2018-06-09 22:13 GMT+02:00 Steve Litt <[email protected]>: > On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 12:43:47 +0200 > Ricardo Berlasso <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2018-06-09 11:50 GMT+02:00 F M Salter <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Is it possible to place captioned figures side by side rather > > > than vertically? > > > > > > Yes, but you need to use the sidecap package. To integrate it on LyX > > you can use a "Local format" (Document → Settings → Local format), > > something like this (I'm using 2.3 here, for 2.2 use "Format 60" > > instead) > > Hi Richard, > > How did you know that the sidecap package would do this? It seems like > every desire anyone has in LaTeX, somebody pops up with a package to do > it. But how does one discover that package? Is there an algorithm to go > from a need to solution by package discovery? >
Unfortunately, no. I'm able to provide a fast answer to some problems only because I've already asked that question many times in the past and was able to build an answer. I'm not a LaTeX expert, so each time I solve something I write down the solution I've found on my personal archive. > > Given LaTeX code, I can hammer away at it, do research, and eventually > modify it to do what I need. I can describe the process pretty much in > English. But I don't begin to understand how people can hear a need and > instantly know "you need the XYZ package." That process should be > articulated so that all of us can do it. > I'm using LyX since... 2001? My memory fails. But even with such experience it took me months to understand how local formats work. In fact, I'm not able to write code from scratch, I always need to copy/paste from my archive of solutions, so don't feel amazed for our fast answers, they only mean that we are good at copy/paste old solutions from our own long list of solved problems ;) Even the most wild questions I've ever had were already asked by someone else on the Internet, so it's only matter of using the right keywords on the right place. TeX-LaTeX Stack Exchange is usually the right place so once I find the answer, and of course I understand it (which is not always granted), it's just a matter of adapting the whole thing to LyX (which may be some work) http://tex.stackexchange.com/ If nobody knows the answer to a question there, it's not possible. But since almost nothing is impossible on LaTeX, the answer is there ;) Regards, Ricardo > > Thanks, > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 > > >
