On 05-Aug-99 John Andress wrote:
> Hi Jurgen,
>
> If I remove the fixed width for my columns, then the table extends off the
> right hand side of my column. That is why I put in the fixed widths in
> the first place. I'll try your multicolumn suggestion, but surely the
> fixedness of a column should be independent of the justification of text
> within that column?
>
The problem is generic. You probaly would like only the first column to
be right aligned (as there are numbers), isn't it? Then you just have to
define a fixed with ONLY for the first cell where you write the the column
name. Define this to be a multicolumn and give it a fixed length. I already
deleted the other mail, but if you resent me the .lyx file I'll show you
how to do it (if you cannot figure out by the explanation above).
> Is this, therefore, a bug/feature of LaTeX? If so, then maybe it needs
> sorting by their experts? One reason I use LyX is to avoid getting
> involved with the LaTeX infrastructure at all.
>
This is definitively a feature and not a bug :) You can do a lot of things
more in raw latex, but they are not all implemented as noone did need them
yet :)
Greets Jürgen
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