image001.jpg ufthesis.layout Description: Binary data
Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Richard Find attached I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. rh Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
That is OK Thanks Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Richard Find attached I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. rh Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard image/jpegimage001.jpg
Re: Help with template
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net mailto:rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the title page properly. If you search for Please define in the cls file, you'll find the commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ Etc. The LyX way to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things like this will work: Style FullName LaTeXType command LaTeXName SetFullName LabelType static LabelString Full Name: LabelSep x Margin First_Dynamic InTitle 1 Category FrontMatter End Style ThesisType CopyStyle FullName LaTeXName SetThesisType LabelString ThesisType: End and so forth for the other commands you need. Richard
Re: Help with template
Thanks Richard. Its coming out properly. I appreciate your help Great weekend Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.netwrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the title page properly. If you search for Please define in the cls file, you'll find the commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ Etc. The LyX way to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things like this will work: Style FullName LaTeXType command LaTeXName SetFullName LabelType static LabelString Full Name: LabelSep x Margin First_Dynamic InTitle 1 Category FrontMatter End Style ThesisType CopyStyle FullName LaTeXName SetThesisType LabelString ThesisType: End and so forth for the other commands you need. Richard image001.jpg
Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
Dear Richard Find attached Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard image001.jpg ufthesis.layout Description: Binary data
Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Richard Find attached I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. rh Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
That is OK Thanks Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Richard Find attached I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. rh Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard image/jpegimage001.jpg
Re: Help with template
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net mailto:rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the title page properly. If you search for Please define in the cls file, you'll find the commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ Etc. The LyX way to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things like this will work: Style FullName LaTeXType command LaTeXName SetFullName LabelType static LabelString Full Name: LabelSep x Margin First_Dynamic InTitle 1 Category FrontMatter End Style ThesisType CopyStyle FullName LaTeXName SetThesisType LabelString ThesisType: End and so forth for the other commands you need. Richard
Re: Help with template
Thanks Richard. Its coming out properly. I appreciate your help Great weekend Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.net wrote: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@comcast.netwrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the title page properly. If you search for Please define in the cls file, you'll find the commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ Etc. The LyX way to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things like this will work: Style FullName LaTeXType command LaTeXName SetFullName LabelType static LabelString Full Name: LabelSep x Margin First_Dynamic InTitle 1 Category FrontMatter End Style ThesisType CopyStyle FullName LaTeXName SetThesisType LabelString ThesisType: End and so forth for the other commands you need. Richard image001.jpg
Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
Dear Richard Find attached Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate & Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heckwrote: > On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: > > Dear Lyx Users > > I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our > University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a > short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and > insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I > add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the > thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See > attachment (with-text-above-toc). > > This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach > that? > > Richard > > <> ufthesis.layout Description: Binary data
Re: Help with template
On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Richard Find attached I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. rh Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate & Managing Editor Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heckwrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach that? Richard
Re: Help with template
That is OK Thanks Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate & Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Richard Heckwrote: > On 05/04/2012 04:25 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: > > Dear Richard > > Find attached > >I can figure this out, but it will take a bit. > > rh > > >Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate & Managing Editor > [image: Description: Description: > http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] > Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google > 352.575.0160 > Skype shylockmuyengwa > P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. > > > > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck wrote: > >> On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: >> >> Dear Lyx Users >> >> I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our >> University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a >> short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and >> insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I >> add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the >> thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See >> attachment (with-text-above-toc). >> >> This is probably an issue with the layout file. Can you also attach >> that? >> >> Richard >> >> > > <><>
Re: Help with template
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck> wrote: On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: Dear Lyx Users I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See attachment (with-text-above-toc). What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the title page properly. If you search for "Please define" in the cls file, you'll find the commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ Etc. The "LyX way" to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things like this will work: Style FullName LaTeXType command LaTeXName SetFullName LabelType static LabelString "Full Name:" LabelSep x Margin First_Dynamic InTitle 1 Category FrontMatter End Style ThesisType CopyStyle FullName LaTeXName SetThesisType LabelString "ThesisType:" End and so forth for the other commands you need. Richard
Re: Help with template
Thanks Richard. Its coming out properly. I appreciate your help Great weekend Shylock Muyengwa | PhD Candidate & Managing Editor [image: Description: Description: http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXAkOYtgovks1LZfC8VrfKeHNxFQKmzf7__-TvJlTLMhjPNR3I] Office 352.273.4751| Fax 352.392.2435|Home352.846.5459| Google 352.575.0160 Skype shylockmuyengwa P Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary. On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Richard Heckwrote: > > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Richard Heck wrote: >> >>> On 05/04/2012 03:38 PM, Shylock Muyengwa wrote: >>> >>> Dear Lyx Users >>> >>> I created a thesis template using a .cls file provided by our >>> University. I managed to add the new document class to Lyx. I typed up a >>> short example to illustrate the problem I am facing. If I type text and >>> insert a TOC, the TOC displays information appropriately. However, when I >>> add text above the above the TOC, it then displays the first page of the >>> thesis and the abstract (but asks me to define name, title, date)- See >>> attachment (with-text-above-toc). >>> >>> What's going on is this. If there's nothing before the TOC, > then \maketitle is not issued, so LaTeX does not try to produce a > titlepage. If there is, then it does, and then you see the errors you do, > because you haven't defined certain of the things you need to print the > title page properly. > > If you search for "Please define" in the cls file, you'll find the > commands you need. You can put these in the preamble, e.g.: > \SetFullName{Shylock Muyengwa} > \SetThesisType{Dissertation}{ > Etc. > > The "LyX way" to do it would be to add these to the layout file. Things > like this will work: > > Style FullName > LaTeXType command > LaTeXName SetFullName > LabelType static > LabelString "Full Name:" > LabelSep x > Margin First_Dynamic > InTitle 1 > Category FrontMatter > End > > Style ThesisType > CopyStyle FullName > LaTeXName SetThesisType > LabelString "ThesisType:" > End > > and so forth for the other commands you need. > > Richard > > <>