On 2017-04-12, Richard Heck wrote: > On 04/12/2017 06:10 AM, Guenter Milde wrote:
... >>>> ... if there is no added value in a LyX-specific interface, it's >>>> better to keep the "advanced" and "exotic" settings for the user >>>> preamble. Then, users can drag-and-drop LaTeX solutions from >>>> stackexchange, say. >>> I haven't followed this all that closely, but the one reason to have a >>> special "options" field like this is that one sometimes runs into the >>> problem that, if you put stuff in the preamble, it loads too late. Is >>> that an issue here or not? >> You are right, stuff that is "too late" in the preamble is another reason >> for special handling. But maybe a generic solution (aka "pre-preamble") >> would be the better choice for these cases. > It would not be very difficult to implement this. But one might again > wonder about the UI. Having two preamble panes would be really confusing. I would suggest 2 tabs in Document>Settings>User preamble, where the "normal" preamble is the default and the "early" preamble gets a documentation line telling about the specifics. We should think about the right place, though: placing it before any LaTeX command or after the \documentclass line? There are rare cases where configuration is required before the \documentclass call. OTOH, there may be commands that fail if placed before. Günter
