>>>>> "Barry" == Barry Kauler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Barry> Hi, Another newbie question! "Layout/Paragraph..." enables me
Barry> to make changes to the paragraph style wherever the cursor is
Barry> currently located.
Barry> However, what if I want to apply the change globally, to that
Barry> paragraph style throughout the document? I don't want to
Barry> change the original style parameters, only apply the change
Barry> globally to the current document.
Providing customizable stlyes is on the to-do list. Note however that
it will not be very easy to do in LyX in all generality since it
involves a lot of work on the LaTeX side.
Barry> This is something I take for granted in commercial
Barry> wordprocessors.
That's why LyX is not really a wordprocessor :)
Barry> It shouldn't be too difficult to do. If the change can be
Barry> applied to one paragraph, it can be applied to others of the
Barry> same style.
No, because the styles are hardcoded right now. And we want to do
something which makes sense from the LaTeX/SGML/whatever side, not
just a random hack which looks good on screen/paper.
Barry> Changing the subject, nobody has responded to my
Barry> question about modifying the left and right margin positioning
Barry> of the Margin Note. Is this too difficult? I raise this again
Barry> because the Margin Note has uses far beyond just simple margin
Barry> notes. It can potentially solve the whole issue of being able
Barry> to insert margin headings and margin graphic icons.
If you want to get to this level of details, you will unfortunately
have to get your hands dirty and have a look at a bit of LaTeX
code. You should try to get the latest version of the titlesec
package, which has a pretty good support for custom section headers,
and a pretty good documentation too. I can send you references it you
want.
JMarc
