On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:34:50AM +0000, E GCP wrote: > I'm a newbie, so this question maybe dumb, but why if I use the rotfloat > package, my table for example cannot be a float in LyX? That is, it won't > work unless I delete the "\begin_float tab" "\end_float" from the LyX > file. Will the table still behave like a float?
You can't have a float inside a float: In your case, you put a table float inside a sideways table float. You just need to use sideways table float. See the attached file.
#LyX 1.2 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 218 \textclass article \begin_preamble \usepackage{rotfloat} \end_preamble \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 \latex latex \backslash begin{sidewaystable} \layout Caption This is a floating table. \layout Standard \align center \begin_inset Tabular <lyxtabular version="2" rows="2" columns="2"> <features rotate="false" islongtable="false" endhead="0" endfirsthead="0" endfoot="0" endlastfoot="0"> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="true" rightline="false" width="" special=""> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="true" rightline="true" width="" special=""> <row topline="true" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard col1 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard col2 \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="true" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard a \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard b \end_inset </cell> </row> </lyxtabular> \end_inset \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash end{sidewaystable} \the_end
