>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew R Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Matthew> Lyx-users,

Matthew> I am using the FoilTeX textclass to prepare a series of
Matthew> slides, and am trying to get a eps figure to fit on the page
Matthew> with the foilhead.  When I do this in latex, I usually remove
Matthew> some of the white space between the foilhead and the
Matthew> text/figure with a statement such as:

Matthew> \foilhead[-0.5in]{This is the Slide Heading}.

Matthew> Of course I can do the same thing in Lyx, marking the above
Matthew> line at tex, but it is not a very satisfactory workaround,
Matthew> since it makes reading and navigating through the foils less
Matthew> desirable.

You are a lucky guy. Try the ShortFoilHead environment. It does exactly a 
\foilhead[-0.5in]{...}. 

Matthew> Is there any way to insert the option "[-0.5in]" using the
Matthew> 'nice' foilhead environment?

Matthew> This question is probably relevant to supplying special
Matthew> options to just about any textclass--defined environment.  I
Matthew> would really appreciate any suggestions.

The answer is that it is possible to define an environment with a user
defined parameter, but this parameter will be hardcoded (to the right
value, in your case).

JMarc

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