On 06/07/2011 02:48 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: >>>>> What is the trick that permits (for example) a Frame environment to >>>>> contain other environments without the need to "increase the depth" of >>>>> the inserted environment? >>>> Using an Inset instead of a Style. >>> Section 5 of the doc doesn't seem to have anything on what an Inset is >>> and why one would want to use one. I can see the section on FlexInsets >>> but not on Insets. >> He meant Flex Insets. These could as well be called "user definable insets". > I don't know about "Flex", seems to be a new name. In LyX 1.6 the > definition in a layout file can be done by e.g.:: > > InsetLayout LandscapeSlide > LyXType custom > LatexType Environment > LatexName slide > Decoration classic > LabelFont > Size Small > EndFont > MultiPar true > LabelString "Landscape Slide" > End > > instead of (or in addition to):: > > Style LandscapeSlide > CopyStyle --Separator-- > LatexType Environment > LatexName slide > NextNoIndent 1 > Margin Static > LeftMargin N > ParIndent "" > TopSep 0.4 > LabelType Top_Environment > LabelString "Landscape Slide:" > End > > (There are 134 "InsetLayout" definitions in <LYXDIR>/layouts/ in LyX 2 (svn) > 130 of them have "Flex:" in the name.) > There have been some changes to this for 2.0, mostly for consistency. The "Flex:" prefix is now more or less required. But the rest is the same.
Let me add, for the OP, that once defined these turn up at Insert>Custom Inset. Richard
