Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes <at> lyx.org> writes:
>
> Le 27/03/14 14:09, Cee Van Houten a écrit :
> > Yet i was trying to create a table today which was a little bit to
> > wide. Lyx didnt warn me it was to wide nor did it make any
> > corrections itself. and after searching the manual all i could come
> > up with was this:
> >
> > \backslash\mbox{columnwidth} =3\, W_{\mathrm{Spalte}}+2\csot0,75\,
> > W_{\mathrm{Spalte}}+\backslash\mbox {arrayrulewidth}
> > \phantom{=\,}+5\left(2\backslash\mbox
> > {tabcolsep}+\backslash\mbox{arrayrulewidth}\right) =4,5\,
> > W_{\mathrm{Spalte}}+62,4\,\mathrm{pt} W_{\mathrm{Spalte}}
> > =\frac{\backslash\mbox{columnwidth} -62,4\,\mathrm{pt}}{4,5}
>
> I am not sure where the code you pasted is coming from, but it looks
> overly scary. I don't get where these \backslash\mbox come from...
>
> > so thats the only way to correct that issue without trial and error?
> > are you kidding me? Or am i missing something? i must be, because MS
> > word is much easier on that one, as it doesnt require converting the
> > file every time i made some trials.
>
> Since we do not see the file and cannot see what the problem is, we can
> only agree with you: you found out the truth, LyX is a scam ;)
>
> Seriously, depdending on problems, there may be easy or complicated
> solutions. Personnally curse more often towards Word or PoorPoint than
> towards LyX. YMMV.
>
> JMarc
>
>
actually, i was quite satisfied with lyx so far, yet i was frustrated it
doesnt seem to be able to come up with a better solution in this case.
all i want to do is fixing a table which is too wide to display correctly
automatically by making the fonts smaller or adding word wraps or something
like that instead of just 'cutting off' the table.
solving it by giving the coloumns fixed widths related to the page width
doesnt seem to do the trick either as a column i tested it with was far
wider then the 50% i specifed.
For some reason i couldnt even use strg+enter in a cell, and specifing every
cell i want a word wrap in as a 2-line cell isnt really userfriendly either.
The code is from the "embedded objects" help file, section 2.13, german
version.
thanks for your help.
