On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:05:30PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> >>>>> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Allan> * .layout file creation/management tools - a LaTeX-to-layout
> Allan> parser would be ideal - otherwise a GUI tool for maintaining
> Allan> layout files. The description of this tool was essentially a
> Allan> generalised version of Martins Tcl/tk tool for use with his
> Allan> neoprene.cls
>
> In the latest LaTeX release, the News file says:
>
> --------
> \section{Coming soon}
>
> Major work on a new class file structure to support flexible
> designs is well under way; some of this work will be presented at the
> TUG'99 conference in Vancouver, Canada. With a bit of luck much of
> this work could be ready for integration into the next release---so
> watch this space!
> ----------
>
> This is probably what we are looking for, instead of hacking our own
> class...
We'd only need to parallel the results of the TUG'99 work in a
*.layout-file generator. (I've been thinking about such a thing for a
while, now.)
> Allan> * The idea of a scripting language received reasonable support
> Allan> although quite a few were worried about the possibility of
> Allan> macro-viruses.
>
> I am too. I'm not really for scripts in documents.
Isn't the purpose of scripting for use in the .layout files or
something similar? I.e. LyX modularity and extensibility outside of
the LyX kernel?
--
John Weiss
