Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Stefano Franchi wrote: That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Charles de Miramon
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split between a dialog for the general

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Charles de Miramon wrote: Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699 The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split between a dialog for the general parameters for the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in your tables? Stefano, That's an excellent question. :-) It's been a year since the book was published and I've not thought about the raw document for

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 1:57 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen Thanks Jürgen, that was it. It never

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 3:00 AM, Charles de Miramon wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. I agree wholeheartedly. In my particular case,

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Stefano Franchi wrote: That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Charles de Miramon
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split between a dialog for the general

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Charles de Miramon wrote: Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699 The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split between a dialog for the general parameters for the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in your tables? Stefano, That's an excellent question. :-) It's been a year since the book was published and I've not thought about the raw document for

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 1:57 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen Thanks Jürgen, that was it. It never

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 3:00 AM, Charles de Miramon wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. I agree wholeheartedly. In my particular case,

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Stefano Franchi wrote: > That is, I select the > table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' > field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Charles de Miramon
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? > Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split between a dialog for the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Charles de Miramon wrote: > Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice > usability enhancement. http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1699 > The table interface is indeed quite confusing. I think it should be split > between a dialog for the general parameters for

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in your tables? Stefano, That's an excellent question. :-) It's been a year since the book was published and I've not thought about the raw document for

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 1:57 AM, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Stefano Franchi wrote: That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Jürgen Thanks Jürgen, that was it. It never

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 8 Jul, 2006, at 3:00 AM, Charles de Miramon wrote: Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Did you hit the return key after that to apply the changes? Having an 'apply' button in the Table Parameters dialog would be a nice usability enhancement. I agree wholeheartedly. In my particular case,

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-08 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all

Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my table. But nothing happens---as soon as I go

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 7 Jul, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Thanks Rich, that would take car of part of the problem. But how do you break a line in a cell? neither a common return nor a linebreak seem to work. Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in

Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my table. But nothing happens---as soon as I go

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 7 Jul, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Thanks Rich, that would take car of part of the problem. But how do you break a line in a cell? neither a common return nor a linebreak seem to work. Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in

Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my table. But nothing happens---as soon as I go

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the 'width' field. I did this for all the columns in my

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On 7 Jul, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: I am trying to set up a multi-page, fixed width column table, but my attempts seem to be blissfully ignored by LyX. That is, I select the table, go into the pop-up dialog and enter a value in the

Re: Table with fixed width columns

2006-07-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Jul 2006, Stefano Franchi wrote: Thanks Rich, that would take car of part of the problem. But how do you break a line in a cell? neither a common return nor a linebreak seem to work. Leaving aside the problem of line-wrapping, how did you manage to fix the width of the columns in