i guess this one's for andre,
i often use dcolumn to align columns on the decimal point
where i define a custom column alignment in the preamble as follows
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}
an then add a latex argument in the table, f.e. d{5} in the 3rd column in the
attached lyx file
however, tex2lyx cannot handle the exported tex file from this at the moment
would it be straightforward to add? should i put this on bugzilla?
perhaps it is also wise then (possible) to anticipate column alignment
constructs like
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\end{tabular*}
thanks, edwin
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