Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 08:48:46PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
>> it would be possible for me to lead lyx layout editor as a small >> school project provided that it is work complicated enough. Instead of a specialised editor, I would suggest a lyx-layout "mode" for an existing text editor (Jed, Emacs, Scintilla, ...). >> i know there are people mastering layouts better than me, so it would >> help if you can help to write down some specification of features it >> should have. * syntax highlight (keywords, arguments , strings, comments) * auto-indentation * menu system for keywords and arguments * context help >> by 'complicated enough' i mean it should know more than just provide >> database sheet for the attributes described in our customization >> manual, since that is trivial to write and won't need more >> people/months to code... so its a question whether we can produce such >> a feature-list :) The good thing about a mode for an editor is that it is "scaling" * you can start with hunting down suitable editors, (user base, extension langugage, hard- and software needs, documentation, ...) * you can choose to program modes for different editors by different sub-groups, * you can start with simple parts and add more challenging things later Günter
