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>> From: Markus Baeurle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Some layout problems
Below are some LaTeX workarounds (what about a dedicated FAQ in the LyX list ?
The few contributions there could be a start. If contributors are willing
to write their answers in the unpersonal style below, I may collect them
and repost periodically).
I must say I'm not using very much LyX myself, so I may propose
a workaround for a solution which has been implemented in LyX 1.0.
>> There are a few minor things I don't like so much, especially I'd like more
>> control about where figure floats are placed in the text. I have set the
>> placement rules to "htbp" in the Layout -> Document dialog already but the
>> result doesn't always satisfy me. Well, I'm still used to WYSIWYG too much I
>> guess.
Float placement control:
++ put a ! before h to insist upon the float being here
Example: !ht in the Layout -> Document dialog forces the floats to be here,
if *really* not possible, then on top
>>
>> Now for my real "problems". I'm not sure if they're rather LaTeX problems but
>> I know very little about it.
>> The first one is that I my document ends with a few chapters of appendixes (I
>> selected "Start of Appendix" before them so everything is OK with them)
>> followed by a table of figures and a bibliography. Both of them don't show up
>> in the table of contents but I really need them to be in there!
Missing entries in the toc (*sectioning or extraneous entries):
++ type in (in TeX mode)
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline {}Bibliography}
to get the Bibliography entry in the TOC in the chapter style.
>> The second one has to do with page layout. I chose the fancy layout in
>> Layout -> Document. As you probably know, it puts the chapter heading on the
>> left and the section heading on the right of the top of each page. If these
>> headings are long, they run into each other and thus become unreadable.
>> This has disappointed me quite a bit and led to some jokes from colleagues in
>> the department ("Are you sure you're using the right tool?"). How can I
>> correct this? I think the best way would be if the section heading on the
>> right was simply truncated to fit.
Overload of the running headers:
++ use the LaTeX construct (for a chapter, same mechanism for a section)
\chapter[Short title]{Full title}
instead of calling the chapter style (but then the short construct will be
the one in the toc)
[snip]
Regards
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Jean-Pierre
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