Hi,
after compiling 1.1.6fix4 I was able to make a simple example where we fail.
In table-in-minipage.lyx we get two minipages with 2*2 tables inside.
table-in-minipage-3.lyx is the same file but made with lyx-1.3.0
I hope this helps,
--
José Abílio
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