Re: installed document classes not seen by LyX?

Thanks Tobias and Richard!  I can work with that!

And it makes me appreciate anew all the prior work others have
done to glue LaTeX to Lyx!

- Rik

On 1/6/26 8:50 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/6/26 2:32 AM, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
>> Am Montag, dem 05.01.2026 um 18:15 -0800 schrieb Rik Belew:
>>> but i cannot select the screenplay class (see below, it is not even
>>> listed as Unavailable) via document settings.
>>>
>>> This seems to be a LyX (not TeX/LaTeX) issue.
>> LyX needs a layout-file. Have a look in LyX -> Help -> Customization 
>> chapter 5.2.3 and for examples in $LYXDIR/layouts.
> 
> Yes, that's exactly right. Layout files are what tell LyX about document 
> classes and their various resources. There is no way we can provide 
> layout files for every possible document class. There are simply too many.
> 
> Since screenplay.cls is based upon article.cls, that gives you a place 
> to start. But there seem to be a lot of custom commands and environments 
> that would need attention.
> 
> Riki
> 
> 

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