I don't know if this is related, but when I used LyX v2.5 RC2 and colors in Tables, there was one thing I missed:
* Some help in keeping consistency in using colors. I always had to dig down through the color list and choose the right one, while finding the correct type (svg, or whatever), and remembering the name. * The use would be considerably simplified if the colors I had used were shown in a list at the top of the available colors. Even better, if they were shown at the top and I could give it a name (e.g., "Water", "Hydrogen gas", or "Description", "Parameters", "Units", etc.) ________________________________ From: lyx-users <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Dean Pugh via lyx-users <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 4:16 PM To: lyx-users <[email protected]> Subject: Module for adding colors Hi, Jürgen, This is in response to your statement in a previous thread (not mine): "But you can write a module and use the color definition syntax used in the latexcolors file (shipped with LyX) to support these. We could even include this to the distribution." I have tried this, but LyX does not seem to like the Color command in modules. I have added new colors directly to latexcolors and used a module to add \usepackage{latexcolors} to the preamble and that works like a charm. But changing a system file is obviously not the preferred method. I'd like this functionality because I have been using the colors on latexcolor.com for years and this will support those old files. I never knew there was a latexcolors package on CTAN and wrote my own .sty using the commands available on that website. I've also written my share of modules, layouts, etc. for LyX, so that is not new to me, but I cannot seem to get this to work. LyX has a problem reading the file as soon as I include the Color segment. I did not use ColorModel because that is xcolor-specific and latexcolors.sty doesn't require any of that. Using syntax that works in latexcolors does not work in a module and I am hoping you have an idea as to what if anything I may be doing wrong. Thank you!
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