vinc...@alice.it wrote:
Hi everybody, I'm writing my thesis and I was wondering whether it is possible to use Lyx for a double language document. What I'd like to do is having a double column layout with the text written in one language on the left and another one on the right side. The text should be aligned: chapters, sections, etc. should start at the same point in the page, and the only things to be shared between the two languages would be tables, figures and equations. Does anyone of you know how to do this? Thank you very much, Vince
Make sure you have the parallel.sty package installed. It is part of a complete texlive install.
In the preamble: \usepackage{parallel} In your document: ---------------------------------------------------- ERT \begin{Parallel}{5cm}{5cm}\ParallelLText{ Section heading in first language paragraphs of text in first language ERT }\ParallelRText{ Section heading in second language paragraphs of text in second language ERT }\end{Parallel} Shared figures/tables outside the Parallel stuff ERT \begin{Parallel} ... (your next section) ---------------------------------------------------- Obviously, use something that fits your page size instead of "5cm". If one language generally needs more room to say the same, then it can have a wider column. I only gave this a quick test, but at least it worked with page breaking. (multicol.sty with manual column breaks doesn't do this well at all.) Helge Hafting