On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 10:47 AM Richard Kimberly Heck <rikih...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/31/23 17:30, Matthew Bandy wrote: > > Dear fellow Lyx enthusiasts - > > I am developing some scripts that automate table creation in Lyx based on > database queries. I'm using lyxserver, but I am running into some issues. > Please help! > > The following commands will insert a 1x2 table and populate the first cell > with some text and the second with a graphics inset. > > LYXCMD:copilot:tabular-insert:1 2 > LYXCMD:copilot:repeat:2 char-left > LYXCMD:copilot:self-insert:Here is some text > LYXCMD:copilot:char-right: > LYXCMD:copilot:inset-apply:graphics filename photo.png > > I need to modify the properties of the graphics inset, let's say to set > the width at 3 inches. I can't figure out how to either 1) apply more than > one property (filename, width, lyxscale, etc) when the inset is created > > The way to find this out is the open the Messages pane and activate the > "action" messages. Then you can see the actual dispatch messages being > produced on the fly. In this case, you just enter the extra arguments as > well, e.g.: > > graphics filename graphics/HeadShot-200.jpg scale 80 clip > > The pane shows these as on new lines, but I don't think that's required. > (I hope not.) > > 2) change the properties after the inset is already in place. > > inset-apply will modify an inset. It's just an alias to inset-modify or > inset-insert, depending. So you could just use inset-modify, too. See Help> > LyX Functions for the details. > > Riki > Thanks, Riki - It turns out that the order of the arguments is important. Specifically, filename has to come last. So: LYXCMD:copilot:inset-apply:graphics width "3in" lyxscale 50 filename photo.png .... works, while LYXCMD:copilot:inset-apply:graphics filename photo.png width "3in" lyxscale 50 ... does not. I really wish this stuff were documented somewhere... Matt
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