Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:



Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or 
keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, 
position the

cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.



  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps 
that was
the problem. 


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such.  It is meant for
pasting to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data
other apps use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants.  So
ascii is the lowest common denominator.

The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write.  Including complicated tables and deeply
nested environments.




  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the 
copying using

a text editor.


Internal pasting will definitely save time over that approach the next
time you need it. :-)

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such. It is meant for pasting
to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data other apps
use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants. So ascii is the lowest
common denominator.


Helge,

  A major part of the problem is that this is not documented anywhere. I
looked in the users guide, advanced guide, and configuration guide and did
not find an explanation of the external paste. That should be added ASAP.


The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write. Including complicated tables and deeply nested
environments.


  In the documentation it should note that paste works across documents as
well as within a document.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


... and press ctrl+v for paste.


Helge, et al.:

  This was my problem. I used the external paste rather than regular paste,
and the former did not work. The latter does. I had assumed that ctrl-v was
for pasting selections within the same document while paste external
selection was used with transfers between documents. Apparently not.

  When is paste external selection appropriate? I find no mention of this
feature in any of the help documents.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:



Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or 
keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, 
position the

cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.



  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps 
that was
the problem. 


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such.  It is meant for
pasting to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data
other apps use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants.  So
ascii is the lowest common denominator.

The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write.  Including complicated tables and deeply
nested environments.




  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the 
copying using

a text editor.


Internal pasting will definitely save time over that approach the next
time you need it. :-)

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such. It is meant for pasting
to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data other apps
use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants. So ascii is the lowest
common denominator.


Helge,

  A major part of the problem is that this is not documented anywhere. I
looked in the users guide, advanced guide, and configuration guide and did
not find an explanation of the external paste. That should be added ASAP.


The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write. Including complicated tables and deeply nested
environments.


  In the documentation it should note that paste works across documents as
well as within a document.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


... and press ctrl+v for paste.


Helge, et al.:

  This was my problem. I used the external paste rather than regular paste,
and the former did not work. The latter does. I had assumed that ctrl-v was
for pasting selections within the same document while paste external
selection was used with transfers between documents. Apparently not.

  When is paste external selection appropriate? I find no mention of this
feature in any of the help documents.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:


On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:



Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or 
keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, 
position the

cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.



  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps 
that was
the problem. 


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such.  It is meant for
pasting to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data
other apps use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants.  So
ascii is the "lowest common denominator".

The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write.  Including complicated tables and deeply
nested environments.




  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the 
copying using

a text editor.


Internal pasting will definitely save time over that approach the next
time you need it. :-)

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


That's the problem then.  The external system is mostly ascii, and will
create ascii representations of tables and such. It is meant for pasting
to/from other applications, lyx does not know what kind of data other apps
use, and other apps does not know what lyx wants. So ascii is the "lowest
common denominator".


Helge,

  A major part of the problem is that this is not documented anywhere. I
looked in the users guide, advanced guide, and configuration guide and did
not find an explanation of the external paste. That should be added ASAP.


The _internal_ pasting system supports copying and pasting of anything
you're able to write. Including complicated tables and deeply nested
environments.


  In the documentation it should note that paste works across documents as
well as within a document.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of "Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic"
 Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


... and press ctrl+v for paste.


Helge, et al.:

  This was my problem. I used the external paste rather than regular paste,
and the former did not work. The latter does. I had assumed that ctrl-v was
for pasting selections within the same document while paste "external
selection" was used with transfers between documents. Apparently not.

  When is "paste external selection" appropriate? I find no mention of this
feature in any of the help documents.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of "Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic"
 Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to 
another, but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the 
destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:

Open both lyx documents - in the _same_ lyx session.  No, it won't work
if you start up several instances of lyx.  So open one document, and
then open the other one using the file-open menu. You won't be able
to see both documents at the same time, but you can switch from one
to the other using the document menu in lyx 1.3.x, or the view menu
in lyx-1.4cvs.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or
keyboard) and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document,
position the cursor where you want the table float to go, and press
ctrl+v for paste.  (You may also use the edit-copy and edit-paste
menus if you prefer, but that's slower.)

Absolutely anything in lyx can be copied this way, tables, math,
graphichs, lists, whole chapters or the entire document if need be.

Lyx-1.3 has one little quirk that is fixed in lyx-1.4cvs:
If your selection start in some environment that isn't
standard (i.e. a heading or a list) then you really have to
start the selection on the end of the preceding line, or lyx will
revert the textstyle to standard when you paste it. No big deal,
but it sometimes leads to a section heading being pasted as
standard text. Easy enough to fix, but also easy enough to
avoid.

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:


Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.


To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, position the
cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.


  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps that was
the problem. I blocked the entire float, too.

  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the copying using
a text editor.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to 
another, but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the 
destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:

Open both lyx documents - in the _same_ lyx session.  No, it won't work
if you start up several instances of lyx.  So open one document, and
then open the other one using the file-open menu. You won't be able
to see both documents at the same time, but you can switch from one
to the other using the document menu in lyx 1.3.x, or the view menu
in lyx-1.4cvs.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or
keyboard) and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document,
position the cursor where you want the table float to go, and press
ctrl+v for paste.  (You may also use the edit-copy and edit-paste
menus if you prefer, but that's slower.)

Absolutely anything in lyx can be copied this way, tables, math,
graphichs, lists, whole chapters or the entire document if need be.

Lyx-1.3 has one little quirk that is fixed in lyx-1.4cvs:
If your selection start in some environment that isn't
standard (i.e. a heading or a list) then you really have to
start the selection on the end of the preceding line, or lyx will
revert the textstyle to standard when you paste it. No big deal,
but it sometimes leads to a section heading being pasted as
standard text. Easy enough to fix, but also easy enough to
avoid.

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:


Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.


To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, position the
cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.


  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps that was
the problem. I blocked the entire float, too.

  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the copying using
a text editor.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Helge Hafting]

Rich Shepard wrote:

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to 
another, but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the 
destination
document, and used the Edit->External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey "table"
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:

Open both lyx documents - in the _same_ lyx session.  No, it won't work
if you start up several instances of lyx.  So open one document, and
then open the other one using the file->open menu. You won't be able
to see both documents at the same time, but you can switch from one
to the other using the "document" menu in lyx 1.3.x, or the "view" menu
in lyx-1.4cvs.

To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or
keyboard) and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document,
position the cursor where you want the table float to go, and press
ctrl+v for paste.  (You may also use the edit->copy and edit->paste
menus if you prefer, but that's slower.)

Absolutely anything in lyx can be copied this way, tables, math,
graphichs, lists, whole chapters or the entire document if need be.

Lyx-1.3 has one little quirk that is fixed in lyx-1.4cvs:
If your selection start in some environment that isn't
"standard" (i.e. a heading or a list) then you really have to
start the selection on the end of the preceding line, or lyx will
revert the textstyle to standard when you paste it. No big deal,
but it sometimes leads to a section heading being pasted as
standard text. Easy enough to fix, but also easy enough to
avoid.

Helge Hafting

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Helge Hafting wrote:


Copying tables, and anything else, is trivial as long as we're talking
about copying from one lyx document to another. The recipe is simple:


Helge,

  As I wrote, this is exactly what I tried to do.


To copy a table float, mark the entire float using the mouse (or keyboard)
and press ctrl+c for copy. Then, switch to the other document, position the
cursor where you want the table float to go, and press ctrl+v for paste.


  Interesting. I used the paste external rather than paste. Perhaps that was
the problem. I blocked the entire float, too.

  Just for giggles, I'll try it again even though I've done the copying using
a text editor.

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of "Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic"
 Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

TIA,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Paul Smith]

On 9/19/05, Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
 my attempts so far have failed.
 
I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
 used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
 document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
 not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
 from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
 this.
 
I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
 answer.
 
Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved
by using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX.
(I am assuming both documents are LyX ones.)

Paul

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Paul Smith wrote:


This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved by
using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX. (I am
assuming both documents are LyX ones.)


Paul,

  You'd think that after all this time I'd just do that, wouldn't you?

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[samar]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, 
but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,

used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


I have used this for some time but have just checked it out to see if it 
also works on 1.3.6


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and 
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same 
structure


Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in 
the top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, samar wrote:


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same
structure

Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in the 
top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar,

  Thanks. I was going to create the table outline then copy each cell
individually.

  What I actually did was open the source .lyx file in one virtual console,
block the whole table, and save that to a separate text file. Then I opened
the destination .lyx file and imported the code at the right place.

  Unfortunately, the destination document is a beamer-class presentation and
the table is far too large to fit on a single slide. Sigh. I'll have to trim
cells off and see what I can get to compile and display.

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

TIA,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Paul Smith]

On 9/19/05, Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
 my attempts so far have failed.
 
I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
 used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
 document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
 not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
 from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
 this.
 
I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
 answer.
 
Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved
by using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX.
(I am assuming both documents are LyX ones.)

Paul

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Paul Smith wrote:


This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved by
using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX. (I am
assuming both documents are LyX ones.)


Paul,

  You'd think that after all this time I'd just do that, wouldn't you?

Thanks,

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[samar]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, 
but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,

used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit-External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey table
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


I have used this for some time but have just checked it out to see if it 
also works on 1.3.6


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and 
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same 
structure


Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in 
the top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, samar wrote:


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same
structure

Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in the 
top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar,

  Thanks. I was going to create the table outline then copy each cell
individually.

  What I actually did was open the source .lyx file in one virtual console,
block the whole table, and save that to a separate text file. Then I opened
the destination .lyx file and imported the code at the right place.

  Unfortunately, the destination document is a beamer-class presentation and
the table is far too large to fit on a single slide. Sigh. I'll have to trim
cells off and see what I can get to compile and display.

Rich

--
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President |   Author of Quantifying Environmental
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) |  Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863

Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit->External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey "table"
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

TIA,

Rich

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Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Paul Smith]

On 9/19/05, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, but
> my attempts so far have failed.
> 
>I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire table,
> used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
> document, and used the Edit->External paste feature. I get a solid paragraph,
> not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey "table"
> from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results with
> this.
> 
>I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
> answer.
> 
>Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?

This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved
by using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX.
(I am assuming both documents are LyX ones.)

Paul

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Paul Smith wrote:


This is not the cleanest solution, Rich, but your goal may be achieved by
using a text editor to copy the table, without doing it inside LyX. (I am
assuming both documents are LyX ones.)


Paul,

  You'd think that after all this time I'd just do that, wouldn't you?

Thanks,

Rich

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Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[samar]

  I want to copy a table -- as a table -- from one document to another, 
but

my attempts so far have failed.

  I've opened the table in the source document, highlighted the entire 
table,

used ctrl-c to copy it to the clipboard, switched focus to the destination
document, and used the Edit->External paste feature. I get a solid 
paragraph,

not a table, with this approach. I've also tried to copy the grey "table"
from the source to the destination, but get the same non-table results 
with

this.

  I've also searched on the TeXnik.de and wiki pages without seeing an
answer.

  Is there a way to copy the table from one document to another?


I have used this for some time but have just checked it out to see if it 
also works on 1.3.6


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and 
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same 
structure


Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in 
the top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar

Re: Copying A Table Float Across Documents

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, samar wrote:


You first need to create  a blank table with the same number of columns and
rows as the original in your destination document. Ideally the same
structure

Copy the source into the destination but make sure you have the cursor in the 
top left hand cell.


Sometimes, just sometimes, doing this copies the whole table  as it is, 
ignoring your blank table.


samar,

  Thanks. I was going to create the table outline then copy each cell
individually.

  What I actually did was open the source .lyx file in one virtual console,
block the whole table, and save that to a separate text file. Then I opened
the destination .lyx file and imported the code at the right place.

  Unfortunately, the destination document is a beamer-class presentation and
the table is far too large to fit on a single slide. Sigh. I'll have to trim
cells off and see what I can get to compile and display.

Rich

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