On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 05:44:23PM -0700, Jim Osborn wrote:
> How can I get something like this?
> 
>       aaa                       bbb
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAA   BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
> 
>    ccc          ddd                    eee
> CCCCCCCCC  DDDDDDDDDDDDDD  EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Disclaimer:  I'm no LaTeX expert and I've found mini-pages annoying in LyX.

Assuming you want "aaa" and "AAAAAA" to be different paragraphs try
something like this:

aaa     minipage,               width~30, centered
AAAAA   minipage,               width~30
bbb     minipage, new-minipage, width~70, centered
BBBBB   minipage,               width~70
ccc     minipage, new-minipage, width~20, centered
CCCCC   minipage,               width~20
ddd     minipage, new-minipage, width~30, centered
DDDDD   minipage,               width~30
eee     minipage, new-minipage, width~50, centered
EEEEE   minipage,               width~50

I found the easiest way to get separation between the "AAA BBB" and the
"ccc ddd eee" lines was to stick a non-minipage paragraph with a single
non-breaking space it it.  It's a hack but it worked for me, it also
makes sure "ccc" starts on a new line in case you muck with the widths
and width(aaa)+width(bbb) < 100%.

If "aaa" and "AAAAA" are to be one paragraph it should be even easier,
just use Ctrl+Enter for line breaks.

See the attached LyX file.

-- 
Dave Chapeskie
OpenPGP Key KeyId: 3D2B6B34
#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 218
\textclass article
\language english
\inputencoding auto
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single 
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\paperorientation portrait
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language english
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default

\layout Standard
\align center \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 30

aaa
\layout Standard
\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 30

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
\layout Standard
\align center \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_start_minipage 1 
\pextra_widthp 70

bbb
\layout Standard
\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 70

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
\layout Standard

\SpecialChar ~

\layout Standard
\align center \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_start_minipage 1 
\pextra_widthp 20

ccc
\layout Standard
\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 20

CCCCCCCCC
\layout Standard
\align center \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_start_minipage 1 
\pextra_widthp 30

ddd
\layout Standard
\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 30

DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
\layout Standard
\align center \pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_start_minipage 1 
\pextra_widthp 50

eee
\layout Standard
\pextra_type 2 \pextra_alignment 0 \pextra_widthp 50

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
\the_end

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