> > A thesis is basically a book. But even this statement is not always correct. > There are different types of theses: for Bachelor, Master, Diploma, Ph.D., > ...
Books usually a bit fancy, chapter headings a bit fancy, not too formal. For LaTeX expert might not be a problem to customize everything. But are LyX users all LaTeX users? Some perhaps use LyX just to get started. > > My experience is that for short theses (like a 30 page Bachelor thesis) > using the article style is advantageous. I therefore designed the thesis > template to be able to easily change the document class from KOMA-script > book to article. OK, this can surely improved and users will report us what > they want to be changed once LyX 2.0 is out. > Perhaps, rather than one generic style, it could be thesis-typeA, thesis-typeB without mentioning any university, so users feel comfortable to choose and to customize it. > Until now we haven't grouped the templates. When somebody wants to write a > letter, he will only look at the letter templates. But you are right, this > becomes difficult with an increasing number of templates. What we can indeed > do is to group the templates folder with subfolders for > > - letters > - CVs > - Journal articles > - theses > Perhaps using group prefix is another alternative to help users to find (just like what appears in the document class), so it will be organized automatically: article-IEEEtran article-elsevier article-... book-novel book-art book-... cv-simple cv-fancy cv-... letter-modelA letter-... presentation-simple presentation-fancy presentation-... thesis-model-A thesis-model-B thesis-... misc-.. Best Regards Waluyo
