On 2009-10-25, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > As Jürgen, I would personally offer one unique default entry for > DVI, PDF, PS and HTML
as well as the different LyX format versions (currently taking up 1/3 of the menu space) and "Plain text". > *But* I would also make all the other available converters through an > "export dialog" (File -> Export->Others...). In this dialog all > converters would be listed, I like the idea of one common File>Export menu entry for all non-default converters (as opposed to "one default + one submenu" for every output format). This could be done by extension of the already existing "custom" dialogue (modeled on the "open with" dialogue of file managers): + Optioanlly rename to "Other formats". + Add a check box: "[ ] use this converter as default". + Label the "Command" input line at the bottom as "Custom" or "Custom converter" (and provide a complete example in the tool-tip). or let "Custom" open the "converter-chain configurator" dialogue described below). > possibly sorted by export types. Sorting is a must and should also be done for the menu entries in branch. This can be done alphabetic sorting after renaming some entries: CJK LyX 1.4.x (big5) --> LyX 1.4.x (CJK big5) CJK LyX 1.4.x (euc-jp) --> LyX 1.4.x (CJK euc-jp) CJK LyX 1.4.x (euc-kr) --> LyX 1.4.x (CJK euc-kr) LyX HTML --> HTML (LyX) Plain text --> Text (LyX) Plain text (ps2ascii) --> Text (ps2ascii) Especially the current "LyX HTML" is rather misleading: it looks like one more LyX file format. Converter Chain Configurator ---------------------------- Here I envisage something modelled after e.g. a soft synthesizer, where you can drag and drop building blocks like [latex], [dvips], or [latex2html] to form a chain like e.g.: Postscript: [LyX->latex]-->[latex]-->[dvips]-->[write] LilyBook: [LyX->pdflatex]-->[LilyBook]-->[pdflatex]-->[write] HTML (LyX): [LyX->html]-->[write] HTML (elyxer): [LyX->lyx]-->[eLyXer]-->[write] * The building blocks have a contex menu allowing configuration (e.g. [write] should allow setting the output file extension or name). * New building blocks can be defined and named clicking on the special block [New]. * Chains can be saved (under a new name or overwriting an existing chain) or directly used for a custom export. * All chains starting with [LyX] will appear in the File>Export>Other selection list. * All chains ending with [LyX] will appear in the File>Import>Other selection list. Günter Günter
