On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 04:30:04PM -0500, Amir Karger wrote:
> Kayvan said:
> > Doing some searches on the net, I found a very interesting piece of
> > software at http://www.nist.gov/sc4/editing/latex/programs/ltx2x/
> >
> > I am thinking of using it as the basis for a C-based reLyX replacement.
> >
> > Amir, can you take a look and tell me what you think?
>
> Wow. It's pretty impressive.
>
> Did you notice btw that it's on CTAN (tex-archive/support/ltx2x/) and that
> it's now version 0.92?
Cool. No, I hadn't noticed that.
> My first reaction was of course "how dare you try to replace reLyX?!" Then
> I realized that I was just thinking that because I put so much effort into
> it. Considering that LyX 1.0 was initially supposed to make reLyX obsolete,
> I can't really complain if a better latex converter comes along.
Just to clarify and soothe any inadvertently ruffled feathers:
I'm just thinking long-term here. I'm still fixing the perl based reLyX bugs.
> Advantages:
>
> (1) It's in C, so people don't need to have Perl and I would think
> it could even be included in the LyX code. (I assume you could distribute
> the C rather than the lex etc. files. Otherwise, file this in
> disadvantages.)
>
> (2) It's under the LLPL, which I assume doesn't hurt the GPL? (If it does,
> file this under disadvantages.)
>
> (3) It can handle a whole lot of stuff. And I suspect that a lot more work
> went into it than into the v0.01 Text::TeX module that's at the heart of
> reLyX. (I may have put a lot of work into reLyX, but I only tinkered with
> Text::TeX.)
*nod*
I'm just playing around with it, trying to figure out if it's worth anything.
> That said, there are (at least) a couple problems with using it. [...]
>
> [... List of comments deleted ...]
>
> I hope I wasn't *too* biased. But to return to my knee-jerk reaction for
> just a moment: why exactly do you want to replace reLyX rather than fix it?
Is it Friday yet?
I don't want to replace reLyX, I was idly wandering the net (after a hairy
session or perl debugging) and thinking about long-term options. I think it's
good to look at how other people have handled the same problems.
---Kayvan
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