Chez G

These are just some notes on how I got the ACM sigplan class style working with LyX under Ubuntu.

• Install class file
  • Download class file
  • Save in /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/sigplanconf.cls (must be root)
  • Tell latex it’s there: sudo texhash
• Reconfigure LyX
  • In Lyx, Tools->Reconfigure. Then restart LyX.
• Open this LyX template

Strangely, after doing this (probably the texhash), my paper size changed to A4 from letter. To fix this:

• su, then echo “letter” > /etc/papersize
• sudo texconfig-sys and set paper size

Then, as is usual and baffling for me and Latex, the papers generated from LyX came out as A4 for a while, then went back to letter. I’m not sure if LyX is caching something somewhere, but that’s my guess.