On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 02:40:32PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
> Norbert Koksch has discovered a problem with the preview code that is 
> triggered if a document contains more than 999 (!) formulae.
> 
> The formulae are numbered so:
> 
>               ostringstream os;
>               os << base_
>                  << setfill('0') << setw(3) << counter_++
>                  << "." << to_format_;

Not my doing I believe.

> ie they appear like
>       lyxpreview001.ppm -> lyxpreview999.ppm
> 
> The setw() call above should obviously be passed the required number of 
> digits. Given the number of snippets, nsnippets, what's the elegant way to 
> get ndigits? This is clearly brain-dead:

Simply say '12' there. You can quote that later:

"Nobody ever needs mor the 1O^12 formulas in his dissertation"

André

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