Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Vaclav Smidl wrote: I had the impression that \minipage is an improved (robust) \parbox... The footnotes are example of a difference (improvement) The latex help says: A \parbox command is used for a parbox containing a small piece of text, with nothing fancy inside. In particular, you shouldn'

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Herbert Voss wrote: > oh sorry, cut'n paste ... :-( > Should be [ snip...] Got it. > this is the style, where you do not need the additional \vspace > at the end. > > the bug is another one: > when I insert Format->Paragraph->Space-After->User defined a > length like \normalbaselineskip and then

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Angus Leeming wrote: Hmmm. Your file doesn't compile, Herbert. Let's fix that first. I find that changing "\newenvironment{LyXitemize}{%", above to "\newenvironment{LyXitemize*}{%" makes latex happy. Is that what you mean? oh sorry, cut'n paste ... :-( Should be Style Itemize* CopyStyle

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Herbert Voss wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > >> Tune the appearence on the lyx screen to suit. If you don't care about >> that, then you may even be able to whittle it down to: >> >> Try adding an "Itemize*" environment to layouts/stdlists.inc. Eg >> (untested): >> >> # Itemize style definition

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Vaclav Smidl
On Wednesday 21 July 2004 12:31, Herbert Voss wrote: > Vaclav Smidl wrote: > > > My point was that if you specify the width of a column in a table, you > > can insert the same stuff as in parbox. > > the behaviour of footnotes is different and the vertival space > for the first line also. > > > I a

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Vaclav Smidl wrote: When you fix the column width, each cell is set as a \parbox, so there is no need to use minipage. (see attachment) However, the resulting .ps is slightly different (extra vspace at the end of the second cell)... I don't see any \parbox in the latex export of the example, but \b

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Jean-Pierre Chretien wrote: To conclude, it's not necessary to insert a minipage, unless you plan to format things in a way only allowed by minipage environment. you _always_ need a minipage, when you insert a list environment like description, itemite a.s.o. With a parbox you'll get an additional

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Rob S
> >> > >> > >> Onto aesthetics now! > > Try adding an "Itemize*" environment to layouts/stdlists.inc. Eg > (untested): > > # Itemize style definition > Style Itemize* > MarginStatic > LatexType Item_Environment > LatexName itemize* > NextNoIndent

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Vaclav Smidl
> >>When you fix the column width, each cell is set as a \parbox, so there is > >> no need to use minipage. (see attachment) However, the resulting .ps is > >> slightly different (extra vspace at the end of the second cell)... > > I don't see any \parbox in the latex export of the example, but > \b

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Herbert Voss
Angus Leeming wrote: Tune the appearence on the lyx screen to suit. If you don't care about that, then you may even be able to whittle it down to: Try adding an "Itemize*" environment to layouts/stdlists.inc. Eg (untested): # Itemize style definition Style Itemize* CopyStyle Itemize

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Rob S wrote: >> >> >> Onto aesthetics now! >> > > I've just delved into Herbert V's tips n tricks page on tables: > > http://www.texnik.de/table/Examples/examples.phtml#center > > Two examples here show the itemize environment in a table. > > Q. How can I change from Lyx creating \begin{ite

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>From: Vaclav Smidl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Tables - general question >>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:48:31 + >> >>> >>> >>> I do not know. Possibly you can use a minipage for that. >>> &

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Rob S
> > > Onto aesthetics now! > I've just delved into Herbert V's tips n tricks page on tables: http://www.texnik.de/table/Examples/examples.phtml#center Two examples here show the itemize environment in a table. Q. How can I change from Lyx creating \begin{itemize} to \begin{itemize*}? The la

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Rob S
> When you fix the column width, each cell is set as a \parbox, so there is > no > need to use minipage. (see attachment) However, the resulting .ps is > slightly > different (extra vspace at the end of the second cell)... Onto aesthetics now! In the example, row 1 height is determined by the

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Vaclav Smidl wrote: >> >>> I do not know. Possibly you can use a minipage for that. >> >> >> >>Again, I'll have a look at this method as well. >> >> It works, see attached example. >> You need to set the column width if you want the minipage width be >> a % of the column, and to get a proper LyX la

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Vaclav Smidl
> > >>> I do not know. Possibly you can use a minipage for that. > >> > >>Again, I'll have a look at this method as well. > > It works, see attached example. > You need to set the column width if you want the minipage width be > a % of the column, and to get a proper LyX layout: compare col 1 and 2

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Rob S
Jean-Pierre; > > It works, see attached example. > You need to set the column width if you want the minipage width be > a % of the column, and to get a proper LyX layout: compare col 1 and 2. I think that is exactly what we need! Thanks for your time :-) > > -- > Jean-Pierre Rob S

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Jean-Pierre Chretien
>>From: "Rob S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: RE: Tables - general question >>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:00:18 +0100 [..] >>> >>> I do not know. Possibly you can use a minipage for that. >> >

RE: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread Rob S
> > > Text alignment within the table causes her the most problems (differing > > amounts of cell padding). > > This is the standard TeX way, adapt the column width to the content. > Using the right-click table context menu, you can give the columns a > fixed width (Where fixed can also mean a ce

Re: Tables - general question

2004-07-21 Thread G. Milde
On 20.07.04, Rob S wrote: > Text alignment within the table causes her the most problems (differing > amounts of cell padding). This is the standard TeX way, adapt the column width to the content. Using the right-click table context menu, you can give the columns a fixed width (Where fixed can al

Tables - general question

2004-07-20 Thread Rob S
Dear List; My wife is using Lyx for her thesis and is finding producing neat, regular sized tables difficult. Text alignment within the table causes her the most problems (differing amounts of cell padding). Also, is it possible to use bullet lists inside a table cell? Else, Can anyone recommend