Re: Problems with class layouts
John == John Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Greetings, I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a John new layout. I've found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the John manual on customization is terribly wrong. I have already John entered two bugs as 2972 and 2973. I'm wondering whether I John should enter the following additional bugs, or if I'm just doing John something completely wrong: John* Setting the Spacing option to double does not generate any John LaTeX with the setspace package, even though the manual states John otherwise: Note that, contrary to other parameters, Spacing John implies the generation of specific LaTeX code, using the package John setspace.sty. John * Setting the Sides option to 2 has no effect at all; LyX puts John onesided into the document class options regardless. There is a misunderstanding here: Sides 2 means that your class (the underlying cls/sty files or the preamble you propose) uses twosided by default. So you you choose twosided, nothing is output, and if you choose onesided, it is actually output to latex. Basically, the layout file is only a _description_ of what the documentclass does. It may be (based on the sentence you quoted) that spacing is supposed to work differently. I do not know the specifics. JMarc
Re: Problems with class layouts
> "John" == John Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: John> Greetings, I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a John> new layout. I've found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the John> manual on customization is terribly wrong. I have already John> entered two bugs as 2972 and 2973. I'm wondering whether I John> should enter the following additional bugs, or if I'm just doing John> something completely wrong: John>* Setting the Spacing option to double does not generate any John> LaTeX with the setspace package, even though the manual states John> otherwise: "Note that, contrary to other parameters, Spacing John> implies the generation of specific LaTeX code, using the package John> setspace.sty." John> * Setting the Sides option to 2 has no effect at all; LyX puts John> "onesided" into the document class options regardless. There is a misunderstanding here: "Sides 2" means that your class (the underlying cls/sty files or the preamble you propose) uses twosided by default. So you you choose twosided, nothing is output, and if you choose onesided, it is actually output to latex. Basically, the layout file is only a _description_ of what the documentclass does. It may be (based on the sentence you quoted) that spacing is supposed to work differently. I do not know the specifics. JMarc
Problems with class layouts
Greetings, I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a new layout. I've found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the manual on customization is terribly wrong. I have already entered two bugs as 2972 and 2973. I'm wondering whether I should enter the following additional bugs, or if I'm just doing something completely wrong: * Setting the Spacing option to double does not generate any LaTeX with the setspace package, even though the manual states otherwise: Note that, contrary to other parameters, Spacing implies the generation of specific LaTeX code, using the package setspace.sty. * Setting the Sides option to 2 has no effect at all; LyX puts onesided into the document class options regardless. * DefaultStyle does not set the default style, which remains Standard. Only after pressing enter does the default style actually become DefaultStyle. * In the ClassOptions section, Other appears to have no effect at all. I have set Other 12pt, for example, and Lyx does not include it as an optional argument, contrary to the manual. * Again in the ClassOptions section, setting FontSize to only one size does change the options in the Document Settings dialogue, but curiously does not actually set the font size to that setting. * As noted in bug 2973, the option TitleLatexCommand is wrong, and should be TitleLatexName (which, curiously enough, is documented in the LyX wiki). Are these considered errors in the manual, or features? If they are errors, should I enter a bug for each one, or is this email sufficie? I do like Lyx, and I hope that this email doesn't suggest that I don't appreciate what a great amount of effort has gone into it. sincerely john perry -- John Perry, Assistant Professor (Mathematics, Computational Algebra) University of Southern Mississippi http://www.math.usm.edu/perry/ 601-266-4293 Quivi mi cinse sì com´altrui piacqua oh maraviglia! ché qual elli scelse l´umile pianta, cotal si rinacque subitamente là onde l´avelse. -- Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio, I)
Re: Problems with class layouts
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, John Perry wrote: I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a new layout. I've found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the manual on customization is terribly wrong. Both answers could be right - even simultaneously ;-) Are these considered errors in the manual, or features? If they are errors, should I enter a bug for each one, or is this email sufficie? In general, you should enter a bug report for each problem. Duplicates are not (much) of a problem. I'm afraid I couldn't help you on these specific issues, but... in case you don't get a response in this list and you want more help (which I suspect you do!), please try to re-post to either the developers' list or to the users' list. I do like Lyx, and I hope that this email doesn't suggest that I don't appreciate what a great amount of effort has gone into it. Certainly not! Reporting bugs is in a sense a way of showing that you care, thanks! /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Problems with class layouts
Greetings, I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a new layout. I've found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the manual on customization is terribly wrong. I have already entered two bugs as 2972 and 2973. I'm wondering whether I should enter the following additional bugs, or if I'm just doing something completely wrong: * Setting the Spacing option to double does not generate any LaTeX with the setspace package, even though the manual states otherwise: "Note that, contrary to other parameters, Spacing implies the generation of specific LaTeX code, using the package setspace.sty." * Setting the Sides option to 2 has no effect at all; LyX puts "onesided" into the document class options regardless. * DefaultStyle does not set the default style, which remains Standard. Only after pressing enter does the default style actually become DefaultStyle. * In the ClassOptions section, Other appears to have no effect at all. I have set "Other 12pt", for example, and Lyx does not include it as an optional argument, contrary to the manual. * Again in the ClassOptions section, setting FontSize to only one size does change the options in the Document Settings dialogue, but curiously does not actually set the font size to that setting. * As noted in bug 2973, the option TitleLatexCommand is wrong, and should be TitleLatexName (which, curiously enough, is documented in the LyX wiki). Are these considered errors in the manual, or features? If they are errors, should I enter a bug for each one, or is this email sufficie? I do like Lyx, and I hope that this email doesn't suggest that I don't appreciate what a great amount of effort has gone into it. sincerely john perry -- John Perry, Assistant Professor (Mathematics, Computational Algebra) University of Southern Mississippi http://www.math.usm.edu/perry/ 601-266-4293 Quivi mi cinse sì com´altrui piacqua oh maraviglia! ché qual elli scelse l´umile pianta, cotal si rinacque subitamente là onde l´avelse. -- Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio, I)
Re: Problems with class layouts
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, John Perry wrote: > I use LyX a lot, and I recently tried to implement a new layout. I've > found that either Lyx itself has bugs, or the manual on customization is > terribly wrong. Both answers could be right - even simultaneously ;-) > Are these considered errors in the manual, or features? If they are > errors, should I enter a bug for each one, or is this email sufficie? In general, you should enter a bug report for each problem. Duplicates are not (much) of a problem. I'm afraid I couldn't help you on these specific issues, but... in case you don't get a response in this list and you want more help (which I suspect you do!), please try to re-post to either the developers' list or to the users' list. > I do like Lyx, and I hope that this email doesn't suggest that I don't > appreciate what a great amount of effort has gone into it. Certainly not! Reporting bugs is in a sense a way of showing that you care, thanks! /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
