List Preamble Arguments

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On 2020-10-26 15:55, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> 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

Thanks, but no hurry at all!

Daniel