Re: Script language (was Re: 1st version of Graphical Tutorial

[Alejandro Aguilar Sierra]

On 10 Dec 1998, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:

> Concerning the lyx-server: to use this actively as a script/program
> interface it needs rewritning. Currently it uses pipes and that means
> that there is only one channel into lyx. We would need to rewrite the
> server too use sockets instead to get multiple simultanous and
> separate scripts/programs going. (which is something I want to do anyway)

So who stops you?  Go ahead!
 
> Imageine support for external BibTeX, therasarous(?), knowledege
> databases (or an editor for editing ERT). You would just have to write
> a short script/function in pythos (or whatever) that starts up the
> program in question, no hardcoding.

yep, all that and more.

Alejandro