My previous message didn't make it to the list, the attached file was too big. Here is a stripped down version.
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Herbert Voss wrote: > > Basically, I'd like to have two \sidewaystable 's on one page. But Latex > > won't let me put a sidewaystable into a minipage... > > that's right, it's only possible other way round. > please send an example file. I attached a lyx file containing the two tables as \sidewaystable, but on successive pages. On Sat, 4 May 2002, bobby wrote: > how about this. before you rotate it 90 degrees, you include the > caption in the ps. then when you rotate it, the caption will stay > exactly as you had it. That might be a solution. But if I can manage, I would like to still be able to edit the table from within the lyxfile. Creating a separate lyx file, exporting to ps and re-importing seems a bit cumbersome if modifications are necessary. Jan
#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 218 \textclass book \begin_preamble \usepackage{rotating} \end_preamble \language english \inputencoding auto \fontscheme pslatex \graphics default \float_placement htbp \paperfontsize 12 \spacing onehalf \papersize a4paper \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 1 \use_amsmath 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 2 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip medskip \quotes_language french \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 2 \paperpagestyle fancy \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash begin{sidewaystable} \layout Standard \latex latex { \backslash hfill \latex default \begin_inset Tabular <lyxtabular version="2" rows="9" columns="2"> <features rotate="false" islongtable="false" endhead="0" endfirsthead="0" endfoot="0" endlastfoot="0"> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="false" rightline="false" width="" special=""> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="false" rightline="false" width="" special=""> <row topline="true" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard Actually, there are many columns with lots of stuf here making this table quite large so it barely fits on one page sideways \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 1 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 2 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 3 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 4 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 5 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 6 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 7 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 8 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> </lyxtabular> \end_inset \latex latex \backslash hfill} \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash caption{ \latex default Some caption here \latex latex } \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash end{sidewaystable} \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash begin{sidewaystable} \layout Standard \latex latex { \backslash hfill \latex default \begin_inset Tabular <lyxtabular version="2" rows="9" columns="2"> <features rotate="false" islongtable="false" endhead="0" endfirsthead="0" endfoot="0" endlastfoot="0"> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="false" rightline="false" width="" special=""> <column alignment="center" valignment="top" leftline="false" rightline="false" width="" special=""> <row topline="true" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard This table is quit a bit smaller than the previous one \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 1 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard It should appear vertically centered \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 2 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard on the same page as the previous table \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 3 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 4 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 5 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 6 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="false" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 7 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> <row topline="false" bottomline="true" newpage="false"> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard 8 \end_inset </cell> <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special=""> \begin_inset Text \layout Standard \lang french \end_inset </cell> </row> </lyxtabular> \end_inset \latex latex \backslash hfill} \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash caption{ \latex default Some other caption here \latex latex } \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash end{sidewaystable} \layout Standard \the_end