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by pldaniels
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:16 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Display left/right padding adjustment
Replies: 2
Views: 1637

Re: Display left/right padding adjustment

After spending some time paging through the LyX help I found that I can do what I want using the full-screen mode.

So I guess that makes this SOLVED :)
by pldaniels
Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Display left/right padding adjustment
Replies: 2
Views: 1637

Re: Display left/right padding adjustment

I'm thinking, what would be more effective is to be able to specify (roughly) the number of chars for the display-text (eg, ~72 chars). This isn't anything to do with the rendered output, it's merely about the visual comfort of the workspace while punching in the text :)
by pldaniels
Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:47 am
Forum: LyX
Topic: Display left/right padding adjustment
Replies: 2
Views: 1637

Display left/right padding adjustment

I am wondering, for my wife, if it's possible to adjust the left/right screen padding (margin) in LyX (using 2.0 RC at the moment). With a 24" 1920x1200 screen the text tends to get a bit wide to view effectively when maximised.

Obviously one could reduce the size of the LyX application to the ...
by pldaniels
Fri May 21, 2010 2:30 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: OpenDocument export doesn't honour protected \vspace?
Replies: 1
Views: 1454

Re: OpenDocument export doesn't honour protected \vspace?

To get the job done I had to resort to an ugly ugly hack, I just put in a line containing nothing more than a single space in place of the \vspace.
by pldaniels
Fri May 21, 2010 1:46 pm
Forum: LyX
Topic: OpenDocument export doesn't honour protected \vspace?
Replies: 1
Views: 1454

OpenDocument export doesn't honour protected \vspace?

Hi there all,

I'm trying to convert a LyX document to the OpenDocument format using the export facility in 1.6.5. Almost everything works except any protected/forced \vspace's are ignored. This first showed up when I noticed the scene-breaks of the novel were not appearing in the output (using the ...