[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#187816: lyx 1.3 breaks floats in article style as well

[Rob Weir]

package lyx
tags 187816 moreinfo
thanks

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 05:02:53PM +0200, G=EF=BF=BDnter Milde said
> Package: lyx
> Version: 1.3.1-5
> Followup-For: Bug #187816
>=20
>=20
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 3.0
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux horst 2.4.18-k6 #1 Sun Apr 14 12:43:22 EST 2002 i586
> Locale: LANG=3Dde_DE, LC_CTYPE=3Dde_DE
>=20
> Versions of packages lyx depends on:
> ii  lyx-common                    1.3.1-5    High Level Word Processor - =
common
> ii  lyx-qt                        1.3.1-5    High Level Word Processor - =
Qt fro
>=20
> Float support is broken in LyX 1.3 with the following symtoms:
>=20
> 1. Opening an existing file that contains floats, lyx inserts the lines
>=20
>   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
>   \floatstyle{}
>   \newfloat{}{}{}
>   \floatname{}{}
>   \floatstyle{}
>   \newfloat{}{}{}
>   \floatname{}{}
>=20
> into the latex output, leading to errors
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>   ! Undefined control sequence.
>   l.20 \floatstyle
>                   {}
>   ! Undefined control sequence.
>   l.21 \newfloat
>                 {}{}{}
>   ! Undefined control sequence.
>   l.22 \floatname
>                  {}{}
>   ...
>  =20
> (this is with export-latex, but compiling within LyX gives the same error=
s)
>=20
>  =20
> 2. The menu Einf=FCgen>Gleitobjekte (German for Insert>Float) has just one
>    subtopic in the popup: "floatflt"-Abbildung (floatflt-Figure) but miss=
es
>    Table and Figure floats.
>   =20
> (Could it be LyX uses now some auxiliary package not present on my system=
?)

Can you reproduce this with lyx 1.3.6-1?

-rob

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