On Mon, 19 May 2008, Marwan Boustany wrote:
Is it necessary to force very float to be 'here definitely' if I actually want it to be correctly placed in the text?
That probably depends on how 'correctly' is defined.
I tried to leave all floats at default, and when the pdf was created, there were floats in the middle of itemize lists, on the wrong pages and even in the wrong order... totally erratic...
This is probably reflecting something broken in your document.
Why is the default placement so bad? Any ideas as to why the default is so bad? Suggestions?
In the 6 or 7 years I've been using LyX I've never written a document that had 'bad' default placement of floats. If you look in the mail list archives I believe that you'll find few (if any) complaints.
It is just that in the manual it states that forcing things to be 'here definitely' can destroy page layout.
Very true. Why not post the preamble and beginning portion of your document -- with a floated figure or table -- so we can see the context for your complaint. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
