added some lipsum text to force another page and it functioned correctly
---it gave me " Section 2 on the preceding page" as it should.
Sarah,
Handy trick if you need some junk filler text when testing something add
\usepackage{lipsum} to the latex preamble Document > Settings > Latex
Preamble
and you can stick a command like \lipsum[1-4] in ERT (know called Tex Code
Insert > Tex Code or ctl-L ) to insert 4 paragraphs of the famous "Lorem
ipsum dolor... " text.
On 24 September 2015 at 18:07, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote:
> On 09/24/2015 04:26 PM, Sarah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've uploaded file that I've created while following the tutorial.
> Hopefully this will make my issue more clear to you all.
>
>
> Yes, thanks, that is helpful.
>
> So your file looks like:
>
> If you want to know more about this document, then see Section
> [Ref+Text:sec:About-This-Document],
> which can be found on page.
>
> This is exactly what the tutorial says to do, but it is obviously
> ungrammatical. The "which can be found on page" part seems to be a leftover
> from a previous version. I've removed it for the next release. (Thanks!)
>
> What happens with the "Ref+Text" type of cross-reference is that, if that
> section began on a different page from the one the cross-reference is on,
> then you will get something like "Section 2 on page 5" in the output. If,
> as in your case, it is on the same page, you just get "Section 2". This is
> a very cool aspect of how LaTeX works. It can figure out for you whether
> you need to put a page number. It will even do things like "Section 2 on
> the preceding page". Add some random text before the cross-reference to
> force it to the next page, and you can see for yourself.
>
> If you actually did want it to read "which can be found on page 5", or
> whatever, then you could make the first cross-reference just have the
> format "<reference>" and then add another cross-reference after the word
> "page". The label would be the same, but the format would be "<page>".
> Alternatively, you could remove the words "on page" and use the format "On
> page <page>". Then you get as output "on page 5" or "on the preceding page"
> or even "on the current page", depending. Try it.
>
> Richard
>
>
> -Sarah
>
> On 9/24/15 1:10 PM, Sarah wrote:
>
> So sorry, I forgot to include in my original message that I'm working on a
> Mac machine. OS X 10.9.5
>
> On 9/24/15 11:27 AM, Sarah wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm working through the LyX Tutorial and I've encountered a problem in
> Section 3.4.2: Your first cross-reference. I have followed the steps
> outlined in this section:
>
> - Applied the label "sec:About-This-Document" at the end of the title
> line for Section 2 of my document (as directed in Section 3.4.1 in the
> tutorial)
> - Typed the suggested text, "If you want to know more about this
> document, then see Section, which can be found on page." within Section 2
> of my document
> - Placed the cursor after the word "Section"
> - Used the Cross Reference toolbar button
> - Selected "<reference> on page <page>" from the "Format" drop-down
> menu in the Cross-reference dialog
> - Selected the label "sec:About-This-Document"
>
>
> The reference label "Ref+Text: sec:About-This-Document" then appears after
> the word "Section" in my text. However, when I view the .pdf file, no page
> information is published. The sentence reads: "If you want to know more
> about this document, then see Section 2, which can be found on page."
> Information is published for the Section but not for the page.
>
> Please let me know if you see an error in my steps. This particular format
> is not completely necessary for my needs, and I can fix the problem
> manually by including another cross-reference at the end of the word "page"
> and using the "<page>" format in the Cross-reference dialog, but I'd like
> to know whether I am creating the problem or the format contains a bug.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Sarah Davis
>
>
>
>
>
--
John Kane
Kingston ON Canada
