LyX ⇒ Header and caption importing longtable-file in LyX

[gnarlyx]

I am trying to import a longtable formatted .tex-file into LyX. The file works fine with TeXStudio, but after import into LyX the caption is repeated and the footer disappears.

Here is some example code:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\providecommand{\tabularnewline}{\\}

\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{l*{4}{c}} \caption{Regression table\label{tab1}}\\ \hline\hline\endfirsthead\hline\endhead\hline\endfoot\endlastfoot
                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)}\\
                    &\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}&\multicolumn{1}{c}{Price}\\
\hline
Weight (lbs.)       &       1.747&       3.465&       3.413&       3.163\\
                    &      (2.72)&      (5.49)&      (2.97)&      (2.89)\\
[1em]
Mileage (mpg)       &      -49.51&       21.85&       9.289&      -75.61\\
                    &     (-0.57)&      (0.29)&      (0.11)&     (-0.92)\\
[1em]
Car type            &            &      3673.1&            &            \\
                    &            &      (5.37)&            &            \\
[1em]
Turn Circle (ft.)   &            &            &      -195.6&      -398.1\\
                    &            &            &     (-1.56)&     (-3.22)\\
[1em]
Displacement (cu. in.)&            &            &       8.204&       3.390\\
                    &            &            &      (0.93)&      (0.50)\\
[1em]
Gear Ratio          &            &            &     -1349.5&            \\
                    &            &            &     (-1.05)&            \\
[1em]
0b.foreign\#1b.rep78 &            &            &           0&            \\
                    &            &            &         (.)&            \\
[1em]
0b.foreign\#2.rep78  &            &            &       303.4&            \\
                    &            &            &      (0.19)&            \\
[1em]
0b.foreign\#3.rep78  &            &            &       431.6&            \\
                    &            &            &      (0.29)&            \\
[1em]
0b.foreign\#4.rep78  &            &            &      -715.1&            \\
                    &            &            &     (-0.45)&            \\
[1em]
0b.foreign\#5.rep78  &            &            &      3735.1&            \\
                    &            &            &      (1.76)&            \\
[1em]
1o.foreign\#1b.rep78 &            &            &           0&            \\
                    &            &            &         (.)&            \\
[1em]
1o.foreign\#2o.rep78 &            &            &           0&            \\
                    &            &            &         (.)&            \\
[1em]
1.foreign\#3.rep78   &            &            &      4586.2&            \\
                    &            &            &      (2.20)&            \\
[1em]
1.foreign\#4.rep78   &            &            &      5240.1&            \\
                    &            &            &      (2.84)&            \\
[1em]
1.foreign\#5.rep78   &            &            &      4166.3&            \\
                    &            &            &      (2.50)&            \\
[1em]
Constant            &      1946.1&     -5853.7&      4161.5&     13338.6\\
                    &      (0.54)&     (-1.73)&      (0.68)&      (2.70)\\
\hline
Observations        &          74&          74&          69&          74\\
\hline\hline
\multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize \textit{t} statistics in parentheses}\\
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

It seems that LyX does import the tags \endfirsthead, \endhead, \endfoot and \endlastfoot at the right place. Do you have any idea, how I could fix this after importing the table?

[scottkosty]

Which version of LyX are you using and which OS?

This seems to import fine for me with LyX 2.1 Beta 2 on Ubuntu. Can you check the attachment to make sure that the output is indeed correct (I might have misunderstood you). You can download 2.1 Beta 2 here: ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.1/lyx-2.1.0beta2

Note that it might have been fixed in a 2.0.x version also so if you don't want to try beta2 (although it seems very stable to me), you could try a later version.

[gnarlyx]

I am using LyX Version 2.0.6 on Win 7, also I have recently done a MikeTeX update.

[scottkosty]

Was the pdf that I posted correct?

[gnarlyx]

Yes, your PDF was correct, there is no repetition of the caption.

[scottkosty]

OK, then I'm guessing it was a bug that was recently fixed in LyX. If you do end up trying a newer LyX version and you see the same behavior, please post a bug report: http://www.lyx.org/trac

In the meantime I can post the .lyx file to generate that pdf. It should work for you (assuming the bug is in tex2lyx). Would that be useful or do you need to import many other tables?

[gnarlyx]

I need to import more tables, so I will try the new version. Thank you!

[scottkosty]

Sounds good. Let us know how it goes.