Oh, good heavens, I knew I was missing something totally obvious. I never noticed the paragraph environment!
I had not used leterine in over a year and clearly forgot everything I had learned. Thanks very much. On 4 April 2017 at 11:05, Paul A. Rubin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/04/2017 10:32 AM, John Kane wrote: > > Can anyone suggest why I cannot insert a drop-cap in the attached file? > > In the attached file, and an old file, with \usepackage{letterine} in the > preamble and the "initials" module loaded the Insert commands appear but > faded out if I have the cursor in a paragraph with a drop-cap. > > If I start a new paragraph the insert commands disappear from the Insert > list. > > However, both compile nicely. > > In the minimum example I simply copied a drop-cap from my old file, > probably produced with LyX 2.2.0 or 2.2.1 > > I am probably missing something basic but I don't have a clue where to > look. > > Thanks > > -- > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > > I suspect the reason the insertion commands are disabled when the cursor > is in the paragraph with the drop-cap is that the developers of the package > didn't expect (and/or didn't want) you to try inserting a drop-cap > mid-paragraph. > > As for starting a new paragraph, the new paragraph will default to the > Standard Environment. Switch it to the Initial environment using the > environment selection list, and the insertion commands will reappear. > > Paul > > -- John Kane Kingston ON Canada
