On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:49:15 +0900, Shigeru Miyata wrote:
>My point is that LyX is intended for editing structured documents and
>it is wrong for LyX to be able to handle non-structured documents as
>well.
Therefore e.g. word2x is looking for hints in the *text* how it could
best structure a document. This will always be something hackish and
problematic, but a great relief for those who are really in trouble in
todays M$-only world.
Don't underestimate the problem. Neglecting this means helping M$
making even more cash by selling broken designs (surely they have some
great programmers working for them, but those cannot change their
business secretary orientated (typewriter) WYSIWIG marketing design
philosophy).
>Writing converters between various formats is a good thing, but
>since the target of word processors and LyX is so different, I don't
>think import/export facilities to be a part of LyX.
Cannot become an integral part. How? Only a hook (for an external
'plugin') is realistic.
Greets,
Arnd
