On 14/10/2014 9:58 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote:
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 4:32 PM, aparsloe <[email protected]> wrote:
On 13/10/2014 11:00 a.m., Scott Kostyshak wrote:
1. Change "Figure Wrap Float" to "Figure Wrap" and "Table Wrap Float"
to "Table Wrap".
2. Change the wraps to float by default.
3. The other float items should be shown (as greyed out) when no
document is open.
Thanks for the thoughts, Alfredo.
Scott
I use figure wrap floats extensively. For example, I have a 600 page
document averaging about 1 figure per page, the majority of which are figure
wrap floats. I use them in quite a different way from pure figure floats.
The wrapped figures are associated with specific paragraphs in specific
sections or subsections. If latex doesn't allow the specific placement, a
number of options follow: I try adjusting the line span of the figure or the
column width. Or I try placing them with the preceding or following
paragraph. Another strategy is to combine two (or three) into a pure figure
float and try to ensure that that is in the vicinity of the relevant
paragraphs. Only as a last resort do I float the wrapped figure. The
floating of wrapped figures seems to me a secondary "last resort" property.
Ordinary figure floats are available for floating. Wrapped figures are
associated with specific paragraphs, and should, if possible stay there.
Hence I think the current behaviour is the preferred one, where the floating
option is available, but needs to be specifically selected.
Andrew
Thanks for the detailed explanation, Andrew! I will leave things as
they are for now then, until we get more opinions.
Do you agree though, that from a user-interface point of view that
something could be improved? When I see float two times in the process
Insert > Float > Figure Wrap Float I do not think "this thing could be
configured to float". I think "this thing floats".
Scott
Yes. Figure Wrap (Optional Float)? (In fact the whole Insert menu seems
somewhat haphazard to me.)
Andrew
