Thanks for the tip! While not what I intended, it indeed results in much less intrusive multi-line footnotes, especially when combined with Richard Heck's local layout.
- Klaus 2014-05-27 16:42 GMT+02:00 Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Klaus-Dieter Bauer > <klaus-dieter.ba...@jku.at> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > When creating a lengthy footnote and not folding it (Ctrl+I), it will > > invariably mess up the text-flow, causing the last line before the > footnote > > to be stretched to paragraph width regardless of contents. I sometimes > End > > up with situations like > > > Maybe this can help: > http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX.NewInLyX21#misc > > "Users can now decide for every document in the menu > Document→Settings→Text Layout if LyX justifies the document text or > not. (This setting has no effect on the output.)" > > Liviu > > > > > > : Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext > > : Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext > > : Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext > > : Sample ~ H U G E E M P T Y S P A C E ~ Text > > : [foot1]------------------------------------ > > : |Here is the footnote text that goes over > > : |several lines, just because. > > : +------------------------------------------ > > : RestOfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar > > : RestOfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar > > : RestOfPar RestOfPar. > > > > Yet the footnote may contain information that, while not important > enough to > > clutter the output text, may be important enough for me not to fold the > > footnote away. > > > > Would it be possible to get with custom formats either > > > > 1. Footnotes that look like normal text, except for a different > formatting, > > i.e. > > > > : Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext > > : Sampletext Sampletext [foot1][Foot Foot Foot > > : Foot Foot Foot Foot Foot Foot Foot Foot] Rest > > : OfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar. > > > > 2. Footnotes to show the beginning of the text, like ERT does, i.e. > > > > : Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext Sampletext > > : Sampletext Sampletext [foot1][This is the footn...] > > : RestOfPar RestOfPar RestOfPar. > > > > > > - Klaus > > > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >
