Hi all,
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard E Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Richard> That package can be *dangerous*, and results are highly
> Richard> dependent upon where upon the page the float lands. If it is
> Richard> too low, or if another section starts before it might
> Richard> complete, the entire figure can be lost (butr it will still
> Richard> have a figure number). Has someone checked that all the
> Richard> figures appear on all possible sizes of paper?
I continually check that it works out okay for the standard book layout
that is used for the Docs.
> That's one more reason for not using this package in the main
> documentation. Could some gentle doc writer move part of this stuff in
> lib/examples/ so that Extended.lyx does not require this evil package?
I put it in there on the (perhaps mistaken) belief that floatflt appears
in most modern TeX distributions (teTeX and NTeX both have it). I guess
there is now one counterexample in emTeX.
I will take responsibility for removing it from Extended in a sensible
way. However, floatflt is used as a "standard" feature of LyX - it is used
when you enter something in the "Extraopt" page of Layout->Paragraph. In
my mind, this makes it a somewhat required feature and thus we cannot
delete the documentation nilly-willy.
In fact, the more I think about this, perhaps we need a more detailed list
of things we "require" in the LaTeX setup (this will halt the url debate,
since url.sty is included in things like teTeX). I think I would rather
make floatflt and (url) required rather than eliminate the documentation.
We make some assumptions about the existence of other packages; where is
the line drawn between what is required and optional?
I will still try to clean up Extended, but I wouldn't mind hearing more
discussion about this issue.
Mike
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