Rich Shepard wrote:
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:
Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:
Helge,
As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.
To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or
keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document,
position the
cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.
Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps
that was
the problem.
That's the problem then. The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such. It is meant for
pasting to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data
other apps use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants. So
ascii is the "lowest common denominator".
The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write. Including complicated tables and deeply
nested environments.
Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the
copying using
a text editor.
Internal pasting will definitely save time over that approach the next
time you need it. :-)
Helge Hafting
