Dear Developpers,
Doing the tests for an indented list I discovered problem with the
"standard" LyX list:
Manual setting of the LabelString form within LyX works only on the first
item of a list (this is due to the way a list is implemented in LaTeX).
However, LyX allowes (separate) changing the LabelString for every item of a
Lyxlist and indents the item accordingly -- giving a surprise when looking at
the LaTex output.
For consistend behaviour the changing of LabelString via >Layout>Paragraph
should affect all items of the list simultaneously (in LyX and LaTeX) (or be
allowed only for the first item (and affect all items in LyX)).
(See the attached file)
Cheers Guenter
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#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 2.16
\textclass article
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\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\end_preamble
\language german
\inputencoding latin1
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\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\papersize a4paper
\paperpackage a4
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\use_amsmath 1
\paperorientation portrait
\leftmargin 2cm
\topmargin 1cm
\rightmargin 2cm
\bottommargin 1cm
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language german
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle plain
\layout Section
Example
\layout Standard
If I have a LyX-List and change the Label-String via \SpecialChar \menuseparator
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paragraph the
following strange behaviour occures:
\layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.0000
this is the list with standard value
\layout List
\labelwidthstring MM
I change this value for the second item to be less
\layout List
\labelwidthstring MM
the new value is used in LyX, but not in the LaTeX output.
\layout Subsection
only if there is something inbetween which is not a list
\layout List
\labelwidthstring MM
the new value is used in LyX and in the LaTeX output.
\layout List
\labelwidthstring MM
and this holds for every item of the new list
\layout List
\labelwidthstring MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
also if I set the value to MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM in the last item.
\layout Section
conclusion
\layout Standard
Manual setting of the LabelString form within LyX works only on the first
item of a list.
\layout Standard
The problem is not so much LaTeX output, as normally one wants to have a
list with equal indendation (that is what the list is for) but the misleading
feedback in LyX.
\layout Section
solution/suggestion
\layout Standard
My suggestion would be either
\layout Enumerate
to disable the \SpecialChar \menuseparator
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paragraph LabelWidth (Titelbreite) item for subsequent
items of a list (as this is what in the LaTeX output occures), or
\layout Enumerate
to let the change in any item of a list affect all items (which would make
things easier for the user, as e.g.
if I am writing the 10th item of a list and realize I have to increase
the Labelwidth to get the list items aligned I'd prefer not to have to
go back to the first item to get this changed (nor, as is needed at present
to select all items and then change the LabelWidth).
\the_end
