On 08/11/2016 07:07 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
> On 08/11/2016 04:53 PM, Bernt Lie wrote:
>>
>> I have used SWP a lot in the past, and really like that product
>> (despite some limitations). They support “fragments” which is really
>> great:
>>
>> ·        Mark any part of a document, and save this marked part as a
>> “fragment” in a file of a given name.
>>
>> ·        Then call back this fragment by typing Ctrl+ fragment name
>> at any time (v 5.5). (Use of the Ctrl key makes it slightly complex
>> to type, so there may be better ways).
>>
>> ·        Examples of fragments could be (I) horizontal fill + math
>> \blacktriangle (e.g named endex – end of example) (ii) a floating
>> table with center table (e.g, mytab), (iii) similar for figures (e.g,
>> myfig), (iv) a symbol for scaled variables (e.g, scaled), (v) an
>> empty data list object set to the Python language, numbered lines on
>> the left side with smallest font using typewriter font (e.g,
>> mypython), etc., etc.
>>
>> In summary: fragments are great – very useful, and very intuitive to
>> use! Sorely missed.
>>
>
> You can approximate this behavior by copying the fragment to a LyX
> file and then using Insert> File> LyX Document to insert it. You can
> bind the file-insert command to a keystroke to make it easier to open
> the relevant dialog, if you wish. And if you have some file you want
> to insert a lot, you can bind a key to something like "file-insert
> /path/to/myfile.lyx". Though, at the moment, that does not seem to be
> working for me. Hmm. I'll investigate.

No, it does work. I was foolishly mistyping the filename. Over and over.

Richard

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