Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> We have a general problem here: Everything that LyX adds to the preamble is
> not editable by the user. The preamble stuff that is inserted by Lyx
> without setting an option in the preferences should appear in the normal
> preamble dialog. This would solve various problems like this:
We need a package manager.
> - when using a prettyref inset \usepackage{prettyref} is set to the
> preamble. What when the user needs to load this package with an option?
He can add the option to the "Class Options" widget.
> When the user also uses hyperref he want to have the \usepackage{hyperref}
> command before the \usepackage{prettyref} because otherwise some hyperref
> stuff gets broken. (When \usepackage{prettyref} is set in the user visible
> preamble I could solve the problem described above easily.)
Yes, that's a good reason for a package manager.
> - what when the user needs to load babel with a special option, for example
> to give the index another name? \usepackage{babel} is invisibly set by LyX
> always behind the preamble.
He can just insert it in the preamble a second time.
> I mean the preamble has always been something for the experts but they
> should have a chance to edit it to get a proper output. I have some hacks
> in the EmbeddedObjects manual and in many of my private documents due to
> this problematic. There are also frequently questions on the users list and
> in bugzilla concerning this problem.
Well, someone needs to sit down and write the thing ;-)
Jürgen
