The LyX editor is a "What You See Is What You Mean" (WYSIWYM) editor which generates Latex code in the background, but takes way the burden of editing Latex code.
When starting my master thesis I used the LyX editor and a thesis template from Arya Adriansyah (who in turn adapted another template). His original is available here:
When starting my master thesis I used the LyX editor and a thesis template from Arya Adriansyah (who in turn adapted another template). His original is available here:
I have adapted Arya's template which can be downloaded as a .zip file here:
LyX thesis template.zip
I worked in LyX 1.6.9. Since then a version 2.0.0 has been released, which, most notably, has better search and replace features and is backwards compatible and reads this template written is the older LyX version. Download LyX and read its very clear documentation here:
http://www.lyx.org/
I worked in LyX 1.6.9. Since then a version 2.0.0 has been released, which, most notably, has better search and replace features and is backwards compatible and reads this template written is the older LyX version. Download LyX and read its very clear documentation here:
http://www.lyx.org/
The template supports:
- Layout for standard thesis sections using the report document class
- A simple short Latex preamble
- Layout for standard thesis sections using the report document class
- A simple short Latex preamble
- Examples of basic LyX features including figures and tables
- Code listings for XML documents
- Code listings for XML documents
(See the latex preamble under Document->Settings...->Latex preamble of the main document.)
The template does not support more complicated latex features:
- Math examples
- The algorithm layout
- Code listings for specific languages
- Tables with special lay-outs (I included tables as figures)
- Math examples
- The algorithm layout
- Code listings for specific languages
- Tables with special lay-outs (I included tables as figures)
- Figures placed next to each other and other placements
The template can be extended by adding packages and to the main document preamble and putting Tex insets throughout the document which use the packages.
The front page has the name and title and department layout of my University.
I found LyX to be a very good solution for me as a non-Latex expert used to WYSIWYG editors. Latex knowledge does not hurt when using LyX, and comes in very handy for doing more complicated things, but LyX for me took away of the burden of reading over Latex code while actually wanting to focus on content, and it supports main Latex features very intuitively.
Use this template and extend it for more complicated typesetting.
The template can be extended by adding packages and to the main document preamble and putting Tex insets throughout the document which use the packages.
The front page has the name and title and department layout of my University.
I found LyX to be a very good solution for me as a non-Latex expert used to WYSIWYG editors. Latex knowledge does not hurt when using LyX, and comes in very handy for doing more complicated things, but LyX for me took away of the burden of reading over Latex code while actually wanting to focus on content, and it supports main Latex features very intuitively.
Use this template and extend it for more complicated typesetting.
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