On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Rob Oakes <lyx-de...@oak-tree.us> wrote:
> Dear LyX Users and Developers, > Hi I am a user, just to put my input in perspective. > > I'm currently working on the book chapter that covers writing with LyX and > LaTeX. Nice - could you inform the list when it is available? Will it be downloadable? > While doing so, I've been trying to find a list of all of the external > tools and modules that LyX works with. While many of these are alluded to > in the manuals, is anyone aware of a summary table that summarizes the > information in one place? > > Specifically, I'm interested in tools that allow for document conversion, Same as below - if you can write a converter, you can do it -- for import as well as export. Import is definitely more difficult, but also possible without having to go into LyX source code (That flexibility is brilliant in LyX!) the inclusion of file types within LyX documents, The possibilioties are effectively unlimited - you can effectively include all formats, as long you can convert them to ps / eps / pdf / png depending on your output format. I, for example, use metapost, svg, and plantuml as input formats, and convert them by using mp2any.py, rsvg-convert and plantuml -> rsvg-convert for the conversions. Works like a charm. But as I said, the possibilities are limitless. or modules that require a non-LaTeX processor in order to work correctly > (such as Sweave;/R). If this information doesn't exist, would anyone be > interested in helping to compile it? It would make a fantastic addition to > either the wiki or the manuals. > Agreed - but rather as a list of examples what can be done. Cheers, Rainer > While I mostly want the information for the book so that I don't mindlessly > repeat things already available in the wonderful LyX manuals, I'd be happy > to provide a copy to the documentation team or to post/update it on the > wiki. > > (Just a note to the documentation team, the manuals really are superb. I > just discovered the feynman manual this morning and I've been having great > fun with it. With all that said, though, you've made this chapter very hard > to write and I consider that greatly unfair, albeit in a very good way.) > > Cheers, > > Rob -- NEW GERMAN FAX NUMBER!!! Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 Fax: +27 - (0)86 516 2782 Fax: +49 - (0)321 2125 2244 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug Google: r.m.k...@gmail.com
