William R. Buckley wrote:
Reminder - WindowsXP installation of LyX1.5.4/MikTeX2.7
I noticed that when trying to browse for the graphic file of
a figure inserted into a document via the LyX user interface,
and upon trying to utilise a shortcut (as the means to more
efficiently select the proper directory that is to be browsed),
it happens that LyX copies the shortcut to the Graphics
dialog box, instead of opening the directory indicated by
the shortcut. I believe this behavior is not what LyX
developers intend. Rather, double-clicking on the shortcut
should result in an opening of the indicated directory.
If so, then this is a bug in Qt for Windows. Soft links work perfectly
fine in Linux.
Another difficulty is with the inclusion of a citation (\cite[]{})
in a caption of a figure placed with the Float:Figure insert
function of the LyX user interface. I can easily hardcode
the citation, and it may be that I just don't understand how
to package the citation in order to get it to *dereference*
into the desired text.
There are issues in putting citations into what LaTeX calls "moving
arguments", and you may not actually want to do this. If you have a
table of figures, for example, the citation will appear there, too. But
if you do want the citation there, put "\protect" in ERT (Insert>TeX
Code) immediately before the citation, it should work. Works for me, anyway.
One of the features that I like most about Ventura Publisher
is the *frame*, within which one may place any kind of item,
table, graphic image, text, what have you, and it will render
in that space, without affect upon any other portion of the
page (that is, the page outside of the frame). I have not
encountered any kind of corresponding feature in LyX.
LyX isn't that kind of program. It's not FrameMaker or Adobe Publisher
or whatever. But LaTeX does have so-called minipages that can be used
for this kind of purpose. As far as I know, LyX doesn't have any support
for this, but of course you can do it manually via LaTeX in ERT.
The placement of figures is now accomplished, though I
do have some complaint about the *compliance* of LyX,
vis-à-vis following directions in the placement of graphics.
I do use the Float:Figure mechanism, and note that the
options for placement are general. Yet, even if the
selection is for top-of-page, or bottom-of-page, there are
conditions in which the graphic is not placed, or it is
placed on the next page, or it is placed at the end of
the document.
This is LaTeX's doing. It will do its best to comply with your wishes,
but not at the cost of destroying page layout generally.
I would like to have more control over the placement of
graphics and other insertions. If I understand Don Knuth
correctly, part of the goal of TeX is to free me from having
to make such placement decisions. This is not a goal
with which I agree.
Then you should perhaps use something besides LyX. As I said, it isn't a
page layout program. It's a writing tool.
Richard
