Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Louis Turk
On 11/30/2011 06:40 PM, Louis Turk wrote: Hi Lyx users, Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made shaded? Lou It was suggested on comp.text.tex that I use the mdframed package, but I've not

Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Louis Turk lou at dayspringpublisher.com writes: Maybe use this? http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ShadedBox Paul

Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Louis Turk
On 11/30/2011 06:40 PM, Louis Turk wrote: Hi Lyx users, Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made shaded? Lou It was suggested on comp.text.tex that I use the mdframed package, but I've not

Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Louis Turk lou at dayspringpublisher.com writes: Maybe use this? http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ShadedBox Paul

Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Louis Turk
On 11/30/2011 06:40 PM, Louis Turk wrote: > Hi Lyx users, > > Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box > (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made > shaded? > > Lou It was suggested on comp.text.tex that I use the mdframed package, but

Re: Shaded boxes

2011-12-01 Thread Paul A . Rubin
Louis Turk dayspringpublisher.com> writes: Maybe use this? http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/ShadedBox Paul

Shaded boxes

2011-11-30 Thread Louis Turk
Hi Lyx users, Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made shaded? Lou

Shaded boxes

2011-11-30 Thread Louis Turk
Hi Lyx users, Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made shaded? Lou

Shaded boxes

2011-11-30 Thread Louis Turk
Hi Lyx users, Using the Memoir class with a two-column document, and inserting a box (simple frame, page breaks), how can the background of the box be made shaded? Lou

Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
Hi all I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, I seem to have got something that nearly works. The purpose of the module is to create a GUI way of applying grey boxes around text (making use of the framed pacakge). Two question: First, is it possible to

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? (via Insert Box and the box type Shaded)? The shade color can be altered via Preferences Colors (which is wrong -- should be document-wise -- but anyway). Two question: First, is it possible to have a nested environment via the GUI? That is, I

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Monday 30 November 2009 05:12:00 killermike wrote: Hi all I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, This is what I love about technical people. While ordinary people tell you a hundred reasons why they can't do something, technical people try and fail

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
On Monday 30 Nov 2009 10:33:38 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Is there a special reason why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? (via Insert Box and the box type Shaded)? The shade color can be altered via Preferences Colors (which is wrong -- should be document-wise -- but anyway

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
killermike wrote: The problem with a minipage is that it imposes restrictions on layout in terms of end of page breaks. It also seems to mess up my settings for things like indenting. Using the framed package just adds a grey background and doesn't interfere with anything else, including

Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
Hi all I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, I seem to have got something that nearly works. The purpose of the module is to create a GUI way of applying grey boxes around text (making use of the framed pacakge). Two question: First, is it possible to

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? (via Insert Box and the box type Shaded)? The shade color can be altered via Preferences Colors (which is wrong -- should be document-wise -- but anyway). Two question: First, is it possible to have a nested environment via the GUI? That is, I

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Monday 30 November 2009 05:12:00 killermike wrote: Hi all I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, This is what I love about technical people. While ordinary people tell you a hundred reasons why they can't do something, technical people try and fail

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
On Monday 30 Nov 2009 10:33:38 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Is there a special reason why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? (via Insert Box and the box type Shaded)? The shade color can be altered via Preferences Colors (which is wrong -- should be document-wise -- but anyway

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
killermike wrote: The problem with a minipage is that it imposes restrictions on layout in terms of end of page breaks. It also seems to mess up my settings for things like indenting. Using the framed package just adds a grey background and doesn't interfere with anything else, including

Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
Hi all I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm doing, I seem to have got something that nearly works. The purpose of the module is to create a GUI way of applying grey boxes around text (making use of the "framed" pacakge). Two question: First, is it possible to

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
). Is there a special reason why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? (via Insert > Box and the box type "Shaded")? The shade color can be altered via Preferences > Colors (which is wrong -- should be document-wise -- but anyway). > Two question: First, is it possible to

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Monday 30 November 2009 05:12:00 killermike wrote: > Hi all > > I've had a go at creating a module. Even though I don't know what I'm > doing, This is what I love about technical people. While ordinary people tell you a hundred reasons why they can't do something, technical people try and

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread killermike
On Monday 30 Nov 2009 10:33:38 Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > Is there a special reason why you do not use LyX's native shaded boxes? > (via Insert > Box and the box type "Shaded")? The shade color can be > altered via Preferences > Colors (which is wrong -

Re: Module hacking advice - nested environments and shaded boxes

2009-11-30 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
killermike wrote: > The problem with a minipage is that it imposes restrictions on layout in > terms of end of page breaks. It also seems to mess up my settings for > things like indenting. Using the framed package just adds a grey > background and doesn't interfere with anything else,