The problem is that the figure that is moved to the middle of the next
page is not big enough to fill the whole page. This leaves gaps above
and below.
I experimented and found that a fairly small figure can be in this
situation,
that is, it won't fit on the current page because of another big figure
above
it.
For a book, these large white spaces are not good.
Surely Lyx could be modified to place the figure at the top of the next
page
with text below.
.............
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Barry" == Barry Kauler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Barry> If Lyx can't fit a figure in the text, it tries the top of
> Barry> page, and if that fails puts it on the next page.
>
> Barry> There is a serious problem with that. If there is already a
> Barry> figure at the top of the current page, the figure will be
> Barry> placed on the next page even if it is a very small figure. The
> Barry> problem is that when figures are placed on the next page, they
> Barry> are drawn in the middle of the page, with nothing else on the
> Barry> page. This is totally unsatisfactory.
>
> Barry> Is this identified as a problem by the developers? Is there a
> Barry> plan to fix it?
>
> The question is: what do you want LaTeX to do if a figure does not fit
>
> on the page? As far as I know LaTeX tries top, then bottom, then page.
>
> To change this globally, enter 'htbp' (same with 'here' first) in
> Layout->Document->Float_option.
>
> JMarc
