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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: LyX for bill drafting
From:       Richard Heck <rgheck () bobjweil ! com>
Date:       2009-04-13 16:10:16
Message-ID: 49E363E8.7090300 () bobjweil ! com
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Dan Fitch wrote:
> 1. The new hyperref stuff in 1.6 is very slick. Is there any way to
> make a "cross reference" to a section or subsection, without adding a
> label? So the user might say "As defined in s. 10.91" without having
> to go to section 10.91 and adding a label?
>
>   
Not at present, though this functionality has been much discussed. I.e., 
a kind of "auto-label" that exists for certain kinds of elements. Come 
to think of it, work just done by Vincent van Ravesteijn might well put 
this within reach. Vincent, the thought is this: Use the context menu in 
the TOC. I'm sure there are lots of issues, though, that I've not yet 
considered.

> 2. Is there a facility for arbitrary section numbering that integrates
> with LyX? I have seen ERT solutions that allow forcing a numbering
> change; is there any way to do that through the LyX UI as of v1.6?
>
>   
No, but it might be possible to do this via modules. I'm not sure.

> 3. Non-line-breaking sections. You will notice that if a "child"
> subsection follows a section, it does not cause a line break. See the
> example statute at the top after the TOC: "5.01  Scope.  (1)
> Construction..." the section .01 flows directly into its first
> subsection (1).  Is it possible to set up a custom document class to
> do this? I'm a TeX novice at this point, so I'm just asking for "yes,
> that is possible" or "no, don't even try it."
>
>   
Yes. And it's not terribly hard. One way is to use the titlesec package 
with some standard class. Another is to use the koma* classes, which 
provide for LOTS of customization. I think that's also true of memoir.

> 4. Line numbering. Is it possible with LaTeX to do line numbering on a
> per-page, per-section-type basis? I can see how to turn it off and
> back on, but look at the bill example -- the numbers need to start
> over on each successive page. (Again, I have no idea why they do it
> this way, but we have to figure out how to support it.)
>
>   
http://www-d0.fnal.gov/Run2Physics/WWW/templates/lineno.html

There are some packages particularly for use with legal documents, I 
believe. You might check into those.

rh

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