Re: Layout file for ASME conference paper
On 01/12/2010 08:59 PM, Zack Norwood wrote: Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Yes. There must be a layout file for any class file you want to use. Otherwise, LyX knows nothing about it. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. More difficult, yes. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html I had a quick look at this, and it seems to me that this is more or less a version of article.cls. So you might start by pretending that it does extend article.cls---copy article.layout, etc---and work from there. There will likely be some environments or commands you will want to add, but perhaps not many. The attempt to import with the new layout will tell you: You'll get unrecognized commands. rh
Re: Layout file for ASME conference paper
On 01/12/2010 08:59 PM, Zack Norwood wrote: Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Yes. There must be a layout file for any class file you want to use. Otherwise, LyX knows nothing about it. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. More difficult, yes. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html I had a quick look at this, and it seems to me that this is more or less a version of article.cls. So you might start by pretending that it does extend article.cls---copy article.layout, etc---and work from there. There will likely be some environments or commands you will want to add, but perhaps not many. The attempt to import with the new layout will tell you: You'll get unrecognized commands. rh
Re: Layout file for ASME conference paper
On 01/12/2010 08:59 PM, Zack Norwood wrote: Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Yes. There must be a layout file for any class file you want to use. Otherwise, LyX knows nothing about it. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. More difficult, yes. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html I had a quick look at this, and it seems to me that this is more or less a version of article.cls. So you might start by pretending that it does extend article.cls---copy article.layout, etc---and work from there. There will likely be some environments or commands you will want to add, but perhaps not many. The attempt to import with the new layout will tell you: You'll get unrecognized commands. rh
Layout file for ASME conference paper
Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html thank you very much for any potential advice you could give, Zack Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory University of California at Berkeley
Layout file for ASME conference paper
Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html thank you very much for any potential advice you could give, Zack Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory University of California at Berkeley
Layout file for ASME conference paper
Hello Lyx users. I'd like to format a paper I wrote in Lyx for an ASME conference publication. The ASME provides a latex template, so I'm trying to use that template file in Lyx using Mac OSX 10.5 and Lyx version 1.6.5 with TexLive2009. So far I have copied the provided asme2e.bib, asme2e.cls, and asme2e.bst files to Library/texmf/tex/latex/asme in my local users home directory. I then ran a texhash from the admin account to include the latex file. So, my question is, it appears Lyx now requires a layout file. Unfortunately, I have no experience writing these, and the asme2e.cls file doesn't appear to have a base class, which makes this process difficult from what I can tell reading part 5 of the Lyx Customization manual. So, does anyone have an existing asme2e.layout file or can you point me to someone that does...or am I misunderstanding the apparent difficulty of writing a layout file from scratch? The relevant files for the template can be found here: http://iel.ucdavis.edu/code/ASME/conf-1.7b.html thank you very much for any potential advice you could give, Zack Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory University of California at Berkeley
