Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
As for breaking lines, I suspect you're looking for \linebreak. Check
the attached document. Also, play close attention to the formatting,
say: NameERT[\linebreak] Residence.

For the underlining part, I can be of no help.
Liviu


On 1/3/08, Maria Gouskova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Dear LyX users,

 I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
 some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
 lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
 example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
 it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
 work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
 there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
 with underlining?

 Maria



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Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Paul A. Rubin

Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
with underlining?

Maria



Try the following:

1.  In the preamble, '\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}'.
2.  In ERT, inside the table cell at the start of the text to be 
underlined, '\uline{'.

3.  In ERT, at the end of the underlined text, '}'.

This of course presumes you've installed the ulem package.  :-)  The 
normalem option tells it not to convert emphasized text from italics 
to underlined (its default behavior).


I'll note in passing that 
http://dillgroup.ucsf.edu/latex/texfaq_14.html, specifically the section 
Underlined text won't break, contains the following quote: 
Nevertheless, typographically illiterate people (such as those that 
specify double-spaced thesis styles) continue to require underlining of 
us ...  My impression is that underlining was deprecated at about the 
same time that the IBM Selectric typewriter passed into history, other 
than for occasional funky uses (such as identifying keyboard input, 
say).  I'm not a purist on these things, but I usually consider 
something like a monospaced font as a substitute for underlining.


HTH,
Paul



Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
As for breaking lines, I suspect you're looking for \linebreak. Check
the attached document. Also, play close attention to the formatting,
say: NameERT[\linebreak] Residence.

For the underlining part, I can be of no help.
Liviu


On 1/3/08, Maria Gouskova [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Dear LyX users,

 I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
 some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
 lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
 example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
 it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
 work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
 there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
 with underlining?

 Maria



linebreak1.lyx
Description: Binary data


Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Paul A. Rubin

Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
with underlining?

Maria



Try the following:

1.  In the preamble, '\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}'.
2.  In ERT, inside the table cell at the start of the text to be 
underlined, '\uline{'.

3.  In ERT, at the end of the underlined text, '}'.

This of course presumes you've installed the ulem package.  :-)  The 
normalem option tells it not to convert emphasized text from italics 
to underlined (its default behavior).


I'll note in passing that 
http://dillgroup.ucsf.edu/latex/texfaq_14.html, specifically the section 
Underlined text won't break, contains the following quote: 
Nevertheless, typographically illiterate people (such as those that 
specify double-spaced thesis styles) continue to require underlining of 
us ...  My impression is that underlining was deprecated at about the 
same time that the IBM Selectric typewriter passed into history, other 
than for occasional funky uses (such as identifying keyboard input, 
say).  I'm not a purist on these things, but I usually consider 
something like a monospaced font as a substitute for underlining.


HTH,
Paul



Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Liviu Andronic
As for breaking lines, I suspect you're looking for \linebreak. Check
the attached document. Also, play close attention to the formatting,
say: "NameERT[\linebreak] Residence".

For the underlining part, I can be of no help.
Liviu


On 1/3/08, Maria Gouskova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear LyX users,
>
> I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
> some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
> lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
> example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
> it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
> work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
> there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
> with underlining?
>
> Maria
>


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Re: Underlining and table cell width

2008-01-03 Thread Paul A. Rubin

Maria Gouskova wrote:

Dear LyX users,

I suspect this may be a LaTeX rather than a LyX issue, but perhaps
some of you might know the answer. The usual solution for breaking
lines in LaTeX tables is to set the table width to a fixed value, for
example, 1 inch. This solution is clumsy (in my opinion, at least) but
it produces the desired result, with some experimentation. It doesn't
work, however, when the contents of the cell is underlined. The Is
there any way to break up the contents of a table cell across lines
with underlining?

Maria



Try the following:

1.  In the preamble, '\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}'.
2.  In ERT, inside the table cell at the start of the text to be 
underlined, '\uline{'.

3.  In ERT, at the end of the underlined text, '}'.

This of course presumes you've installed the ulem package.  :-)  The 
"normalem" option tells it not to convert emphasized text from italics 
to underlined (its default behavior).


I'll note in passing that 
http://dillgroup.ucsf.edu/latex/texfaq_14.html, specifically the section 
"Underlined text won't break", contains the following quote: 
"Nevertheless, typographically illiterate people (such as those that 
specify double-spaced thesis styles) continue to require underlining of 
us ..."  My impression is that underlining was "deprecated" at about the 
same time that the IBM Selectric typewriter passed into history, other 
than for occasional funky uses (such as identifying keyboard input, 
say).  I'm not a purist on these things, but I usually consider 
something like a monospaced font as a substitute for underlining.


HTH,
Paul