Thanks Oliver,
I still don't understand the underlying philosophy of layout modules:
0) What is a layout module?
1) Why are they better than just writing your own layout file?
2) How do you decide when to use them?
3) By what design methodology do you create them?
4) What are the attributes of a "good" layout module?
5) What are the attributes of a "bad" layout module?
Thanks
SteveT
On Tuesday 19 August 2008 11:43, Olivier Ripoll wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to share a simple and probably imperfect layout module for
> LyX 1.6. I do not know much about LaTeX, so I used the examples provided
> with LyX and google to create this file. I called it
> "moremathsfunctions.module" (it should be placed in the "layouts" folder
> in the lyx 1.6 preference folder of your home directory -- in
> "Application Data" for windows users), and here is the content (between
> the dashed lines, so people can comment on the code):
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #\DeclareLyXModule{More Maths Functions}
> #DescriptionBegin
> #Additional functions: erf, erfc, sinc, sgn , missing hyperbolic &
> inverse hyperbolic functions,
> #Fourier transform & inverse, logarithms in base 10 and 2, floor/ceil
> (letters and mathematical
> #notation).
> #DescriptionEnd
>
> # Author : Olivier Ripoll
>
> Format 7
>
> Requires amsmath,mathrsfs
>
> AddToPreamble
> \DeclareMathOperator{\sinc}{sinc}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\sgn}{sgn}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\erf}{erf}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\erfc}{erfc}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\FT}{\mathscr{F}}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\iFT}{\mathscr{F}^{-1}}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\logten}{log_{10}}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\logtwo}{log_2}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\sech}{sech}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\csch}{csch}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\arsinh}{arsinh}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\arcosh}{arcosh}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\artanh}{artanh}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\arcoth}{arcoth}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\arsech}{arsech}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\arcsch}{arcsch}
> \newcommand{\Floor}[1]
> {\left\lfloor {#1} \right\rfloor}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\floor}{floor}
> \newcommand{\Ceil}[1]
> {\left\lceil #1 \right\rceil}
> \DeclareMathOperator{\ceil}{ceil}
> EndPreamble
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> As the description says, this module simply defines several useful math
> functions that are not available by default (I hope I did not overwrite
> existing LaTeX stuff). There are two versions of the "floor" and "ceil"
> functions, the one with a capital letter must be followed by \{xxx}
> where xxx is the number to which it is applied. It provides an aspect
> like in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_function
>
> I used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_functions as a
> reference for the functions I added. And before someone says so, Fourier
> transform and its inverse are not functions, but I do not care ;-)
>
> I hope this can be helpful to someone. I like this layout module feature
> a lot, I created another one with custom char styles for filenames and
> code, based on Martin Vermeer's "logicalmkup.module".
>
> Small question: should I change the "Format 7" to "Format 8" ?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> PS: be careful, some lines are wrapped by the mail agent in the
> description.
