On 19/04/2020 6:36 am, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
On 4/18/20 9:49 AM, Gaston Gloesener wrote:
InsetLayout "Flex:projectNameInset"
LabelString “My Project Name"
LatexType Command
LaTexName projectName
LyxType "custom"
Decoration Classic
Preamble
\newcommand*{\projectName}{ My Project Name }
EndPreamble
End
The problem with this InsetLayout is that LyX always displays a red
parameter input box after the insert of the inset and this is quite
annoying in this use case as such insets will be quite common in the
document. Is there any method for removing this as this macro does
not require any arguments. I tried to set LatexType to None with no
success and did not identify any other potential solution. Also
google did not show me any potential solutions for this.
After some research and looking up in files provided with LyX I seem
to understand that basically insets are always expected to have some
type of conments and the use I make of it here is more a work-a-round
than a solution. At least I was unable to locate an inset where no
content was excpected.
So the question remains:
* Is there a way to prevent LyX from asking for some content (red box)
* If not, is there another solutioin than the one used here to
achieve the same goals and avoid that input box ?
* would it be possible to add an attribute to InsetLayout to
disable the contents box in the doc text in a future version ?
(like NoContent)
This is bug #4066: https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/4066. There's at
least some intention to try to figure it out before 2.4.0. For now,
the workaround you mention is the only one available.
Riki
But you can eliminate the red box from showing by closing the inset
(click on the inset label to toggle open/closed).
Alternatively, there is a hybrid Latex/LyX solution, that avoids going
to the menu to insert custom insets and uses keyboard shortcuts instead.
1. Ensure instant preview is On (Tools > Preferences > Look & Feel >
Display)
2. Assign a keyboard shortcut to preview-insert (Tools > Preferences >
Editing > Shortcuts > Cursor, Mouse and Editing Functions). Now that
printing directly from LyX is no longer supported the shortcut Ctrl+P is
available.
3. Enter in the preamble (Document > Settings > Latex Preamble)
\newcommand*{\projectName}{ My Project Name }
and click OK.
To enter the project name in the document,
4. insert a preview inset (Ctrl+P)
5. insert an ert inset (Ctrl+L) inside the preview inset. On a QWERTY
keyboard, the P and L keys are diagonal neighbours so steps 4 & 5
involve holding the ctrl key down and tapping P and L in quick succession.
6. enter \projectName in the ert inset
7. move the cursor outside the insets. The preview does its magic and
the project name is shown.
Andrew
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