On 10/13/2017 04:32 PM, Christian Eriksson wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am creating a custom layout and I want to create an inset which does
> not take any input, an example would be the ”new page” inset from
> ’Insert->Formatting->New Page’. The purpose would be not to confuse
> users by making them think that they need to input something. If this
> is not possible can I pre fill the input box and then suppress the
> output in the compiled document?
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There's no way to make input impossible, but you can suppress output
simply by having the corresponding LaTeX command not do anything. E.g.:
\newcommand\donothing[1]{}
I believe some of the modules actually use this trick, though with
layouts. E.g., you could create a simple new page "layout" roughly as
follows:
Style NewPage
LatexType Command
LatexName donothing
LabelType Static
LabelString "--- New Page --- (input ignored)"
Preamble
\newcommand\donothing[1]{}
EndPreamble
Font
Color Red
Series Bold
EndFont
# Essential if we want to allow for no input
KeepEmpty 1
End
Note that you could equally well have this "layout" issue some command.
I've been meaning for some time to add such a layout to the Endnotes
module, that would issue \theendnotes.
Something similar could be done with an inset.
Richard
