José Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> At lot of people who do not understand the .lyx format, appreciate to >> be able to change \alpha to \beta throughout the file. > > That is orthogonal to our discussion. If people do not use compress or > embedded they will still be able to do that as they did before. > > If they use one of those features what I am saying is that they should know > enough to know what those options implies. And with the set of tools that I > am proposing above they would still be able to use in a normal way.
No, if I receive a .lyx file from someone else or take an older file for which I do not remember what setting I have used, I will have to read it with a binary editor (or something) just to see whether I can do search and replace on it or if I should gunzip it first or if I should unzip it first. One name, 3 formats. JMarc
