Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 00:49:20 Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't > change. > > I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the PDF > doesn't show the text and simply sets a variable, which I then put i

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 03 October 2010 12:44:05 Julien Rioux wrote: > On 03/10/2010 4:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > U D Man Julien!!! > > Well, to be fair the main hint of using afterpage came from Paul. > > > \gdef didn't work, but \xdef sure did. I replaced this: > > > > \afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdatehdr

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Julien Rioux
On 03/10/2010 4:57 AM, Steve Litt wrote: U D Man Julien!!! Well, to be fair the main hint of using afterpage came from Paul. \gdef didn't work, but \xdef sure did. I replaced this: \afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdatehdr}[0]{\plotdateondeck}} With this: \afterpage{\xdef\plotdatehdr{\plotdat

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 03 October 2010 04:33:43 Steve Litt wrote: > On Saturday 02 October 2010 18:24:01 Julien Rioux wrote: > > On 02/10/2010 4:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote: [clip] > > > The \renewcommand inside the afterpage doesn't work. \afterpage is > > > firing because I get the row of z's on the next page. Th

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 18:24:01 Julien Rioux wrote: > On 02/10/2010 4:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Ugh! Afterpage appears not to work for reasons unknown. I did this: > > > > \newcommand{\plotdatebodyL}[1]{% > >\renewcommand\plotdateondeck[0]{#1}% > >\afterpage{\renewcommand{\plotdate

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Julien Rioux
On 02/10/2010 4:25 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 October 2010 14:55:14 Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 October 2010 11:54:46 Paul A. Rubin wrote: On 10/2/2010 11:16 AM, Steve Litt wrote: What happens if you load the afterpage package and put the macro inside \afterpage{}? Hopefully

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 14:55:14 Steve Litt wrote: > On Saturday 02 October 2010 11:54:46 Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > On 10/2/2010 11:16 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > What happens if you load the afterpage package and put the macro > > inside \afterpage{}? Hopefully that would say the new value goes

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 11:54:46 Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 10/2/2010 11:16 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Saturday 02 October 2010 08:42:55 Richard Heck wrote: > >> On 10/02/2010 12:49 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Paul A. Rubin
On 10/2/2010 11:16 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Saturday 02 October 2010 08:42:55 Richard Heck wrote: On 10/02/2010 12:49 AM, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't change. I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 02 October 2010 08:42:55 Richard Heck wrote: > On 10/02/2010 12:49 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't > > change. > > > > I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the PDF > > doesn't show

Re: Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-02 Thread Richard Heck
On 10/02/2010 12:49 AM, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't change. I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the PDF doesn't show the text and simply sets a variable, which I then put in the header. So far so goo

Variables showing top-of-page values?

2010-10-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm using a document class derived from the Book class, and that can't change. I created a character style that in LyX shows the text, but in the PDF doesn't show the text and simply sets a variable, which I then put in the header. So far so good. But there's trouble in paradise. These