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LyXforJASA code for LyX?

Re: LyXforJASA code for LyX?

Back in 2006, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes discussed with me some LyX code I had
developed for preparing manuscripts for the Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America (JASA).  These files have been used successfully by me and
independently by an ASA colleague for papers that have been or are scheduled
for publication in JASA.  Any bugs seem to have been worked out by now.

JASA accepts manuscripts using either superscript or author-year citations.
The LyXforJASA package includes separate template and .bst files for these
citation styles. The .layout and .bib files can be used by both. The .layout
file provides for both single- and two-column versions of a manuscript.

The current version of the package can be downloaded from my web site at the
University of Hawaii, http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jcb/LyXforJASA/LyXforJASA.html .
It includes an AuthorGuide for LyX 1.5.3 .  The LyX files are compatible with
LyX 1.5.6, and appear to be compatible with LyX 1.6.0rc3 .

JASA authors are new to LyX, surprised at what it can do, and need hand-holding
to change from what they have been using.  My colleague, a LaTeX user, reports
that using LyX relative to LaTeX code speeds up writing equations by a factor
of 2.  The AuthorGuide is intended to provide some hand-holding, not to replace
LyX Help. I intend to update it to LyX 1.6 .

Please let me know whether there is any interest in adding LyXforJASA files to
LyX.  If so, what modifications in the layout, template, .bst, and .bib files
would be required?

John Burgess

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Uwe Stöhr | 5 Oct 15:07

Re: LyXforJASA code for LyX?

 > JASA accepts manuscripts using either superscript or author-year citations.
 > The LyXforJASA package includes separate template and .bst files for these
 > citation styles. The .layout and .bib files can be used by both. The .layout
 > file provides for both single- and two-column versions of a manuscript.

We can ship the layout file and a template file directly with LyX. Then the users don't have to 
install it manually. I'm working on this now.
Concerning the .bib and the .bst files, you should bundle them to be a LaTeX-package and upload it 
to CTAN. Then it is easily be found and TeX-distributions can include them. The users are then able 
to install the files with one click using the package manager of their TeX system.

I'll report later when I adapted the layout file to our current format.

regards Uwe

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Uwe Stöhr | 6 Oct 02:14

Re: LyXforJASA code for LyX?

I wrote:

> We can ship the layout file and a template file directly with LyX.

I had a look:

- You use a lot of ERT for things that are already supported by LyX. These are for example \vspace, 
\footnote, \centering, \clearpage. In LyX 1.6 also the command \nocite will be supported.
(LyX also supports directly parentheses around references to formulas.)

- You write that \listoffigures is broken in revtex4, why didn't the RevTeX people fix it?

- Why do you use \thanks when the user inserts a footnote?

- I don't understand what jasafig.lyx is for.

The most important point is:
"LyXforJASA is not endorsed by the Acoustical Society of America"

We only ship layouts and templates for official LaTeX classes as people will blame us when the 
output they generated is not the expected one that is accepted by the journal. JASA offers its own 
class:
ftp://ftp.aip.org/asa/
http://asa.aip.org/jasa.html
Therefore it is not correct to use RevTeX for publications as the output will be different.

I'll create now a LyX layout and template file for this LaTeX class.

regards Uwe

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