Suggestions for custom layouts/templates creation

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

I have recreated a number of forms required by the local Medical
Industrial Complex :-)-O using tables, judicious spacing and other
trickery to achieve reasonable similarity which has been accepted in
each case.

I usually use Komascript but have a few legacy forms that I created in
Memoir and they are not broken.

It's a lot of manual labor, even only once:-)-O and you can template
(variables like $$SURNAME$$) with Perl (or for the younglings Python
:-)-O) if you want.

The really complicated and colorful forms I do in LaTeX with the PDF as
the background and then use something like \usepackage{lpic} so I can
place the variables right where I need them, usually incorporating
them into Perl scripts.

Using Pashua for simple forms and Platypus to create (simple) Apps on
the Mac makes this quite powerful.

Usually these forms change over time but in particular the lab I use has
overlooked the outdatedness of my forms (probably because they are happy
not to have to try to read my handwriting :-)-O)

el

On 2022-05-19 23:19 , Rich Shepard wrote:
>> I use the KOMA-Script classes and assume the KOMA-Script Article
>> class would be the most appropriate.  But, not before creating any
>> LyX templates I would appreciate suggestions how to go about making
>> this first one.
> 
> Thinking I'm on the right track, I'm copying text from the PDF form
> with questions emphasized (to visually separate them from the filled
> in answers).  I'm using sections* and subsctions* to follow the
> agency's formatting.
> 
> Will save in ~/.lyx/templates when finished.
> 
> Recommendations still welcome!
> 
> Rich