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How to create a new LaTeX class in LyX?
Rename the file to match your class name, say, “newclass.layout” Open up your new layout file, and look at the second line. Replace it with: Enter your class name within the [] brackets, and enter whatever descriptive name you want to call the class within the {} braces. Open Lyx, and click Tools > Reconfigure.
Where can I find a tutorial for LyX?
Bo Peng has written a tutorial that was initially for internal use at http://www.stat.rice.edu. It is a crash course on LaTeX/LyX and starts from the basics of LaTeX and covers most basic usages of LyX. The tutorial A simple guide to LaTeX/LyX [stat.rice.edu] can be read online, or downloaded from the wiki as lyxguide.lyx or lyxguide.pdf.
Where do I Find my LaTeX preamble in LyX?
It is not under Edit. LyX hides LaTeX Preamble under the menu option Document > Settings… > LaTeX Preamble. There are various ways of structuring your document. For example you might put your preamble in its own file—let’s say it’s called my_preamble.tex.
How to create a BibTeX layout in LyX?
Using their BibTeX style should be very easy. After an Tools>Reconfigure from lyx, it should show up in the drop-down list of available bibtex styles and you can select it as usual. For using their LaTeX-class, you’ll have to write your own LyX-layout. (It shouldn’t be that difficult…)
How to create a layout file in LyX?
The LyX layout file declares how LyX has to format your text (LyX does not use the LaTeX layout system and settings). A very minimal LyX layout file could be this: You can find more elaborate examples to base your layout file on in your global LyX layout directory ( /usr/share/lyx/layouts/ in my case, search for *.layout files).
Where can I find the new LaTeX class file?
Copy the new Latex class file “newclass.cls” into the MikTeX directory within your user settings folder like so: C:\\Users\\UserName\\AppData\\Roaming\\MiKTeX\\2.8 ex\\latex ewclass ewclass.cls. Remember to replace UserName with your own Windows user name.
Why do I use lyx for latex writing?
For writing with LaTeX I prefer using LyX because it hides the ugliness of LaTeX source code behind a pseudo-WYSIWYG frontend (the developers call it WYSIWYM: what you see is what you mean ).