On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:23:22AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Duncan" == Duncan Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Duncan> I think the solution to this LaTeX problem is to move into > Duncan> plain TeX and use the machinery more directly. Having said > Duncan> that I think this is a good solution for lots problems that > Duncan> are difficult to solve in "pure" LaTeX. > > No, we have a reasonable latex solution which is ``{centering blah\par}'', > what we want is a solution that is also good structured markup. Plain > TeX is not going to help us here...
As I written before, define \newenvironment{lyxcenter}{\centering}{\par}, and then \begin{lyxcenter}blah\end{lyxcenter} is equivalent to {\centering blah\par}.