On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > here comes a demo file for 1.1.6
Thanks Herbert for taking over. I got started on a demo file (included full instructions on how to do everything but got distracted). So even though it doesn't answer the final question for Vince I've attached it as other users might want a bit more of a guide on creating and using minipages in 1.1.6 and earlier. Hopefully the rewrite of minipage support in 1.2.0cvs will make minipages as easy as falling off a log :-) Allan. (ARRae)
#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 218 \textclass article \language english \inputencoding auto \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \layout Standard \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 45 The first minipage. For 1.1.6 and earlier you have adjacent minipages begin in separate paragraphs. Just type in what you want to see in each minipage and then select \family sans Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator Paragraph\SpecialChar \menuseparator Extra \family default and set the checkbox for \family sans Minipage \family default . You also need to set the \family sans width \family default -- say something like \family typewriter 45% \family default . \layout Standard \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 45 To extend an existing minipage just start typing after the last paragraph of the existing minipage. Once you've added what you want then select the new paragraphs you want to appear in the minipage and set the \family sans Minipage \family default checkbox in the \family sans Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator Paragraph\SpecialChar \menuseparator Extra \family default settings. The interface is a little awkward at this point because you must also set a width even though these new paragraphs will become a part of an existing minipage. \layout Standard \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 45 In 1.2.0 this is all very different as the minipages are insets (like footnotes and floats are in earlier versions of LyX) and as a result the interface is considerably easier to work with. \layout Standard \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_hfill 1 \pextra_start_minipage 1 \pextra_widthp 45 \begin_inset Info Just marking where I started the second minipage \end_inset The second minipage. In 1.1.6 you have to start a new minipage by entering a new paragraph and filling in whatever else you want there. A small user interface problem with 1.1.6 and earlier versions of LyX is that you can't see where one minipage ends and another starts if you have consecutive minipages. \layout Standard \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_hfill 1 \pextra_widthp 45 What I recommend is that you \family sans Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator Note \family default at the start of your second minipage so you can see within LyX where you set, or at least want, one minipage to end and another begin. To create the second minipage follow the same procedure as was used to create the first. You may also wish to select the \family sans HFill between Minipage paragraphs \family default option which will fill the horizontal space between the two minipages on the printed output pushing the outer edges of the minipages to the margins. For the first paragraph of the second minipage you must also select the \family sans Start new minipage \family default checkbox. \the_end
