Solution found: longtables do not seem to like table width. Removing the tablewidth setting solved the problem.
Thank you, Rainer! 2011/10/5 Lastalda Felina <lasta...@googlemail.com>: > The table is not within a float. > (I already found the "don't put longtables in floats" advice before.) > > Anything else I might be doing wrong? > Would making a short version of the file showing the problem help? > > 2011/10/5 Rainer M Krug <r.m.k...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Lastalda Felina <lasta...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> This is probably a stupid question, but I'm still fairly new to Lyx. >>> I want to use a longtable in my thesis. From what I've read across >>> various sources, I need to rightclick on the table, click through to >>> the "options => long tables" setting and then tick off the little box >>> saying "use longtable". But for some reason I cannot tick it, it's >>> greyed out so un-selectable. >>> (Screenshot: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/lastalda/longtable.png) >>> >>> Do I need to use some specific package to be able to access the >>> longtable option? Or some special setting? >>> (I'm using the koma(book) class, if that is relevant.) >> >> Longtables do not work in floats, and it seems that your table is in a >> float. >> >> There might be ways around, but I am not aware of any (and doubt they are >> useful). >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> >> >>> >>> Thank you in advance for your help! >>> Lastalda >> >> >> >> -- >> Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, >> UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) >> >> Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology >> Stellenbosch University >> South Africa >> >> Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 >> Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 >> Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 >> >> Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 >> >> email: rai...@krugs.de >> >> Skype: RMkrug >> >> > > > > -- > Zu sagen "Hier herrscht Freiheit" ist immer ein Irrtum oder eine Lüge. > Freiheit herrscht nicht. > - Ehrich Fried, "Herrschaftsfreiheit" - > -- Zu sagen "Hier herrscht Freiheit" ist immer ein Irrtum oder eine Lüge. Freiheit herrscht nicht. - Ehrich Fried, "Herrschaftsfreiheit" -
