List Preamble Arguments

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 10/26/20 10:22 AM, Daniel wrote:
> On 2020-10-26 15:09, Daniel wrote:
>> On 2020-10-26 12:30, Daniel wrote:
>>> On 2020-10-13 23:52, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>>> On 10/13/20 5:15 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>>>> Hi, all (but especially Jürgen),
>>>>>
>>>>> There have been two cases recently where people have asked about 
>>>>> using
>>>>> the new counter insets to set the value of e.g., the enumi 
>>>>> counter. The
>>>>> problem here is the old 'list preamble' one that is solved by the new
>>>>> 'list preamble' arguments. However, because those have PassThru 
>>>>> set, you
>>>>> can't actually insert the counter inset, and I think that's 
>>>>> usually true
>>>>> with PassThru, right? Should we disable PassThru here (people can use
>>>>> ERT if that's what they want)? Or are there special cases where 
>>>>> insets
>>>>> should be allowed with PassThru?
>>>>
>>>> Never mind. That doesn't work properly anyway. We need some other 
>>>> way to
>>>> deal with enumi etc.
>>>
>>> I have a patch for (re)setting/resuming counters, including numbered 
>>> lists:
>>>
>>> https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/12010.
>>>
>>> I like it because it's very similar to what one has in other word
>>> processors.
>>>
>>> The final obstacle is that I don't see no easy way to add an 
>>> argument to
>>> the list preamble (in this case "resume*").
>>>
>>> There is the list preamble inset
>>> (https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/b124adbd3837/lyxgit). However, if I
>>> see it correctly, there is no interface currently to add arguments to
>>> the list preamble directly (via code not via inset). Does anyone know
>>> whether that is correct? If so, does anyone have an idea on how to
>>> implement what is need? Maybe I can have a look at some other feature
>>> and learn from that?
>>>
>>> Any comments much appreciated!
>>
>> Maybe ParagraphParameters.cpp's labelwidthstring could work?
>
> Sorry, please disregard my previous comments. I got too excited. :)
>
> I should stick to the tracker.

I'll have a look later today or tomorrow.

Riki