> "Richard" == Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> This seems pretty similar to this suggestion of Georg's:
Richard> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2076. I'll keep it in
Richard> mind, and we can discuss it when there is more time for that
Richard> kind of thing.
Yes, I
> Richard> Of course, one can get those specific settings using the
> Richard> "Text Width %", etc, dimensions. But advanced users might
> Richard> appreciate the flexibility LaTeX offers here. One option
> Richard> would be to add to LengthCombo another choice, like
> Richard> "[literal]", and al
> "Richard" == Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> Of course, one can get those specific settings using the
Richard> "Text Width %", etc, dimensions. But advanced users might
Richard> appreciate the flexibility LaTeX offers here. One option
Richard> would be to add to LengthCombo
Richard Heck wrote:
> You can't do this in LyX right now because the Width and Height fields
> are tied to a validator that expects to see something that looks like an
> explicit length. Moreover, the lengths are stored in LyXLength which
> won't accept anything like that.
>
> Of course, one can
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> ...I do not think that we should entice people to always use explicit lengths
> (centimeters, inches...). Most of the cases, a percentage of column width or
> text width is more appropriate IMO. Are people going to get a ruler and
> measure the size they want?
>
