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InsetTabular.cpp: output the caption for docbook
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index 940526f59267898a70e37e04b0d93c4101c8d415..daf4a3634b73d9777087592c3becf31e2fc77eb2 100644 (file)
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
  * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
  * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
- * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
  * \author Matthias Ettrich
- * \author José Matos
+ * \author José Matos
  * \author Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
  * \author Angus Leeming
  * \author John Levon
- * \author André Pönitz
- * \author Jürgen Vigna
+ * \author André Pönitz
+ * \author Jürgen Vigna
  *
  * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
  */
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ TabularFeature tabularFeature[] =
        { Tabular::SET_BOTTOM_SPACE, "set-bottom-space" },
        { Tabular::SET_INTERLINE_SPACE, "set-interline-space" },
        { Tabular::SET_BORDER_LINES, "set-border-lines" },
+       { Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_TOP, "tabular-valign-top"},
+       { Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_MIDDLE, "tabular-valign-middle"},
+       { Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_BOTTOM, "tabular-valign-bottom"},
        { Tabular::LAST_ACTION, "" }
 };
 
@@ -472,7 +475,7 @@ string const featureAsString(Tabular::Feature feature)
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-Tabular::CellData::CellData(Buffer const & buf, Tabular const & table)
+Tabular::CellData::CellData(Buffer & buf)
        : cellno(0),
          width(0),
          multicolumn(Tabular::CELL_NORMAL),
@@ -484,10 +487,10 @@ Tabular::CellData::CellData(Buffer const & buf, Tabular const & table)
          right_line(false),
          usebox(BOX_NONE),
          rotate(false),
-         inset(new InsetTableCell(buf, this, &table))
+         inset(new InsetTableCell(buf))
 {
        inset->setBuffer(const_cast<Buffer &>(buf));
-       inset->paragraphs().back().setLayout(buf.params().documentClass().emptyLayout());
+       inset->paragraphs().back().setLayout(buf.params().documentClass().plainLayout());
 }
 
 
@@ -507,17 +510,14 @@ Tabular::CellData::CellData(CellData const & cs)
          p_width(cs.p_width),
          inset(dynamic_cast<InsetTableCell *>(cs.inset->clone()))
 {
-       inset->setCellData(this);
 }
 
-
 Tabular::CellData & Tabular::CellData::operator=(CellData cs)
 {
        swap(cs);
        return *this;
 }
 
-
 void Tabular::CellData::swap(CellData & rhs)
 {
        std::swap(cellno, rhs.cellno);
@@ -567,25 +567,38 @@ Tabular::ltType::ltType()
 {}
 
 
-Tabular::Tabular(Buffer const & buffer, row_type rows_arg, col_type columns_arg)
+Tabular::Tabular(Buffer & buffer, row_type rows_arg, col_type columns_arg)
 {
        init(buffer, rows_arg, columns_arg);
 }
 
 
+void Tabular::setBuffer(Buffer & buffer)
+{
+       buffer_ = &buffer;
+       size_t row_count = row_info.size();
+       size_t column_count = column_info.size();
+       // set silly default lines
+       for (row_type i = 0; i < row_count; ++i)
+               for (col_type j = 0; j < column_count; ++j)
+                       cell_info[i][j].inset->setBuffer(*buffer_);
+}
+
+
 // activates all lines and sets all widths to 0
-void Tabular::init(Buffer const & buf, row_type rows_arg,
+void Tabular::init(Buffer & buf, row_type rows_arg,
                      col_type columns_arg)
 {
        buffer_ = &buf;
        row_info = row_vector(rows_arg);
        column_info = column_vector(columns_arg);
-       cell_info = cell_vvector(rows_arg, cell_vector(columns_arg, CellData(buf, *this)));
+       cell_info = cell_vvector(rows_arg, cell_vector(columns_arg, CellData(buf)));
        row_info.reserve(10);
        column_info.reserve(10);
        cell_info.reserve(100);
        updateIndexes();
        is_long_tabular = false;
+       tabular_valignment = LYX_VALIGN_MIDDLE;
        rotate = false;
        use_booktabs = false;
        size_t row_count = row_info.size();
@@ -593,6 +606,7 @@ void Tabular::init(Buffer const & buf, row_type rows_arg,
        // set silly default lines
        for (row_type i = 0; i < row_count; ++i)
                for (col_type j = 0; j < column_count; ++j) {
+                       cell_info[i][j].inset->setBuffer(*buffer_);
                        cell_info[i][j].top_line = true;
                        cell_info[i][j].left_line = true;
                        cell_info[i][j].bottom_line = i == 0 || i == row_count - 1;
@@ -618,7 +632,7 @@ void Tabular::appendRow(idx_type const cell)
        for (row_type i = 0; i < nrows - 1; ++i)
                swap(cell_info[i], old[i]);
 
-       cell_info = cell_vvector(nrows, cell_vector(ncols, CellData(buffer(), *this)));
+       cell_info = cell_vvector(nrows, cell_vector(ncols, CellData(buffer())));
 
        for (row_type i = 0; i <= row; ++i)
                swap(cell_info[i], old[i]);
@@ -680,11 +694,15 @@ void Tabular::appendColumn(idx_type const cell)
 
        for (row_type r = 0; r < nrows; ++r) {
                cell_info[r].insert(cell_info[r].begin() + c + 1, 
-                       CellData(buffer(), *this));
+                       CellData(buffer()));
+#if 0
+// FIXME: This code does not work. It deletes the cell's content and
+// it triggers an assertion if the cursor is at pos > 0.
                if (cell_info[r][c].multicolumn == CELL_BEGIN_OF_MULTICOLUMN)
                        cell_info[r][c + 1].multicolumn = CELL_PART_OF_MULTICOLUMN;
                else
                        cell_info[r][c + 1].multicolumn = cell_info[r][c].multicolumn;
+#endif
        }
        updateIndexes();
        for (row_type r = 0; r < nrows; ++r) {
@@ -712,8 +730,7 @@ void Tabular::deleteColumn(col_type const column)
        if (column_info.size() == 1)
                return;
 
-       column_info.erase(column_info.begin() + column);
-       size_t row_count = row_info.size();
+       size_t const row_count = row_info.size();
        for (row_type i = 0; i < row_count; ++i) {
                // Care about multicolumn cells
                if (column + 1 < column_info.size() &&
@@ -723,6 +740,7 @@ void Tabular::deleteColumn(col_type const column)
                }
                cell_info[i].erase(cell_info[i].begin() + column);
        }
+       column_info.erase(column_info.begin() + column);
        updateIndexes();
 }
 
@@ -764,6 +782,8 @@ void Tabular::updateIndexes()
                                continue;
                        rowofcell[i] = row;
                        columnofcell[i] = column;
+                       setFixedWidth(row, column);
+                       updateContentAlignment(row, column);
                        ++i;
                }
 }
@@ -934,6 +954,7 @@ void Tabular::setAlignment(idx_type cell, LyXAlignment align,
                column_info[cellColumn(cell)].alignment = align;
        if (!onlycolumn)
                cellInfo(cell).alignment = align;
+       cellInset(cell).get()->setContentAlignment(align);
 }
 
 
@@ -957,6 +978,7 @@ namespace {
 void toggleFixedWidth(Cursor & cur, InsetTableCell * inset, bool fixedWidth)
 {
        inset->setAutoBreakRows(fixedWidth);
+       inset->toggleFixedWidth(fixedWidth);
        if (fixedWidth)
                return;
 
@@ -969,7 +991,7 @@ void toggleFixedWidth(Cursor & cur, InsetTableCell * inset, bool fixedWidth)
        cur.push(*inset);
        // undo information has already been recorded
        inset->getText(0)->setLayout(cur.bv().buffer(), 0, cur.lastpit() + 1,
-                       bp.documentClass().emptyLayoutName());
+                       bp.documentClass().plainLayoutName());
        cur.pop();
 }
 
@@ -997,6 +1019,23 @@ void Tabular::setColumnPWidth(Cursor & cur, idx_type cell,
 }
 
 
+bool Tabular::setFixedWidth(row_type r, col_type c)
+{
+       bool const multicol = cell_info[r][c].multicolumn != CELL_NORMAL;
+       bool const fixed_width = (!column_info[c].p_width.zero() && !multicol)
+             || (multicol && !cell_info[r][c].p_width.zero());
+       cell_info[r][c].inset->toggleFixedWidth(fixed_width);
+       return fixed_width;
+}
+
+
+void Tabular::updateContentAlignment(row_type r, col_type c)
+{
+       cell_info[r][c].inset->setContentAlignment(
+               getAlignment(cellIndex(r, c)));
+}
+
+
 bool Tabular::setMColumnPWidth(Cursor & cur, idx_type cell,
                Length const & width)
 {
@@ -1112,8 +1151,8 @@ bool Tabular::columnRightLine(col_type c) const
                idx_type i = cellIndex(r, c);
                if (c == cellColumn(i) + columnSpan(i) - 1) {
                        ++total;
-                       bool left = c + 1 < column_info.size() 
-                               && cellInfo(cellIndex(r, c + 1)).left_line
+                       bool left = (c + 1 < column_info.size() 
+                               && cellInfo(cellIndex(r, c + 1)).left_line)
                                || c + 1 == column_info.size();
                        if (cellInfo(i).right_line && left)
                                ++nrows_right;
@@ -1220,7 +1259,7 @@ Tabular::col_type Tabular::cellColumn(idx_type cell) const
        if (cell >= numberofcells)
                return column_info.size() - 1;
        if (cell == npos)
-               return 0;
+               return 0;       
        return columnofcell[cell];
 }
 
@@ -1249,6 +1288,7 @@ void Tabular::write(ostream & os) const
           << write_attribute("rotate", rotate)
           << write_attribute("booktabs", use_booktabs)
           << write_attribute("islongtable", is_long_tabular)
+          << write_attribute("tabularvalignment", tabular_valignment)
           << write_attribute("firstHeadTopDL", endfirsthead.topDL)
           << write_attribute("firstHeadBottomDL", endfirsthead.bottomDL)
           << write_attribute("firstHeadEmpty", endfirsthead.empty)
@@ -1347,6 +1387,7 @@ void Tabular::read(Lexer & lex)
        getTokenValue(line, "rotate", rotate);
        getTokenValue(line, "booktabs", use_booktabs);
        getTokenValue(line, "islongtable", is_long_tabular);
+       getTokenValue(line, "tabularvalignment", tabular_valignment);
        getTokenValue(line, "firstHeadTopDL", endfirsthead.topDL);
        getTokenValue(line, "firstHeadBottomDL", endfirsthead.bottomDL);
        getTokenValue(line, "firstHeadEmpty", endfirsthead.empty);
@@ -1407,9 +1448,11 @@ void Tabular::read(Lexer & lex)
                        getTokenValue(line, "rotate", cell_info[i][j].rotate);
                        getTokenValue(line, "usebox", cell_info[i][j].usebox);
                        getTokenValue(line, "width", cell_info[i][j].p_width);
+                       setFixedWidth(i,j);
                        getTokenValue(line, "special", cell_info[i][j].align_special);
                        l_getline(is, line);
                        if (prefixIs(line, "\\begin_inset")) {
+                               cell_info[i][j].inset->setBuffer(*buffer_);
                                cell_info[i][j].inset->read(lex);
                                l_getline(is, line);
                        }
@@ -1702,13 +1745,20 @@ Tabular::idx_type Tabular::setLTCaption(row_type row, bool what)
 {
        idx_type i = getFirstCellInRow(row);
        if (what) {
-               setMultiColumn(i, column_info.size());
+               setMultiColumn(i, numberOfCellsInRow(i));
                setTopLine(i, false);
                setBottomLine(i, false);
                setLeftLine(i, false);
                setRightLine(i, false);
-       } else
+               // When a row is set as caption, then also insert a caption. Otherwise
+               // the LaTeX output is broken, when the user don't add a caption.
+               dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_CAPTION_INSERT));
+       } else {
                unsetMultiColumn(i);
+               // FIXME: when unsetting a caption row, also all existing captions
+               // in this row must be dissolved, see (bug 5754)
+               // dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_INSET_DISSOLVE, "caption-insert"));
+       }
        row_info[row].caption = what;
        return i;
 }
@@ -1720,6 +1770,15 @@ bool Tabular::ltCaption(row_type row) const
 }
 
 
+bool Tabular::haveLTCaption() const
+{
+       for (row_type i = 0; i < row_info.size(); ++i)
+               if (row_info[i].caption)
+                       return true;
+       return false;
+}
+
+
 // end longtable support functions
 
 void Tabular::setRowAscent(row_type row, int height)
@@ -1771,74 +1830,106 @@ bool Tabular::isPartOfMultiColumn(row_type row, col_type column) const
 }
 
 
-int Tabular::TeXTopHLine(odocstream & os, row_type row) const
+int Tabular::TeXTopHLine(odocstream & os, row_type row, string const lang) const
 {
-       // FIXME: assert or return 0 as in TeXBottomHLine()?
-       LASSERT(row != npos, /**/);
-       LASSERT(row < row_info.size(), /**/);
-
-       idx_type const fcell = getFirstCellInRow(row);
-       idx_type const n = numberOfCellsInRow(fcell) + fcell;
-       idx_type tmp = 0;
+       // we only output complete row lines and the 1st row here, the rest
+       // is done in Tabular::TeXBottomHLine(...)
 
-       for (idx_type i = fcell; i < n; ++i) {
-               if (topLine(i))
-                       ++tmp;
+       // get for each column the topline (if any)
+       col_type const ncols = column_info.size();
+       vector<bool> topline;
+       col_type nset = 0;
+       for (col_type c = 0; c < ncols; ++c) {
+               topline.push_back(topLine(cellIndex(row, c)));
+               if (topline[c])
+                       ++nset;
        }
-       if (use_booktabs && row == 0) {
-               if (topLine(fcell))
-                       os << "\\toprule ";
-       } else if (tmp == n - fcell) {
-               os << (use_booktabs ? "\\midrule " : "\\hline ");
-       } else if (tmp) {
-               for (idx_type i = fcell; i < n; ++i) {
-                       if (topLine(i)) {
-                               os << (use_booktabs ? "\\cmidrule{" : "\\cline{")
-                                  << cellColumn(i) + 1
-                                  << '-'
-                                  << cellRightColumn(i) + 1
-                                  << "} ";
+
+       // do nothing if empty first row, or incomplete row line after
+       if ((row == 0 && nset == 0) || (row > 0 && nset != ncols))
+               return 0;
+
+       // only output complete row lines and the 1st row's clines
+       if (nset == ncols) {
+               if (use_booktabs) {
+                       os << (row == 0 ? "\\toprule " : "\\midrule ");
+               } else {
+                       os << "\\hline ";
+               }
+       } else if (row == 0) {
+               for (col_type c = 0; c < ncols; ++c) {
+                       if (topline[c]) {
+                               //babel makes the "-" character an active one, so we have to suppress this here
+                               //see http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/af769424a4a0f289#
+                               if (lang == "slovak" || lang == "czech")
+                                       os << (use_booktabs ? "\\expandafter\\cmidrule\\expandafter{\\expandafter" :
+                                                             "\\expandafter\\cline\\expandafter{\\expandafter")
+                                                                                 << c + 1 << "\\string-";
+                               else
+                                       os << (use_booktabs ? "\\cmidrule{" : "\\cline{") << c + 1 << '-';
+                               // get to last column of line span
+                               while (c < ncols && topline[c])
+                                       ++c;
+                               os << c << "} ";
                        }
                }
-       } else {
-               return 0;
        }
        os << "\n";
        return 1;
 }
 
 
-int Tabular::TeXBottomHLine(odocstream & os, row_type row) const
+int Tabular::TeXBottomHLine(odocstream & os, row_type row, string const lang) const
 {
-       // FIXME: return 0 or assert as in TeXTopHLine()?
-       if (row == npos || row >= row_info.size())
-               return 0;
+       // we output bottomlines of row r and the toplines of row r+1
+       // if the latter do not span the whole tabular
 
-       idx_type const fcell = getFirstCellInRow(row);
-       idx_type const n = numberOfCellsInRow(fcell) + fcell;
-       idx_type tmp = 0;
+       // get the bottomlines of row r, and toplines in next row
+       bool lastrow = row == row_info.size() - 1;
+       col_type const ncols = column_info.size();
+       vector<bool> bottomline, topline;
+       bool nextrowset = true;
+       for (col_type c = 0; c < ncols; ++c) {
+               bottomline.push_back(bottomLine(cellIndex(row, c)));
+               topline.push_back(!lastrow && topLine(cellIndex(row + 1, c)));
+               nextrowset &= topline[c];
+       }
 
-       for (idx_type i = fcell; i < n; ++i) {
-               if (bottomLine(i))
-                       ++tmp;
+       // combine this row's bottom lines and next row's toplines if necessary
+       col_type nset = 0;
+       for (col_type c = 0; c < ncols; ++c) {
+               if (!nextrowset)
+                       bottomline[c] = bottomline[c] || topline[c];
+               if (bottomline[c])
+                       ++nset;
        }
-       if (use_booktabs && row == row_info.size() - 1) {
-               if (bottomLine(fcell))
-                       os << "\\bottomrule";
-       } else if (tmp == n - fcell) {
-               os << (use_booktabs ? "\\midrule" : "\\hline");
-       } else if (tmp) {
-               for (idx_type i = fcell; i < n; ++i) {
-                       if (bottomLine(i)) {
-                               os << (use_booktabs ? "\\cmidrule{" : "\\cline{")
-                                  << cellColumn(i) + 1
-                                  << '-'
-                                  << cellRightColumn(i) + 1
-                                  << "} ";
+
+       // do nothing if empty, OR incomplete row line with a topline in next row
+       if (nset == 0 || (nextrowset && nset != ncols))
+               return 0;
+
+       if (nset == ncols) {
+               if (use_booktabs)
+                       os << (lastrow ? "\\bottomrule" : "\\midrule");
+               else
+                       os << "\\hline";
+       } else {
+               for (col_type c = 0; c < ncols; ++c) {
+                       if (bottomline[c]) {
+                               //babel makes the "-" character an active one, so we have to suppress this here
+                               //see http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/af769424a4a0f289#
+                               if (lang == "slovak" || lang == "czech")
+                                       os << (use_booktabs ? "\\expandafter\\cmidrule\\expandafter{\\expandafter" :
+                                                             "\\expandafter\\cline\\expandafter{\\expandafter")
+                                                                                 << c + 1 << "\\string-";
+                               else
+                                       os << (use_booktabs ? "\\cmidrule{" : "\\cline{") << c + 1 << '-';
+                               // get to last column of line span
+                               while (c < ncols && bottomline[c])
+                                       ++c;
+                               os << c << "} ";
                        }
                }
-       } else {
-               return 0;
        }
        os << "\n";
        return 1;
@@ -1865,7 +1956,6 @@ int Tabular::TeXCellPreamble(odocstream & os, idx_type cell, bool & ismulticol)
                && leftLine(cellIndex(r, nextcol));
        bool coldouble = colright && nextcolleft;
        bool celldouble = rightLine(cell) && nextcellleft;
-       bool prevcellright = c > 0 && rightLine(cellIndex(r, c - 1));
        ismulticol = isMultiColumn(cell) 
                || (c == 0 && colleft != leftLine(cell))
                || ((colright || nextcolleft) && !rightLine(cell) && !nextcellleft)
@@ -1873,12 +1963,25 @@ int Tabular::TeXCellPreamble(odocstream & os, idx_type cell, bool & ismulticol)
                || (coldouble != celldouble);
        if (ismulticol) {
                os << "\\multicolumn{" << columnSpan(cell) << "}{";
-               if (leftLine(cell) || prevcellright)
+               if (c ==0 && leftLine(cell))
                        os << '|';
                if (!cellInfo(cell).align_special.empty()) {
                        os << cellInfo(cell).align_special;
                } else {
                        if (!getPWidth(cell).zero()) {
+                               switch (align) {
+                               case LYX_ALIGN_LEFT:
+                                       os << ">{\\raggedright}";
+                                       break;
+                               case LYX_ALIGN_RIGHT:
+                                       os << ">{\\raggedleft}";
+                                       break;
+                               case LYX_ALIGN_CENTER:
+                                       os << ">{\\centering}";
+                                       break;
+                               default:
+                                       break;
+                               }
                                switch (valign) {
                                case LYX_VALIGN_TOP:
                                        os << 'p';
@@ -1986,44 +2089,55 @@ int Tabular::TeXLongtableHeaderFooter(odocstream & os,
                return 0;
 
        int ret = 0;
-       // output header info
-       if (haveLTHead()) {
-               if (endhead.topDL) {
+       // caption handling
+       // the caption must be output befrore the headers
+       if (haveLTCaption()) {
+               for (row_type i = 0; i < row_info.size(); ++i) {
+                       if (row_info[i].caption) {
+                               ret += TeXRow(os, i, runparams);
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       // output first header info
+       // first header must be output before the header, otherwise the
+       // correct caption placement becomes really wierd
+       if (haveLTFirstHead()) {
+               if (endfirsthead.topDL) {
                        os << "\\hline\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
                for (row_type i = 0; i < row_info.size(); ++i) {
-                       if (row_info[i].endhead) {
+                       if (row_info[i].endfirsthead) {
                                ret += TeXRow(os, i, runparams);
                        }
                }
-               if (endhead.bottomDL) {
+               if (endfirsthead.bottomDL) {
                        os << "\\hline\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
-               os << "\\endhead\n";
+               os << "\\endfirsthead\n";
                ++ret;
-               if (endfirsthead.empty) {
+       }
+       // output header info
+       if (haveLTHead()) {
+               if (!haveLTFirstHead()) {
                        os << "\\endfirsthead\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
-       }
-       // output firstheader info
-       if (haveLTFirstHead()) {
-               if (endfirsthead.topDL) {
+               if (endhead.topDL) {
                        os << "\\hline\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
                for (row_type i = 0; i < row_info.size(); ++i) {
-                       if (row_info[i].endfirsthead) {
+                       if (row_info[i].endhead) {
                                ret += TeXRow(os, i, runparams);
                        }
                }
-               if (endfirsthead.bottomDL) {
+               if (endhead.bottomDL) {
                        os << "\\hline\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
-               os << "\\endfirsthead\n";
+               os << "\\endhead\n";
                ++ret;
        }
        // output footer info
@@ -2043,7 +2157,7 @@ int Tabular::TeXLongtableHeaderFooter(odocstream & os,
                }
                os << "\\endfoot\n";
                ++ret;
-               if (endlastfoot.empty) {
+               if (!haveLTLastFoot()) {
                        os << "\\endlastfoot\n";
                        ++ret;
                }
@@ -2074,8 +2188,9 @@ bool Tabular::isValidRow(row_type row) const
 {
        if (!is_long_tabular)
                return true;
-       return !row_info[row].endhead && !row_info[row].endfirsthead &&
-                       !row_info[row].endfoot && !row_info[row].endlastfoot;
+       return !row_info[row].endhead && !row_info[row].endfirsthead
+               && !row_info[row].endfoot && !row_info[row].endlastfoot
+               && !row_info[row].caption;
 }
 
 
@@ -2083,7 +2198,13 @@ int Tabular::TeXRow(odocstream & os, row_type i,
                       OutputParams const & runparams) const
 {
        idx_type cell = cellIndex(i, 0);
-       int ret = TeXTopHLine(os, i);
+       shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> inset = cellInset(cell);
+       Paragraph const & par = inset->paragraphs().front();
+       string const lang = par.getParLanguage(buffer().params())->lang();
+
+       //output the top line
+       int ret = TeXTopHLine(os, i, lang);
+
        if (row_info[i].top_space_default) {
                if (use_booktabs)
                        os << "\\addlinespace\n";
@@ -2115,16 +2236,26 @@ int Tabular::TeXRow(odocstream & os, row_type i,
                        && getPWidth(cell).zero();
 
                if (rtl) {
-                       if (par.getParLanguage(buffer().params())->lang() ==
-                       "farsi")
+                       string const lang =
+                               par.getParLanguage(buffer().params())->lang();
+                       if (lang == "farsi")
                                os << "\\textFR{";
-                       else if (par.getParLanguage(buffer().params())->lang() == "arabic_arabi")
+                       else if (lang == "arabic_arabi")
                                os << "\\textAR{";
-                       // currently, remaning RTL languages are arabic_arabtex and hebrew
+                       // currently, remaning RTL languages are
+                       // arabic_arabtex and hebrew
                        else
                                os << "\\R{";
                }
-               ret += inset->latex(os, runparams);
+               // pass to the OutputParams that we are in a cell and
+               // which alignment we have set.
+               // InsetNewline needs this context information.
+               OutputParams newrp(runparams);
+               newrp.inTableCell = (getAlignment(cell) == LYX_ALIGN_BLOCK)
+                                   ? OutputParams::PLAIN
+                                   : OutputParams::ALIGNED;
+               ret += inset->latex(os, newrp);
+               runparams.encoding = newrp.encoding;
                if (rtl)
                        os << '}';
 
@@ -2149,7 +2280,10 @@ int Tabular::TeXRow(odocstream & os, row_type i,
        }
        os << '\n';
        ++ret;
-       ret += TeXBottomHLine(os, i);
+
+       //output the bottom line
+       ret += TeXBottomHLine(os, i, lang);
+
        if (row_info[i].interline_space_default) {
                if (use_booktabs)
                        os << "\\addlinespace\n";
@@ -2184,9 +2318,22 @@ int Tabular::latex(odocstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const
                ++ret;
        }
        if (is_long_tabular)
-               os << "\\begin{longtable}{";
+               os << "\\begin{longtable}";
        else
-               os << "\\begin{tabular}{";
+               os << "\\begin{tabular}";
+
+       switch (tabular_valignment) {
+               case LYX_VALIGN_TOP:
+                       os << "[t]";
+                       break;
+               case LYX_VALIGN_BOTTOM:
+                       os << "[b]";
+                       break;
+               case LYX_VALIGN_MIDDLE:
+                       break;
+       }
+       
+       os << "{";
 
        for (col_type i = 0; i < column_info.size(); ++i) {
                if (columnLeftLine(i))
@@ -2367,11 +2514,12 @@ int Tabular::docbook(odocstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const
        //+---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
        // output header info
-       if (haveLTHead() || haveLTFirstHead()) {
+       if (haveLTHead() || haveLTFirstHead()|| haveLTCaption()) {
                os << "<thead>\n";
                ++ret;
                for (row_type i = 0; i < row_info.size(); ++i) {
-                       if (row_info[i].endhead || row_info[i].endfirsthead) {
+                       if (row_info[i].endhead || row_info[i].endfirsthead
+                               || row_info[i].caption) {
                                ret += docbookRow(os, i, runparams);
                        }
                }
@@ -2642,33 +2790,6 @@ void Tabular::setCellInset(row_type row, col_type column,
 {
        CellData & cd = cell_info[row][column];
        cd.inset = ins;
-       // reset the InsetTableCell's pointers
-       ins->setCellData(&cd);
-       ins->setTabular(this);
-}
-
-
-Tabular::idx_type Tabular::cellFromInset(Inset const * inset) const
-{
-       // is this inset part of the tabular?
-       if (!inset) {
-               lyxerr << "Error: this is not a cell of the tabular!" << endl;
-               LASSERT(false, /**/);
-       }
-
-       for (idx_type cell = 0, n = numberofcells; cell < n; ++cell)
-               if (cellInset(cell).get() == inset) {
-                       LYXERR(Debug::INSETTEXT, "Tabular::cellFromInset: "
-                               << "cell=" << cell);
-                       return cell;
-               }
-
-       // We should have found a cell at this point
-       lyxerr << "Tabular::cellFromInset: Cell of inset "
-               << inset << " not found!" << endl;
-       LASSERT(false, /**/);
-       // shut up compiler
-       return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -2682,8 +2803,8 @@ void Tabular::validate(LaTeXFeatures & features) const
        if (needRotating())
                features.require("rotating");
        for (idx_type cell = 0; cell < numberofcells; ++cell) {
-               if (getVAlignment(cell) != LYX_VALIGN_TOP ||
-                    (!getPWidth(cell).zero() && !isMultiColumn(cell)))
+               if (getVAlignment(cell) != LYX_VALIGN_TOP
+                   || !getPWidth(cell).zero())
                        features.require("array");
                cellInset(cell)->validate(features);
        }
@@ -2711,33 +2832,31 @@ Tabular::BoxType Tabular::useParbox(idx_type cell) const
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-InsetTableCell::InsetTableCell(Buffer const & buf,
-       Tabular::CellData const * cell, Tabular const * table)
-       : InsetText(buf), cell_data_(cell), table_(table)
+InsetTableCell::InsetTableCell(Buffer & buf)
+       : InsetText(buf), isFixedWidth(false),
+         contentAlign(LYX_ALIGN_CENTER)
 {}
 
 
-bool InsetTableCell::forceEmptyLayout(idx_type) const
+bool InsetTableCell::forcePlainLayout(idx_type) const
 {
-       LASSERT(table_, /**/);
-       LASSERT(cell_data_, /**/);
-       return table_->getPWidth(cell_data_->cellno).zero();
+       return !isFixedWidth;
 }
 
+
 bool InsetTableCell::allowParagraphCustomization(idx_type) const
 {
-       LASSERT(table_, /**/);
-       LASSERT(cell_data_, /**/);
-       return !table_->getPWidth(cell_data_->cellno).zero();
+       return isFixedWidth;
 }
 
+
 bool InsetTableCell::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
        FuncStatus & status) const
 {
        bool enabled;
        switch (cmd.action) {
        case LFUN_LAYOUT:
-               enabled = !forceEmptyLayout();
+               enabled = !forcePlainLayout();
                break;
        case LFUN_LAYOUT_PARAGRAPH:
                enabled = allowParagraphCustomization();
@@ -2749,25 +2868,44 @@ bool InsetTableCell::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
        return true;
 }
 
+docstring InsetTableCell::asString(bool intoInsets) 
+{
+       docstring retval;
+       if (paragraphs().empty())
+               return retval;
+       ParagraphList::const_iterator it = paragraphs().begin();
+       ParagraphList::const_iterator en = paragraphs().end();
+       bool first = true;
+       for (; it != en; ++it) {
+               if (!first)
+                       retval += "\n";
+               else
+                       first = false;
+               retval += it->asString(intoInsets ? AS_STR_INSETS : AS_STR_NONE);
+       }
+       return retval;
+}
+
+
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // InsetTabular
 //
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-InsetTabular::InsetTabular(Buffer const & buf, row_type rows,
+InsetTabular::InsetTabular(Buffer & buf, row_type rows,
                           col_type columns)
        : tabular(buf, max(rows, row_type(1)), max(columns, col_type(1))), scx_(0), 
        rowselect_(false), colselect_(false)
 {
-       setBuffer(const_cast<Buffer &>(buf)); // FIXME: remove later
+       setBuffer(buf); // FIXME: remove later
 }
 
 
 InsetTabular::InsetTabular(InsetTabular const & tab)
        : Inset(tab), tabular(tab.tabular),  scx_(0)
 {
-       setBuffer(const_cast<Buffer &>(tab.buffer())); // FIXME: remove later
 }
 
 
@@ -2777,6 +2915,13 @@ InsetTabular::~InsetTabular()
 }
 
 
+void InsetTabular::setBuffer(Buffer & buf)
+{
+       tabular.setBuffer(buf);
+       Inset::setBuffer(buf);
+}
+
+
 bool InsetTabular::insetAllowed(InsetCode code) const
 {
        if (code == MATHMACRO_CODE)
@@ -2897,11 +3042,38 @@ void InsetTabular::metrics(MetricsInfo & mi, Dimension & dim) const
        dim.wid = tabular.width() + 2 * ADD_TO_TABULAR_WIDTH;
 }
 
+bool InsetTabular::isCellSelected(Cursor & cur, row_type row, col_type col) 
+       const
+{
+       if (&cur.inset() == this && cur.selection()) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                       row_type rs, re;
+                       col_type cs, ce;
+                       getSelection(cur, rs, re, cs, ce);
+                       
+                       if (col >= cs && col <= ce && row >= rs && row <= re)
+                               return true;
+               } else 
+                       if (col == tabular.cellColumn(cur.idx()) 
+                               && row == tabular.cellRow(cur.idx())) {
+                       CursorSlice const & beg = cur.selBegin();
+                       CursorSlice const & end = cur.selEnd();
+
+                       if ((end.lastpos() > 0 || end.lastpit() > 0)
+                                 && end.pos() == end.lastpos() && beg.pos() == 0
+                                 && end.pit() == end.lastpit() && beg.pit() == 0)
+                               return true;
+               }
+       }
+       return false;
+}
+
 
 void InsetTabular::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 {
        //lyxerr << "InsetTabular::draw: " << x << " " << y << endl;
        BufferView * bv = pi.base.bv;
+       Cursor & cur = pi.base.bv->cursor();
 
        // FIXME: As the full backrgound is painted in drawSelection(),
        // we have no choice but to do a full repaint for the Text cells.
@@ -2913,6 +3085,7 @@ void InsetTabular::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
        x += ADD_TO_TABULAR_WIDTH;
 
        bool const original_drawing_state = pi.pain.isDrawingEnabled();
+       bool const original_selection_state = pi.selected;
 
        idx_type idx = 0;
        first_visible_cell = Tabular::npos;
@@ -2927,6 +3100,7 @@ void InsetTabular::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
                        if (first_visible_cell == Tabular::npos)
                                first_visible_cell = idx;
 
+                       pi.selected |= isCellSelected(cur, i, j);
                        int const cx = nx + tabular.getBeginningOfTextInCell(idx);
                        // Cache the Inset position.
                        bv->coordCache().insets().add(cell(idx).get(), cx, y);
@@ -2936,14 +3110,15 @@ void InsetTabular::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
                            || y - a > bv->workHeight()) {
                                pi.pain.setDrawingEnabled(false);
                                cell(idx)->draw(pi, cx, y);
-                               drawCellLines(pi.pain, nx, y, i, idx, pi.erased_);
+                               drawCellLines(pi.pain, nx, y, i, idx, pi.change_);
                                pi.pain.setDrawingEnabled(original_drawing_state);
                        } else {
                                cell(idx)->draw(pi, cx, y);
-                               drawCellLines(pi.pain, nx, y, i, idx, pi.erased_);
+                               drawCellLines(pi.pain, nx, y, i, idx, pi.change_);
                        }
                        nx += tabular.columnWidth(idx);
                        ++idx;
+                       pi.selected = original_selection_state;
                }
 
                if (i + 1 < tabular.row_info.size())
@@ -2956,6 +3131,7 @@ void InsetTabular::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 {
        Cursor & cur = pi.base.bv->cursor();
+       resetPos(cur);
 
        x += scx_ + ADD_TO_TABULAR_WIDTH;
 
@@ -2966,7 +3142,7 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
        int const w = tabular.width();
        int const h = tabular.height();
        int yy = y - tabular.rowAscent(0);
-       pi.pain.fillRectangle(x, yy, w, h, backgroundColor());
+       pi.pain.fillRectangle(x, yy, w, h, pi.backgroundColor(this));
 
        if (!cur.selection())
                return;
@@ -2975,11 +3151,10 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 
        //resetPos(cur);
 
+       bool const full_cell_selected = isCellSelected(cur,
+               tabular.cellRow(cur.idx()), tabular.cellColumn(cur.idx()));
 
-       if (tablemode(cur)) {
-               row_type rs, re;
-               col_type cs, ce;
-               getSelection(cur, rs, re, cs, ce);
+       if (cur.selIsMultiCell() || full_cell_selected) {
                y -= tabular.rowAscent(0);
                for (row_type j = 0; j < tabular.row_info.size(); ++j) {
                        int const a = tabular.rowAscent(j);
@@ -2992,9 +3167,8 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
                                idx_type const cell =
                                        tabular.cellIndex(j, i);
                                int const w = tabular.columnWidth(cell);
-                               if (i >= cs && i <= ce && j >= rs && j <= re)
-                                       pi.pain.fillRectangle(xx, y, w, h,
-                                                             Color_selection);
+                               if (isCellSelected(cur, j, i))
+                                       pi.pain.fillRectangle(xx, y, w, h, Color_selection);
                                xx += w;
                        }
                        y += h;
@@ -3009,16 +3183,16 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 
 
 void InsetTabular::drawCellLines(Painter & pain, int x, int y,
-                                row_type row, idx_type cell, bool erased) const
+                                row_type row, idx_type cell, Change const & change) const
 {
        int x2 = x + tabular.columnWidth(cell);
        bool on_off = false;
-       ColorCode col = Color_tabularline;
-       ColorCode onoffcol = Color_tabularonoffline;
+       Color col = Color_tabularline;
+       Color onoffcol = Color_tabularonoffline;
 
-       if (erased) {
-               col = Color_deletedtext;
-               onoffcol = Color_deletedtext;
+       if (change.changed()) {
+               col = change.color();
+               onoffcol = change.color();
        }
 
        if (!tabular.topAlreadyDrawn(cell)) {
@@ -3060,7 +3234,7 @@ void InsetTabular::edit(Cursor & cur, bool front, EntryDirection)
 {
        //lyxerr << "InsetTabular::edit: " << this << endl;
        cur.finishUndo();
-       cur.selection() = false;
+       cur.setSelection(false);
        cur.push(*this);
        if (front) {
                if (isRightToLeft(cur))
@@ -3086,7 +3260,7 @@ void InsetTabular::edit(Cursor & cur, bool front, EntryDirection)
 void InsetTabular::updateLabels(ParIterator const & it)
 {
        // In a longtable, tell captions what the current float is
-       Counters & cnts = buffer().params().documentClass().counters();
+       Counters & cnts = buffer().masterBuffer()->params().documentClass().counters();
        string const saveflt = cnts.current_float();
        if (tabular.is_long_tabular)
                cnts.current_float("table");
@@ -3095,7 +3269,7 @@ void InsetTabular::updateLabels(ParIterator const & it)
        it2.forwardPos();
        size_t const end = it2.nargs();
        for ( ; it2.idx() < end; it2.top().forwardIdx())
-               lyx::updateLabels(buffer(), it2);
+               buffer().updateLabels(it2);
 
        //reset afterwards
        if (tabular.is_long_tabular)
@@ -3123,7 +3297,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                        cur.resetAnchor();
                        cur.idx() = tabular.getLastCellInRow(r);
                        cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
-                       cur.selection() = true;
+                       cur.setSelection(true);
                        bvcur = cur; 
                        rowselect_ = true;
                        break;
@@ -3138,7 +3312,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                        cur.resetAnchor();
                        cur.idx() = tabular.cellIndex(tabular.row_info.size() - 1, c);
                        cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
-                       cur.selection() = true;
+                       cur.setSelection(true);
                        bvcur = cur; 
                        colselect_ = true;
                        break;
@@ -3147,7 +3321,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                // some cells (bug 2715).
                if (cmd.button() == mouse_button::button3
                    && &bvcur.selBegin().inset() == this 
-                   && tablemode(bvcur)) 
+                   && bvcur.selIsMultiCell()) 
                        ;
                else
                        // Let InsetTableCell do it
@@ -3166,16 +3340,24 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                        if (rowselect_) {
                                row_type r = rowFromY(cur, cmd.y);
                                cur.idx() = tabular.getLastCellInRow(r);
+                               // we need to reset the cursor's pit and pos now, as the old ones
+                               // may no longer be valid.
+                               cur.pit() = 0;
+                               cur.pos() = 0;
                                bvcur.setCursor(cur);
-                               bvcur.selection() = true;
+                               bvcur.setSelection(true);
                                break;
                        }
                        // select (additional) column
                        if (colselect_) {
                                col_type c = columnFromX(cur, cmd.x);
                                cur.idx() = tabular.cellIndex(tabular.row_info.size() - 1, c);
+                               // we need to reset the cursor's pit and pos now, as the old ones
+                               // may no longer be valid.
+                               cur.pit() = 0;
+                               cur.pos() = 0;
                                bvcur.setCursor(cur);
-                               bvcur.selection() = true;
+                               bvcur.setSelection(true);
                                break;
                        }
                        // only update if selection changes
@@ -3184,7 +3366,13 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                                cur.noUpdate();
                        setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, cmd.x, cmd.y);
                        bvcur.setCursor(cur);
-                       bvcur.selection() = true;
+                       bvcur.setSelection(true);
+                       // if this is a multicell selection, we just set the cursor to
+                       // the beginning of the cell's text.
+                       if (bvcur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                               bvcur.pit() = bvcur.lastpit();
+                               bvcur.pos() = bvcur.lastpos();
+                       }
                }
                break;
 
@@ -3195,13 +3383,14 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 
        case LFUN_CELL_BACKWARD:
                movePrevCell(cur);
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
 
        case LFUN_CELL_FORWARD:
                moveNextCell(cur);
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
+
        case LFUN_CHAR_FORWARD_SELECT:
        case LFUN_CHAR_FORWARD:
        case LFUN_CHAR_BACKWARD_SELECT:
@@ -3210,7 +3399,6 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
        case LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT:
        case LFUN_CHAR_LEFT_SELECT:
        case LFUN_CHAR_LEFT: {
-
                // determine whether we move to next or previous cell, where to enter 
                // the new cell from, and which command to "finish" (i.e., exit the
                // inset) with:
@@ -3231,49 +3419,82 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                // LEFT or RIGHT commands --- the interpretation will depend on the 
                // table's direction.
                else {
-                       bool right = (cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT
-                                                       || cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT_SELECT);
-                       next_cell = (isRightToLeft(cur) != right);
+                       bool const right = cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT
+                               || cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT_SELECT;
+                       next_cell = isRightToLeft(cur) != right;
                        
-                       if (lyxrc.visual_cursor) {
+                       if (lyxrc.visual_cursor)
                                entry_from = right ? ENTRY_DIRECTION_LEFT:ENTRY_DIRECTION_RIGHT;
-                       }
 
-                       if (right)
-                               finish_lfun = LFUN_FINISHED_RIGHT;
-                       else
-                               finish_lfun = LFUN_FINISHED_LEFT;
+                       finish_lfun = right ? LFUN_FINISHED_RIGHT : LFUN_FINISHED_LEFT;
                }
-               
 
-               // finally, now that we know what we want to do, do it!
-               cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
-               if (!cur.result().dispatched()) {
-                       // move to next/prev cell, as appropriate
-                       LYXERR(Debug::RTL, "entering " << (next_cell ? "next" : "previous")
-                               << " cell from: " << int(entry_from));
-                       if (next_cell)
-                               moveNextCell(cur, entry_from);
-                       else
-                               movePrevCell(cur, entry_from);
-                       // if we're exiting the table, call the appropriate FINISHED lfun
-                       if (sl == cur.top())
-                               cmd = FuncRequest(finish_lfun);
-                       else
+               bool const select = cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_FORWARD_SELECT ||
+                   cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_BACKWARD_SELECT ||
+                   cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT_SELECT ||
+                   cmd.action == LFUN_CHAR_LEFT_SELECT;
+
+               // If we have a multicell selection or we're 
+               // not doing some LFUN_*_SELECT thing anyway...
+               if (!cur.selIsMultiCell() || !select) {
+                       col_type const c = tabular.cellColumn(cur.idx());
+                       row_type const r = tabular.cellRow(cur.idx());
+                       // Are we trying to select the whole cell and is the whole cell 
+                       // not yet selected?
+                       bool const select_whole = select && !isCellSelected(cur, r, c) &&
+                               ((next_cell && cur.pit() == cur.lastpit() 
+                               && cur.pos() == cur.lastpos())
+                               || (!next_cell && cur.pit() == 0 && cur.pos() == 0));
+
+                       // ...try to dispatch to the cell's inset.
+                       cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+
+                       bool const empty_cell = cur.lastpos() == 0 && cur.lastpit() == 0;
+                       
+                       // When we already have a selection we want to select the whole cell
+                       // before going to the next cell.
+                       if (select_whole && !empty_cell){
+                               getText(cur.idx())->selectAll(cur);
                                cur.dispatched();
+                               break;
+                       }
+
+                       // FIXME: When we support the selection of an empty cell, remove 
+                       // the !empty_cell from this condition. For now we jump to the next
+                       // cell if the current cell is empty.
+                       if (cur.result().dispatched() && !empty_cell)
+                               break;
                }
+
+               // move to next/prev cell, as appropriate
+               // note that we will always do this if we're selecting and we have
+               // a multicell selection
+               LYXERR(Debug::RTL, "entering " << (next_cell ? "next" : "previous")
+                       << " cell from: " << int(entry_from));
+               if (next_cell)
+                       moveNextCell(cur, entry_from);
+               else
+                       movePrevCell(cur, entry_from);
+               // if we're exiting the table, call the appropriate FINISHED lfun
+               if (sl == cur.top())
+                       cmd = FuncRequest(finish_lfun);
+               else
+                       cur.dispatched();
                break;
 
        }
 
        case LFUN_DOWN_SELECT:
        case LFUN_DOWN:
-               cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+               if (!(cur.selection() && cur.selIsMultiCell()))
+                       cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+               
                cur.dispatched(); // override the cell's decision
-               if (sl == cur.top())
+               if (sl == cur.top()) {
                        // if our Text didn't do anything to the cursor
                        // then we try to put the cursor into the cell below
                        // setting also the right targetX.
+                       cur.selHandle(cmd.action == LFUN_DOWN_SELECT);
                        if (tabular.cellRow(cur.idx()) != tabular.row_info.size() - 1) {
                                cur.idx() = tabular.cellBelow(cur.idx());
                                cur.pit() = 0;
@@ -3281,22 +3502,30 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                                        cur.bv().textMetrics(cell(cur.idx())->getText(0));
                                cur.pos() = tm.x2pos(cur.pit(), 0, cur.targetX());
                        }
+               }
                if (sl == cur.top()) {
                        // we trick it to go to forward after leaving the
                        // tabular.
                        cmd = FuncRequest(LFUN_FINISHED_FORWARD);
                        cur.undispatched();
                }
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                       cur.pit() = cur.lastpit();
+                       cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
+                       return;
+               }
                break;
 
        case LFUN_UP_SELECT:
        case LFUN_UP:
-               cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+               if (!(cur.selection() && cur.selIsMultiCell()))
+                       cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
                cur.dispatched(); // override the cell's decision
-               if (sl == cur.top())
+               if (sl == cur.top()) {
                        // if our Text didn't do anything to the cursor
                        // then we try to put the cursor into the cell above
                        // setting also the right targetX.
+                       cur.selHandle(cmd.action == LFUN_UP_SELECT);
                        if (tabular.cellRow(cur.idx()) != 0) {
                                cur.idx() = tabular.cellAbove(cur.idx());
                                cur.pit() = cur.lastpit();
@@ -3306,10 +3535,16 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                                        tm.parMetrics(cur.lastpit());
                                cur.pos() = tm.x2pos(cur.pit(), pm.rows().size()-1, cur.targetX());
                        }
+               }
                if (sl == cur.top()) {
                        cmd = FuncRequest(LFUN_UP);
                        cur.undispatched();
                }
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                       cur.pit() = 0;
+                       cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
+                       return;
+               }
                break;
 
 //     case LFUN_SCREEN_DOWN: {
@@ -3381,7 +3616,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
        }
 
        case LFUN_CUT:
-               if (tablemode(cur)) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
                        if (copySelection(cur)) {
                                cur.recordUndoInset(DELETE_UNDO);
                                cutSelection(cur);
@@ -3391,9 +3626,17 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                        cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
                break;
 
+       case LFUN_SELF_INSERT:
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                       cur.recordUndoInset(DELETE_UNDO);
+                       cutSelection(cur);
+               }
+               cell(cur.idx())->dispatch(cur, cmd);
+               break;
+
        case LFUN_CHAR_DELETE_BACKWARD:
        case LFUN_CHAR_DELETE_FORWARD:
-               if (tablemode(cur)) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
                        cur.recordUndoInset(DELETE_UNDO);
                        cutSelection(cur);
                }
@@ -3404,7 +3647,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
        case LFUN_COPY:
                if (!cur.selection())
                        break;
-               if (tablemode(cur)) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
                        cur.finishUndo();
                        copySelection(cur);
                } else
@@ -3442,7 +3685,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
                        break;
                }
                if (theClipboard().isInternal() ||
-                   !theClipboard().hasInternal() && theClipboard().hasLyXContents()) {
+                   (!theClipboard().hasInternal() && theClipboard().hasLyXContents())) {
                        cur.recordUndoInset(INSERT_UNDO);
                        pasteClipboard(cur);
                }
@@ -3450,6 +3693,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 
        case LFUN_FONT_EMPH:
        case LFUN_FONT_BOLD:
+       case LFUN_FONT_BOLDSYMBOL:
        case LFUN_FONT_ROMAN:
        case LFUN_FONT_NOUN:
        case LFUN_FONT_ITAL:
@@ -3465,7 +3709,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
        case LFUN_WORD_UPCASE:
        case LFUN_WORD_LOWCASE:
        case LFUN_CHARS_TRANSPOSE:
-               if (tablemode(cur)) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
                        row_type rs, re;
                        col_type cs, ce;
                        getSelection(cur, rs, re, cs, ce);
@@ -3637,6 +3881,19 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        status.setOnOff(tabular.rotate);
                        break;
 
+               case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_TOP:
+                       status.setOnOff(tabular.tabular_valignment 
+                               == Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_TOP);
+                       break;
+               case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_MIDDLE:
+                       status.setOnOff(tabular.tabular_valignment 
+                               == Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_MIDDLE);
+                       break;
+               case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_BOTTOM:
+                       status.setOnOff(tabular.tabular_valignment 
+                               == Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_BOTTOM);
+                       break;
+
                case Tabular::UNSET_ROTATE_TABULAR:
                        status.setOnOff(!tabular.rotate);
                        break;
@@ -3656,15 +3913,27 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        status.setOnOff(convert<int>(argument) == tabular.getUsebox(cur.idx()));
                        break;
 
-               case Tabular::SET_LTFIRSTHEAD:
-                       status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
+               // every row can only be one thing:
+               // either a footer or header or caption
+               case Tabular::SET_LTFIRSTHEAD:                  
+                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.ltCaption(sel_row_start));
+                       status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::UNSET_LTFIRSTHEAD:
-                       status.setOnOff(!tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
+                       status.setOnOff(!tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::SET_LTHEAD:
+                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.ltCaption(sel_row_start));
                        status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
@@ -3673,6 +3942,11 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::SET_LTFOOT:
+                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.ltCaption(sel_row_start));
                        status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
@@ -3681,11 +3955,16 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::SET_LTLASTFOOT:
-                       status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
+                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.ltCaption(sel_row_start));
+                       status.setOnOff(tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::UNSET_LTLASTFOOT:
-                       status.setOnOff(!tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
+                       status.setOnOff(!tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::SET_LTNEWPAGE:
@@ -3693,7 +3972,11 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        break;
 
                case Tabular::TOGGLE_LTCAPTION:
-                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end);
+                       status.setEnabled(sel_row_start == sel_row_end
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFirstHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTHead(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt)
+                               && !tabular.getRowOfLTLastFoot(sel_row_start, dummyltt));
                        status.setOnOff(tabular.ltCaption(sel_row_start));
                        break;
 
@@ -3735,9 +4018,10 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
        case LFUN_OPTIONAL_INSERT:
        case LFUN_BOX_INSERT:
        case LFUN_BRANCH_INSERT:
+       case LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT:
        case LFUN_WRAP_INSERT:
        case LFUN_ERT_INSERT: {
-               if (tablemode(cur)) {
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
                        status.setEnabled(false);
                        return true;
                } else
@@ -3754,12 +4038,21 @@ bool InsetTabular::getStatus(Cursor & cur, FuncRequest const & cmd,
                        return cell(cur.idx())->getStatus(cur, cmd, status);
        }
 
+       case LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT:
+               status.setEnabled(false);
+               return true;
+
        case LFUN_PASTE:
+               if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+                       status.setEnabled(false);
+                       status.message(_("You cannot paste into a multicell selection."));
+                       return true;
+               }
                if (tabularStackDirty() && theClipboard().isInternal()) {
                        status.setEnabled(true);
                        return true;
-               } else
-                       return cell(cur.idx())->getStatus(cur, cmd, status);
+               } 
+               return cell(cur.idx())->getStatus(cur, cmd, status);
 
        case LFUN_INSET_MODIFY:
                if (insetCode(cmd.getArg(0)) == TABULAR_CODE) {
@@ -3900,18 +4193,18 @@ int InsetTabular::dist(BufferView & bv, idx_type const cell, int x, int y) const
 Inset * InsetTabular::editXY(Cursor & cur, int x, int y)
 {
        //lyxerr << "InsetTabular::editXY: " << this << endl;
-       cur.selection() = false;
+       cur.setSelection(false);
        cur.push(*this);
        cur.idx() = getNearestCell(cur.bv(), x, y);
        resetPos(cur);
-       return cur.bv().textMetrics(&cell(cur.idx())->text_).editXY(cur, x, y);
+       return cur.bv().textMetrics(&cell(cur.idx())->text()).editXY(cur, x, y);
 }
 
 
 void InsetTabular::setCursorFromCoordinates(Cursor & cur, int x, int y) const
 {
        cur.idx() = getNearestCell(cur.bv(), x, y);
-       cur.bv().textMetrics(&cell(cur.idx())->text_).setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, x, y);
+       cur.bv().textMetrics(&cell(cur.idx())->text()).setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, x, y);
 }
 
 
@@ -3951,14 +4244,16 @@ void InsetTabular::resetPos(Cursor & cur) const
        BufferView & bv = cur.bv();
        int const maxwidth = bv.workWidth();
 
-       if (&cur.inset() != this) {
+       int const scx_old = scx_;
+       int const i = cur.find(this);
+       if (i == -1) {
                scx_ = 0;
        } else {
                int const X1 = 0;
                int const X2 = maxwidth;
                int const offset = ADD_TO_TABULAR_WIDTH + 2;
-               int const x1 = xo(cur.bv()) + cellXPos(cur.idx()) + offset;
-               int const x2 = x1 + tabular.columnWidth(cur.idx());
+               int const x1 = xo(cur.bv()) + cellXPos(cur[i].idx()) + offset;
+               int const x2 = x1 + tabular.columnWidth(cur[i].idx());
 
                if (x1 < X1)
                        scx_ = X1 + 20 - x1;
@@ -3968,7 +4263,9 @@ void InsetTabular::resetPos(Cursor & cur) const
                        scx_ = 0;
        }
 
-       cur.updateFlags(Update::Force | Update::FitCursor);
+       // only update if offset changed
+       if (scx_ != scx_old)
+               cur.updateFlags(Update::Force | Update::FitCursor);
 }
 
 
@@ -3990,9 +4287,18 @@ void InsetTabular::moveNextCell(Cursor & cur, EntryDirection entry_from)
                        return;
                ++cur.idx();
        }
+
+       cur.boundary(false);
+
+       if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+               cur.pit() = cur.lastpit();
+               cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
+               resetPos(cur);
+               return;
+       }
+
        cur.pit() = 0;
        cur.pos() = 0;
-       cur.boundary(false);
 
        // in visual mode, place cursor at extreme left or right
        
@@ -4033,6 +4339,14 @@ void InsetTabular::movePrevCell(Cursor & cur, EntryDirection entry_from)
                        return;
                --cur.idx();
        }
+
+       if (cur.selIsMultiCell()) {
+               cur.pit() = cur.lastpit();
+               cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
+               resetPos(cur);
+               return;
+       }
+
        cur.pit() = cur.lastpit();
        cur.pos() = cur.lastpos();
 
@@ -4052,8 +4366,7 @@ void InsetTabular::movePrevCell(Cursor & cur, EntryDirection entry_from)
 
        }
 
-       // FIXME: this accesses the position cache before it is initialized
-       //resetPos(cur);
+       resetPos(cur);
 }
 
 
@@ -4213,7 +4526,7 @@ void InsetTabular::tabularFeatures(Cursor & cur,
                cur.idx() = tabular.cellIndex(sel_row_start, column);
                cur.pit() = 0;
                cur.pos() = 0;
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
 
        case Tabular::DELETE_COLUMN:
@@ -4224,7 +4537,7 @@ void InsetTabular::tabularFeatures(Cursor & cur,
                cur.idx() = tabular.cellIndex(row, sel_col_start);
                cur.pit() = 0;
                cur.pos() = 0;
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
 
        case Tabular::COPY_ROW:
@@ -4311,7 +4624,7 @@ void InsetTabular::tabularFeatures(Cursor & cur,
                cur.idx() = s_start;
                cur.pit() = 0;
                cur.pos() = 0;
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
        }
 
@@ -4355,6 +4668,18 @@ void InsetTabular::tabularFeatures(Cursor & cur,
                tabular.rotate = !tabular.rotate;
                break;
 
+       case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_TOP:
+               tabular.tabular_valignment = Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_TOP;
+               break;
+
+       case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_MIDDLE:
+               tabular.tabular_valignment = Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_MIDDLE;
+               break;
+
+       case Tabular::TABULAR_VALIGN_BOTTOM:
+               tabular.tabular_valignment = Tabular::LYX_VALIGN_BOTTOM;
+               break;
+
        case Tabular::SET_ROTATE_CELL:
                for (row_type i = sel_row_start; i <= sel_row_end; ++i)
                        for (col_type j = sel_col_start; j <= sel_col_end; ++j)
@@ -4430,7 +4755,7 @@ void InsetTabular::tabularFeatures(Cursor & cur,
                cur.idx() = tabular.setLTCaption(row, !tabular.ltCaption(row));
                cur.pit() = 0;
                cur.pos() = 0;
-               cur.selection() = false;
+               cur.setSelection(false);
                break;
 
        case Tabular::SET_BOOKTABS:
@@ -4542,14 +4867,7 @@ bool InsetTabular::copySelection(Cursor & cur)
        while (paste_tabular->column_info.size() > columns)
                paste_tabular->deleteColumn(columns);
 
-       // We clear all the InsetTableCell pointers, since they
-       // might now become invalid and there is no point in having
-       // them point to temporary things in paste_tabular.
-       for (row_type i = 0; i < paste_tabular->row_info.size(); ++i)
-               for (col_type j = 0; j < paste_tabular->column_info.size(); ++j) {
-                       paste_tabular->cellInset(i,j)->setCellData(0);
-                       paste_tabular->cellInset(i,j)->setTabular(0);
-               }
+       paste_tabular->setBuffer(tabular.buffer());
 
        odocstringstream os;
        OutputParams const runparams(0);
@@ -4592,11 +4910,9 @@ bool InsetTabular::pasteClipboard(Cursor & cur)
                        }
                        shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> inset(
                                new InsetTableCell(*paste_tabular->cellInset(r1, c1)));
-                       // note that setCellInset will call InsetTableCell::setCellData()
-                       // and InsetTableCell::setTabular()
                        tabular.setCellInset(r2, c2, inset);
                        // FIXME: change tracking (MG)
-                       inset->setChange(Change(cur.buffer().params().trackChanges ?
+                       inset->setChange(Change(buffer().params().trackChanges ?
                                                Change::INSERTED : Change::UNCHANGED));
                        cur.pos() = 0;
                }
@@ -4617,7 +4933,7 @@ void InsetTabular::cutSelection(Cursor & cur)
                for (col_type j = cs; j <= ce; ++j) {
                        shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> t
                                = cell(tabular.cellIndex(i, j));
-                       if (cur.buffer().params().trackChanges)
+                       if (buffer().params().trackChanges)
                                // FIXME: Change tracking (MG)
                                t->setChange(Change(Change::DELETED));
                        else
@@ -4639,10 +4955,31 @@ bool InsetTabular::isRightToLeft(Cursor & cur) const
        LASSERT(cur.depth() > 1, /**/);
        Paragraph const & parentpar = cur[cur.depth() - 2].paragraph();
        pos_type const parentpos = cur[cur.depth() - 2].pos();
-       return parentpar.getFontSettings(cur.bv().buffer().params(),
+       return parentpar.getFontSettings(buffer().params(),
                                         parentpos).language()->rightToLeft();
 }
 
+docstring InsetTabular::asString(idx_type stidx, idx_type enidx, 
+                                 bool intoInsets)
+{
+       LASSERT(stidx <= enidx, return docstring());
+       docstring retval;
+       col_type const col1 = tabular.cellColumn(stidx);
+       col_type const col2 = tabular.cellColumn(enidx);
+       row_type const row1 = tabular.cellRow(stidx);
+       row_type const row2 = tabular.cellRow(enidx);
+       bool first = true;
+       for (col_type col = col1; col <= col2; col++)
+               for (row_type row = row1; row <= row2; row++) {
+                       if (!first)
+                               retval += "\n";
+                       else
+                               first = false;
+                       retval += tabular.cellInset(row, col)->asString(intoInsets);
+               }
+       return retval;
+}
+
 
 void InsetTabular::getSelection(Cursor & cur,
        row_type & rs, row_type & re, col_type & cs, col_type & ce) const
@@ -4698,7 +5035,7 @@ bool InsetTabular::allowParagraphCustomization(idx_type cell) const
 }
 
 
-bool InsetTabular::forceEmptyLayout(idx_type cell) const
+bool InsetTabular::forcePlainLayout(idx_type cell) const
 {
        return !tabular.getPWidth(cell).zero();
 }
@@ -4765,7 +5102,7 @@ bool InsetTabular::insertPlaintextString(BufferView & bv, docstring const & buf,
                        // we can only set this if we are not too far right
                        if (cols < columns) {
                                shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> inset = loctab->cellInset(cell);
-                               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text_).
+                               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text()).
                                        displayFont(0, 0);
                                inset->setText(buf.substr(op, p - op), font,
                                               buffer().params().trackChanges);
@@ -4777,7 +5114,7 @@ bool InsetTabular::insertPlaintextString(BufferView & bv, docstring const & buf,
                        // we can only set this if we are not too far right
                        if (cols < columns) {
                                shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> inset = tabular.cellInset(cell);
-                               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text_).
+                               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text()).
                                        displayFont(0, 0);
                                inset->setText(buf.substr(op, p - op), font,
                                               buffer().params().trackChanges);
@@ -4794,7 +5131,7 @@ bool InsetTabular::insertPlaintextString(BufferView & bv, docstring const & buf,
        // check for the last cell if there is no trailing '\n'
        if (cell < cells && op < len) {
                shared_ptr<InsetTableCell> inset = loctab->cellInset(cell);
-               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text_).displayFont(0, 0);
+               Font const font = bv.textMetrics(&inset->text()).displayFont(0, 0);
                inset->setText(buf.substr(op, len - op), font,
                        buffer().params().trackChanges);
        }
@@ -4813,12 +5150,6 @@ void InsetTabular::addPreview(PreviewLoader & loader) const
 }
 
 
-bool InsetTabular::tablemode(Cursor & cur) const
-{
-       return cur.selection() && cur.selBegin().idx() != cur.selEnd().idx();
-}
-
-
 bool InsetTabular::completionSupported(Cursor const & cur) const
 {
        Cursor const & bvCur = cur.bv().cursor();