On 11/5/18 9:15 AM, Bernt Lie wrote: > > Thanks, Joel, I will take a look at it. > > > > Do you think there is a chance that this feature will be implemented? > I believe there is an enchancement request for this, but I can't find it at the moment. I would think it would not be that difficult, since we have the graphics group code already. Someone just has to have the motivation to do it (usually, someone for whom it would matter).
Riki > > > *From:*Joel Kulesza <jkule...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* mandag 5. november 2018 15.09 > *To:* Bernt Lie <bernt....@usn.no> > *Cc:* mailing lyx <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> > *Subject:* Re: LyX... the most important missing feature [for me]... > > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 6:06 AM Bernt Lie <bernt....@usn.no > <mailto:bernt....@usn.no>> wrote: > > LyX is great in many ways. However, there is one thing that I > really, really miss... I write papers and notes that contain a > mixture of math and computer code/simulation results. > > First: for the "LyX: Graphics" window (double-click on inserted > graphics), there is a "LaTeX and LyX options" tab which holds a > section on "Graphics Group". This is a super feature, and allows > me to create a new, named group. Thus, if I import a new graphics > and assign the graphics to a named group (e.g., "MATLAB plot"), I > can later on change the features of one plot within this named > group, and... presto... all the graphics with the same named group > are changed to adhere to this new setting. > > Settings include: Scale on screen (i.e., within LyX), and Scale > graphics (i.e., in the produced PDF file). This is a very > important feature to achieve *consistency* in the document. > > Second: a Program Listing object has many, many more settings than > the Graphics object. It would be *very useful* with a similar > possibility to create "named group" for Program Listings, so that > I can assing a program listing to such a named group. > > The way it is now, it is virtually impossible to ensure a > consistent document wrt. Program Listing. Yes, it is possible to > create a dummy document with a tailor made program listing, and > copy+paste from this document. That way, I can get consisting > layout of the document. But if I later have to change the program > listing, e.g., remove line numbering, I'm in trouble again. > -- > Anyway, my wish is thus: introduce named group for every object > possible, in particular for Program Listing. > > > > Bernt, > > > As a stop-gap measure before such a feature is implemented, you may be > interested in how I've accomplished consistent Program Listing styling > via the preamble in my April 5 post to this list. > > > > https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg106968.html > > > > Please contact me with any comments, questions, or concerns. > > > > Thank you, > > Joel >
