Thanks for all the help, Dekel and everyone else. Check out the really nice
Note, Tip and Warning environments you've helped me create:
% ### Implements shading, 80% width, and indented paragraphs. ###
\newenvironment{shadowbox}[1]%
{%
~\\[-1in]%
\setlength\fboxsep{4pt}%
\definecolor{shadecolor}{rgb}{0.95,0.95,0.95}%
\begin{shaded}%
\addtolength{\hsize}{-0.20\columnwidth}%
{\centering\large#1\\[0.2cm]}%
\raggedright%
\setlength\parindent{16pt}%
}%
{%
\end{shaded}%
\par
}%
# ### Labeled shadowed box for Notes ###
Style Note
LatexType Environment
LatexName note_l
LabelType Centered_Top_Environment
LabelString "NOTE"
AlignPossible Left
LeftMargin "MMMMM"
RightMargin "MMMMM"
ParSkip 0.7
ParSep 0.7
TopSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Font
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{note_l}{\begin{shadowbox}{NOTE}}{\end{shadowbox}}%
EndPreamble
End
# ### Labeled shadowed box for Tips ###
Style Tip
LatexType Environment
LatexName tip_l
LabelType Centered_Top_Environment
LabelString "TIP"
AlignPossible Left
LeftMargin "MMMMM"
RightMargin "MMMMM"
ParSkip 0.7
ParSep 0.7
TopSep 0.7
BottomSep 0.7
Font
EndFont
Preamble
\newenvironment{tip_l}{\begin{shadowbox}{TIP}}{\end{shadowbox}}%
EndPreamble
End
# ### Warning style not shown because it's just more of the same ###
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On Sunday 09 December 2001 04:37, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 06:13:21PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Friday 07 December 2001 08:29, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> > > Framed does not redefine the minipage command.
> > > It define new environments framed and shaded which you should use
> > > instead of your note_l, namely your layout file should contain
> > >
> > > Style Note
> > > LatexType Environment
> > > LatexName framed
> > > ...
> > > End
> >
> > Thanks Dekel,
> >
> > I got it running, and it does span pages, and it's beautiful but for the
> > life of me I can't make my shaded narrower. Any idea how to make a shaded
> > narrower?
> >
> > I have a generic LaTeX environment called "shadowbox" to accommodate not
> > only Lyx environment Note, but also Tip and Warning. In the code you can
> > see my failed attempt to shrink the shade by shrinking the text margins:
>
> After the \begin{shaded} command, put \addtolength{\hsize}{-#1}.
> Also, remove the \leftmargin and \rightmargin commands, and
> change the shadowbox env. to have only 2 arguments: margin and title.
