Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Will Parsons nodomain.invalid> writes: >> I can't say I'm delighted at this solution, since it seems like a bit >> of magic (I didn't even know what ERT was), but it *does* work. So, >> thank you - I think my problem is solved (even if

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Enrico Forestieri writes: >> >> Scott Kostyshak writes: >> > >> > Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. >> > Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical >> > Space). >> >> No, this will

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Will Parsons nodomain.invalid> writes: > > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > Scott Kostyshak writes: > >> > >> Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. > >> Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical > >> Space). > > > > No, this will not work because

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Scott Kostyshak writes: > > Thanks for the correction, Enrico. Actually, it's me who should stand corrected ;) -- Enrico

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: >> Scott Kostyshak writes: >>> >>> Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. >>> Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical >>> Space). >> >> No, this will not work beca

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> Sounds good. Please post any bug or feature request on >> http://www.lyx.org/trac >> and if you are interested in contributing a patch, that would of >> course be welcome too. > > I will if I can come up with a reasonable formulation. "Ple

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Enrico Forestieri writes: > > Scott Kostyshak writes: > > > > Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. > > Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical > > Space). > > No, this will not work because in a tabular environment \parskip is > reset (act

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Will Parsons
Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Scott Kostyshak writes: >> >> Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. >> Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical >> Space). > > No, this will not work because in a tabular environment \parskip is > reset (actually, ev

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Will Parsons writes: > > Yes, it does succeed in separating the paragraphs, but the text of the > paragraph in the box spills out of the bounds of the table when > converted to PDF. Ouch! You have to adjust the width of the minipage. -- Enrico

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Enrico Forestieri
Scott Kostyshak writes: > > Another idea is to use a minipage. Go to Insert > Box > Frameless. > Then try putting vertical space in (Insert > Formatting > Vertical > Space). No, this will not work because in a tabular environment \parskip is reset (actually, even \par is redefined). You have to i

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Will Parsons
Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> Thanks, that seems to have partially solved the problem. Partially, >> because although I can now export to PDF without an error, the >> paragraphs are not separated by a space as they are in the main body >> of the

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >>> I have a table in which I wish some cells to contain multiple >>> paragraphs. I can apparently create separate paragraphs by the normal >>> method of hitting

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-15 Thread Will Parsons
Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Will Parsons wrote: >> I have a table in which I wish some cells to contain multiple >> paragraphs. I can apparently create separate paragraphs by the normal >> method of hitting Enter, at least as far as it appears within LyX, but >> when

Re: multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-14 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Will Parsons wrote: > I have a table in which I wish some cells to contain multiple > paragraphs. I can apparently create separate paragraphs by the normal > method of hitting Enter, at least as far as it appears within LyX, but > when I attempt to export to PDF I

multiple paragraphs in a table cell

2014-07-14 Thread Will Parsons
I have a table in which I wish some cells to contain multiple paragraphs. I can apparently create separate paragraphs by the normal method of hitting Enter, at least as far as it appears within LyX, but when I attempt to export to PDF I get a series of errors beginning with: Paragraph ended bef