LyX ⇒ No date appears with 'article (paper)' document class

[lasindi]

Hi all,

I'm trying to make the date appear at the top of my paper using the "article (paper)" document class. It appears fine with other classes (for example "article") but it simply disappears when I generate a PDF with "article (paper)." I'm just using a Date section after the Author section and put a date in there. Any ideas on what to do? Thanks!

[Johannes_B]

I am not a LyX user. In order to help we (at least i) need more information.
Please prepare a very minimal example (nearly empty document with a sample sentence and maybe the date) and export it to latex. This shows the underlying class.

[lasindi]

Thanks for the reply! I've attached two latex files that illustrate my issue (one gives a PDF with a date, the other does not).

[Johannes_B]

The paper class does not define a datefield for the standard title. Using the global obtion titlepage, you get a complete titlepage containing the date.

Maybe a KOMA-script class (article (KOMA)) would be an alternative for you.

[lasindi]

Hmmm, unfortunately neither option is exactly what I'd like (for example the KOMA class does not label the Abstract as "Abstract", which the paper class does). I'd really prefer to just add a date to the paper class. Is there a way to do this, perhaps editing a configuration file a little bit? Sorry to be so picky.

[Johannes_B]

Hi, the KOMA-classes are very customizable and much much more powerful that the paper class. You can read the koma-script documentation for more details. With LyX, some aspects of the underlying LaTeX are hidden.

Cosider the following:

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\documentclass{scrartcl}
\KOMAoptions{abstract=true}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\author{lasindi}
\title{just a small sample}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
	Hello, it's me. \blindtext
\end{abstract}
\Blinddocument
\end{document}

You can get a date to the paper class by patching or redefining the \maketitle[/url] command. But that's somehow an advanced thing.