Re: Text wrap float problems
Hello again,
Thanks for the suggestions but I still am unclear about possible solutions
to the problem. According to what you're saying Uwe, neither LyX 1.6 is
going to fix the wrapping problem, nor ERT that LyX 1.6 is going to use. Is
this really the case?
If so, is it really the case that the whole LaTeX community simply abstains
from using wraps and is having to insert images taking up whole lines even
if they are tiny?
Regards,
Dawid Ciecierski
2008/5/16 Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> The upcoming Lyx 1.6 (hopefully) fixes this by using a better latex
>> package to do the wrapping.
>>
>
> What do you expect? Since LyX 1.5.4 we switched to the best available
> LaTeX-package for wrap floats. LyX 1.6 will also use this package, but
> provides some more customizations for wrap floats and also table wrap
> floats. But that wrapping will fail at line breaks will stay and is not
> fixable by any LaTeX-package.
>
> There are two ways I can recommend, if you want to use wrapped figures:
>>
>> 1. Install one of the alpha releases of LyX-1.6, where this is fixed.
>>
>
> Don't do this!!! Alpha releases are very buggy and you could loose parts of
> your thesis. Use LyX 1.5.4 or Lyx 1.5.5.
>
> 2. Alternatively, use a released version of LyX, and use ERT to make the
>> figures
>> manually using the same technique as lyx-1.6 do it.
>>
>> For the latter, put
>> \usepackage{wrapfig} in the document preamble.
>>
>
> Since LyX 1.5.4 we use wrapfig, so you don't need to do this.
>
Text wrap float problems
Hello, I have been using LyX only for half a year or so but since the switch I have fallen in love with it. I'm currently writing my thesis, which happens to incorporate quuite a few images in the main body of text. Since they are usually small, I'm hoping to use wraps so that text can wrap around it for a smoother `reading experience'. However, even with the newest version I'm getting pretty odd behaviour; have a look at http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~dfc04/wrap.jpg Not sure if this is a known bug or if it's caused by some mysterious setting I have not come across (due to my limited experience with LyX). I'm also limiting output size of figures, to approx. 35% of column width; could that be causing misery? Anyway, will be grateful for any advice at all so that me & my thesis don't have to come back to Word :-) Best regards, Dawid Ciecierski
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Hello, I've been using LyX for a few months and it wins with Word hands down. I don't even write letters in Word anymore! Just wanted to say a quick and BIG thank you to all of you who make it possible and support others in their editorial life. One little thing I haven't been able to figure out is making PNGs with transparency look nice, i.e. specifying white as the background colour instead of the default black. Is that something I can set in LyX or a setting in ImageMagick? Thank you in advance for any tips, I realise this may be obvious to most of you but a Google search has not come up with any answers other than Inkscape. Kind regards, Dawid Ciecierski
