On 2010-02-02, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote:
> Guenter Milde wrote:
>> However, grep for a phrase in a set of lyx documents
>> (all papers of the last 3 years, say) is still a valid case.
> sure, that's something at which grep is surely unbeatable and faster.
Now combine this with locate to search the whole system:
grep my-pattern `locate *path-pattern*lyx`
...
> Anyway, I think an XML file-format would almost certainly preserve the
> "grep" ability, and within certain boundaries I guess also a
> regex-based replace.
I even think a properly written XML can be easier to parse/grep, e.g.
by inlining inline tags like::
Some
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
{
\end_layout
\end_inset
silly
\begin_inset ERT
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
}
\end_layout
\end_inset
text.
\end_layout
with::
Some <ERT status='open'>{</ERT>silly<ERT status='open'>{</ERT> text.
Günter
