How to Insert a Custom Float

[Ricardo Berlasso]

El lun, 5 jun 2023 a las 16:25, Doug Martin (<martinrd3d at gmail.com>)
escribió:

> Stoyan Stoyanov and I have a paper accepted by a Journal that does not
> use Figures or Tables,
> and instead uses Exhibits for both.  Stoyan points out the following:
>
> We can load the newfloat package and define a custom Exhibit float
> environment trivially in the preamble in this way:
>
> \usepackage{newfloat}
> \DeclareFloatingEnvironment{exhibit}
>
> Then, in latex one use it the usual way:
> \begin{exhibit}
> ...
> \end{exhibit}
>
> Although we can include those two lines in the preamble in LyX, the menu
> in Inset -> Float does not have a "custom" option.
> How can we insert a custom float in LyX?
>
> Any guidance that anyone can provide would be very much appreciated.
>


You need to define a new local layout (Documents → Settings → Local
layout). The following example uses the photo package, but you can adapt it
to your needs. Once set, you'll have the a new inset under Insert → Float.

Format 66
AddToPreamble
    \usepackage[]{photo}
    \usepackage[english]{babel}
    \addto\captionsenglish{
    \def\photoname{Photograph}
    \def\listphotoname{Index of Photographs}
    }
EndPreamble
Float
    Type photo
    GuiName "Photo"
    Placement tbp
    Extension loscf
    NumberWithin none
    Style plain
    ListCommand listofphotos
    ListName "Index of Photographs"
    RefPrefix Photo
    IsPredefined 1
    UsesFloatPkg 0
End


Regards,
Ricardo



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