Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 04:11:26PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > >> > I don't like this idea of a zip-lyx. There are other ways. For example >> > any external file could be base64 encoded and inlined in the lyx file. >> >> A zip file allows much more complicated structure and easier >> manipulation than the 'inline' embedding. Actually, earlier versions >> of word documents used it, but all later versions of word and >> ooffice/odf, use a zip/directory/file-filesystem approach. > > I am worried that simple manipulations of a lyx file (in order to > overcome deficiencies in the GUI) become more complicated/impossible > to perform. Then, I wonder how a zip file fits a version control > system. Please, don't mention Word, as this has a strange effect on me, > in that I automatically hate whatever is associated with it...
A OSX-like bundle (aka a directory) would be easier to deal with in some respects. JMarc
