On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 4:32 PM, aparsloe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 13/10/2014 11:00 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> >> >> 1. Change "Figure Wrap Float" to "Figure Wrap" and "Table Wrap Float" >> to "Table Wrap". >> 2. Change the wraps to float by default. >> 3. The other float items should be shown (as greyed out) when no >> document is open. >> >> Thanks for the thoughts, Alfredo. >> >> Scott > > I use figure wrap floats extensively. For example, I have a 600 page > document averaging about 1 figure per page, the majority of which are figure > wrap floats. I use them in quite a different way from pure figure floats. > The wrapped figures are associated with specific paragraphs in specific > sections or subsections. If latex doesn't allow the specific placement, a > number of options follow: I try adjusting the line span of the figure or the > column width. Or I try placing them with the preceding or following > paragraph. Another strategy is to combine two (or three) into a pure figure > float and try to ensure that that is in the vicinity of the relevant > paragraphs. Only as a last resort do I float the wrapped figure. The > floating of wrapped figures seems to me a secondary "last resort" property. > Ordinary figure floats are available for floating. Wrapped figures are > associated with specific paragraphs, and should, if possible stay there. > Hence I think the current behaviour is the preferred one, where the floating > option is available, but needs to be specifically selected. > > Andrew
Thanks for the detailed explanation, Andrew! I will leave things as they are for now then, until we get more opinions. Do you agree though, that from a user-interface point of view that something could be improved? When I see float two times in the process Insert > Float > Figure Wrap Float I do not think "this thing could be configured to float". I think "this thing floats". Scott
