On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:25:41PM +0200, Juergen Vigna wrote:
>
> On 05-Jun-2001 Dekel Tsur wrote:
>
> > In a minipage created in 1.1.6, the paragraphs are indented (in the DVI and
> > on screen).
> > However, when loading the file to 1.2.0cvs, the paragraphs are not indented
> > in the DVI ! (though they are indented on the LyX screen!)
> >
> > I think that there should be an option to set the parindent inside a
> > minipage inset (or perhaps inside a InsetText).
>
> You're right that's why I put that MiniPageIndent code in there. The problem
> with minipages is that in this regard they don't handle the code as a normal
> paragraph would. They don't have an indent so you have to force the indent
> with special code. Now before putting this in again I would like to know
> what you think is the best way of doing this (Michael, Dekel?).
It is not only a minipage issue. For example, you might want to have
indented paragraphs in fixed-width column cell in a tabular.
It seems that the old method you used (storing \parindent in
\LyXMinipageIndent) is the correct way.