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HOW TO CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE
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Templates are almost usual LyX file that are saved by LyX itself.
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The strength is on "almost".
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LyX stores some properties in a file, for example:
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\textclass dinbrief
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\language german
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\inputencoding default
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\fontscheme default
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\epsfig dvips
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\papersize a4paper
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\paperfontsize 12
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\baselinestretch 1.00
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\secnumdepth 3
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\tocdepth 3
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\paragraph_separation skip
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\quotes_language german
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\quotes_times 2
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\paperorientation portrait
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\papercolumns 9
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\papersides 1
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\paperpagestyle plain
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Some of these may be very reasonable for a certain template. In the
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case of a dinbrief-template this might be the papersize, the language
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and the quotes-settings, since it is a german-only template. But it
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wouldn't make much sense to set the fontscheme or the inputencoding,
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since a user might have customized this already like he/she wanted it
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to be.
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So please delete all the lines of a new template with your favorite
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text editor (for example ed, ex or vi) that you don't want to set
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explicit for this template. LyX will use the user's default-values
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(defined in lyxrc) if a property isn't defined in the file itself.
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DIRECTORY STRUCTURE & FILE NAMING
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The templates directory has the following structure
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templates/[language/]category/[subcategory]
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Please use the layout category (with identical spelling to assure translation)
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as category subdirectory (e.g., "Letters"). See \DeclareCategory entry of the
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layout which corresponds to your template. Note the handling of special characters
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below.
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If your template consists of one file only, and if there are no further templates
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relating to your layout yet, use the layout name, as defined in \DeclareLaTeXClass,
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as file name. In any case, use a verbose, transparent name (do not use insider
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acronyms as file names). Note the handling of special characters below.
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If your template consists of multiple files, use an additional subdirectory.
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Use the layout name, as defined in \DeclareLaTeXClass, as subcategory subfolder
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name. Give the files verbose, transparent names that clarify the function of the
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respective file in the templates bundle. Note the handling of special characters below.
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The optional language subdirectory that immediately follows templates/ uses the
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language code (e.g., 'de' for German). Use this if you provide a translation of
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an existing English template.
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The language subdirectory expands to the same subfolders than the English version
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and uses the same [English) filename (e.g., templates/Letters/myletter.lyx >
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templates/fr/Letters/myletter.lyx).
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NB: SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN FILE AND DIRECTORY NAMES:
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The following characters in file and directory names must be substituted, since they break
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LyX building with autotools:
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* Blanks by '_' (e.g., My_Layout.lyx)
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* Parentheses by %28 and %29 (e.g., My_Layout_%28v._1%29.lyx)
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* Apersands by %26 (e.g., Journal_of_This_%26_That.lyx)
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The substitution characters will be replaced again for LyX for translation and GUI display.
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THINGS TO CHECK BEFORE COMMITTING:
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New files must be added to Makefile.am. If you add a new (sub)folder, you must also create a new category
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in Makefile.am (cf. phdthesistemplatesdir and dist_dehandoutexamples_DATA as example).
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Please make sure before you commit (in a text editor) that the example that the file has the correct
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\origin specification. It should begin with /systemlyxdir/ and then point towards the subdirectory
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your file is in, e.g.
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\origin /systemlyxdir/templates/es/Presentations/
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This is particularly important if your file includes other files (such as graphics, bibliographies,
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children).
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