2009/10/19 Samar Singh <samar.j.si...@gmail.com> > > > 2009/10/19 Helge Hafting <helge.haft...@hist.no> > >> Samar Singh wrote: >> >>> Dear Lyx Team >>> >>> To all those who have produced this wonderful tool for writing and >>> especially to all those who continue to build it - a very heartfelt thank >>> you! >>> >>> I have been using it almost from the begining and latex for some years >>> before that and its been a great journey. >>> >>> One hopes this is not an inappropriate place to suggest a few things: >>> >>> 1. PDFTK has the ability to add attachments to the pdf file which then >>> becomes an embedded component or appears to. Could a similar facility be >>> provided within Lyx. I am aware of the movie 15 but that does not compile >>> within Lyx though it does compile with pdflatex. However, it does not >>> work >>> in quite the same way. >>> >> >> To some extent doable already - using the external inset. >> >> LyX already support PDF as a graphichs format, and is therefore >> able to include single-page PDF content. Support for vector drawing >> software already uses this, LyX cause the other software to export >> its native format as PDF, and then uses this PDF as a figure. >> >> The external inset mechanism can be used with pdftk as the "drawing >> app" too. Creating a new external inset isn't that hard. (No C++ or >> compiling, just edit /usr/share/lyx/external_templates ) >> >> Adding support for pulling a single page out of any pdf is simple >> using this mechanism. I don't know if LyX can include multiple >> pages this way though. >> >> Helge Hafting > > > I think this particular problem has been resolved for me by Uwe's > suggestion that I need to use the full file specification. However, I intend > to take a look at the capabilities of the external inset. > > >> 2. Beamer has been integrated somewhat but all my beamer presentations are >> largely ERT. Could this be accorded some sort of priority? >> >> Only if you find (or fund) an interested programmer. >> > Is it possible to estimate the cost of funding a programmer? A sort of ball > park figure. > >> >> >> 3. Tikz now has wonderful capabilities for various aspects which improve >>> the >>> end results but it is a bit of a pain for those who are not into >>> programming. Is there any possibility this could be integrated in to some >>> degree.. >>> >> >> Well - is there an editor for tikz graphichs that suits those not into >> programming? If so, then LyX, can be adapted to use that. If not, then make >> one. I believe "graphichs editing" is outside the scope of LyX, >> so an internal graphics editor won't happen. Adding support for an >> external editor is much more likely. >> > > Actually there are quite a few programs including inkscape which put out > Tikz code for figures drawn using them. My issues are a little different. I > dont know if it is of any use but i am attaching a lyx document that I keep > with various Tikz facilities that I use which I copy into my own documents. > These are all selected from the Tikz manual. If you look at the mindmap > example for instance, it would be nice to be able to have that built into > lyx so one could just specify the variables such as the number of nodes, > subnodes, their titles, and the angle and have the mindmap appear in the > compiled document. For many people that would make this wonderful facility > very much more usable. I am personally comfortable with doing it this way > but thought it would make these tools more accessible to many others if they > could be meaningfully integrated into lyx. > > > As I said earlier, Lyx is already a wonderful gift and actually enthuses me > to write much more than I would normally. My suggestions are just cosmetic > scaffolding to a great product. > > best regards > > samar > > Apologies, I forgot the add the attachment last time.
-- samar j. singh, phd AGEM Bangalore
TikzModels.lyx
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