Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-09-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, Ricardo Berlasso wrote: Just a general warning: the wrapfig package used by this option is a bit "unpredictable" with its default options: if the wrapfig figure ends up near the lower edge of the page, it could disappear from the output without warning, leaving a "??" for

Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-09-01 Thread Ricardo Berlasso
El sáb., 1 sept. 2018 a las 0:43, Rich Shepard () escribió: > On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, Kornel Benko wrote: > > > What you seem to be after is maybe a wrapped figure, like the attached. > > (Insert->Float->Figure Wrap Float) > Just a general warning: the wrapfig package used by this option is a bit

Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-08-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, Kornel Benko wrote: What you seem to be after is maybe a wrapped figure, like the attached. (Insert->Float->Figure Wrap Float) Kornel, Well! Shame on me! In the many years I've used LyX I've not noticed that menu choice. Mea culpa! Thanks for pointing out the obvious,

Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-08-31 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Freitag, 31. August 2018 14:53:55 CEST schrieb Rich Shepard : > On Fri, 31 Aug 2018, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > I usually start by putting two frameless mini-pages side by side, scaling > > each to strictly less than 50% of column width. > > Paul, > >I thought of this and was unsure how

Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-08-31 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 31 Aug 2018, Paul A. Rubin wrote: I usually start by putting two frameless mini-pages side by side, scaling each to strictly less than 50% of column width. Paul, I thought of this and was unsure how to fill the one minipage with existing text. Is there a way to cut-and-paste a

Re: Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-08-31 Thread Paul A. Rubin
On 08/30/2018 12:44 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: When I want to insert a small figure (half-column width) with text on the other half column, my first thought would be to usepackage{\multicols} and shift into 2-column mode for the figure, then back to 1-column mode.   There should be a better way

Inserting half-column figure in text

2018-08-30 Thread Rich Shepard
When I want to insert a small figure (half-column width) with text on the other half column, my first thought would be to usepackage{\multicols} and shift into 2-column mode for the figure, then back to 1-column mode. There should be a better way (perhaps with a frameless box?) yet I don't