I got it to work.
Many thanks to Andrew---excellent fix. Perhaps you should post your
solution on the wiki?
Cheers,
Stefano
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, John Kane <jrkrid...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I agree with Stefano the long labels can be a bit distracting so this is
> fantastic.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Andrew Parsloe <apars...@clear.net.nz>
> *To:* lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
> *Cc:* stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:07:11 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: Changing the size of insets' labels. Is it possible?
>
> On 30/06/2013 4:29 a.m., stefano franchi wrote:
> >
> > Andrew, Liviu,
> >
> > I may a bit thick, but I can't see how to reduce the size of a Label
> > inset. 2 problems:
> >
> > 1. I cannot find an InsetLayout for labels.
> >
> > 2. Even if I could find it what would I change the LabelString to?
> > Currently I see the full label name on screen . Say I have a long label:
> > "chap:This is the first chapter" And I want the inset to show only 2-3
> > chars max. What would LabelString be set to? The description in the
> > Customization manual is "terse" to say the least:
> >
> > "LabelString What will be displayed on the button or elsewhere as the
> > inset label. Some inset types (TeX code and Branch) modify this label on
> > the fly."
> > Good. And is it possible to somehow influence that modification "on the
> > fly"?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Stefano
> >
>
> OK, I misunderstood the initial question. I too can't see cross-ref
> labels in stdinsets.inc, presumably because, as Scott indicated, they
> are hardcoded (there is a dialog associated with the inset). However,
> the tinkerer in me started thinking: why not put the label &
> cross-reference insets inside a custom inset with a short name ("lab"
> and "ref" for instance), using a command-sequence with shortcut keys to
> do this?
>
> Below, I've included a module (save in your personal LyX2.0/layouts
> folder, perhaps as short-inset-names.module) which provides custom
> insets showing the labels "lab" and "ref" when closed. For shortcut keys
> I've assigned
>
> Ctrl+Shift+L (L for Label) to: command-sequence label-insert;
> flex-insert Flex:ShortLabel
>
> Ctrl+Shift+K (K for Kross reference) to: command-sequence
> dialog-show-new-inset ref; flex-insert Flex:ShortXRef
>
> I also find it convenient to have a shortcut to jump out of these (and
> other) insets and close them:
>
> Ctrl+Shift+J (J for Jump) to: command-sequence line-end; char-right;
> toggle-inset
>
> On my keyboard these are conveniently adjacent keys, and the pinkie of
> my left hand easily slides onto and holds down Ctrl+Shift together. With
> these assignments, to insert the label LyX suggests do: Ctrl+Shift+L,
> Enter, Ctrl+Shift+J. (Inserting a reference to a label will generally
> also involve the arrow keys to select the right label, before the Enter.)
>
> If at some point you want to know what is hiding behind all those "lab"s
> and "ref"s, just go to View > Open All Insets or click on an individual
> one.
>
> Andrew
>
> #\DeclareLyXModule{ShortInsetNames}
> #DescriptionBegin
> # Provides short-name wrappers to
> # put around verbose insets.
> #DescriptionEnd
> #
>
> Format 35
>
> AddToPreamble
> \newcommand{\shortLyXname}[1]{#1}
> EndPreamble
>
> InsetLayout Flex:ShortLabel
> LyXType custom
> LatexType command
> LatexName shortLyXname
> Decoration Classic
> LabelFont
> Color phantomtext
> End
> LabelString lab
> Multipar 0
> PassThru 0
> End
>
> InsetLayout Flex:ShortXRef
> LyXType custom
> LatexType command
> LatexName shortLyXname
> Decoration Classic
> LabelFont
> Color phantomtext
> End
> LabelString ref
> Multipar 0
> PassThru 0
> End
>
>
>
>
>
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