Paul Johnson wrote:
What is the best advice now for LyX users who want paragraphs shaped
like this
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
But we want to control both the indentation of the lines 2-3 as well
as the negative indentation of line 1. A negative indentation on the
first line of an itemized list would be about right for this.
Searching in the LyX archive, I find that I asked this before. This
message that Herbert Voss sent in response to my question in 2001:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg08531.html
Is there simplification available now?
I notice the tips & tricks page is gone now, as this link no longer
leads anywhere:
http://www.lyx.org/help//layouts/layout.html#hangindent
I am wishing there were a simpler solution *within LyX* to do this,
without creating a layout file or such, because I primarily need this
for use of students in our computer lab. I've been pushing them to
use LaTeX and LyX, and if I say "that is not possible" they just say
"we will use Open Office instead." So the "you can't get there from
here" problems with LyX are creating a bother. Students tell me MS
Word has a "hanging" option for paragraphs that makes this super
simple. When I told them "we don't need that because real publishers
don't do that" they turned up with several journals in which itemized
lists and bibliographic entries are formatted in that way.
Have you tried using the "verse" paragraph type instead of "standard"?
It looks like your example above. Perhaps a bit counterintuitive when you
aren't writing poetry, but it has a hanging indent and is very simple to
use.
For lists, see if the paragraph type "labeling" might be useful. Here
the indent
is adjustable thorugh paragraph settings.
If you really want a negative indent (first line of paragraph stick into
the margin)
try setting the document to use indented text and put \parindent=-2em
in the document preamble. (Or in an ERT box in the first paragraph you want
to be this way. In this case, make sure there is a space after the
command.)
Helge Hafting
Helge Hafting
