Re: [sheflug] LyX users?

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 22:34 +0100, Lesley Binks wrote:
>> You might know this already - Lyx is based on LaTeX - or LyX is a 
>> wysiwyg GUI thing for LaTeX - take your pick.  I prefer the layout LaTeX 
>> gives documents but I have no clue how hard it is to make your own 
>> templates in LyX.
> 
> Yeah, I should have pointed out that I used to use LyX (well, KLyX, but
> that's before I saw the light about KDE ;) to do all my papers. But I
> wasn't really bothered about the layout then.
> 
> I've never used LaTeX though - mostly because LyX was around, and I
> didn't need to learn the syntax. So, I've no idea:
> 
>       * how LaTeX is used within LyX, and how you use LaTeX classes
>         (though, given the manual, it seems to be relatively
>         straightforward)
>       * how to create a LaTeX layout :D
> 
> I suspect that the latter is the harder part.
> 
> Have you created your own LaTeX classes, and if so, how difficult is it
> to do?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.


There's a steep learning curve with LaTeX tbh but a brief read of the 
LyX tutorials tell you that it's based on TeX so I see it as something 
similar to LaTeX in that LaTeX is also based on TeX.  LaTeX styles seem 
to work with LyX

All you do by shifting from LyX to LaTeX is shift what you are creating 
the template in; both use the TeX formatting system.

And it can depend on what you mean by a template.  I imagine you have 
some information that you want to have presented in a regular format. 
Decide what that format is and then look at the packages and styles you 
have available under LaTeX or LyX.

Without further knowledge of the template or your skill base I couldn't 
advise how hard or easy it will be for you to make a template up, but 
from your skill base it doesn't look like a five minute job for you.

Regards

Lesley

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