Hi Rainer, Thank you for your comments.
> > Nice - could you inform the list when it is available? Will it be > downloadable? Short answer, yes. Slightly longer answer: I'm not sure that it will be freely available, unfortunately. It is dependent on the publisher There will be several chapters available for download, and I'm strongly pushing for this one to be one of them. Once the chapter is finished, however, I'd love to get feedback from members of the list. If you'd be willing to look at a review copy, I'd be tremendously appreciative. If so, please email me off list. > > 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!) I couldn't agree more. The enormous flexibility of LyX is one of the great reasons that lyX has become my defacto writing environment for everything and why I talk about it to anyone who will listen. I've used the conversion filters in the past for importing Microsoft Word documents and I've been relatively happy with the results (see http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/14/msword-lyx-import). What I'm looking for are as you say, "A list of examples of what can be done." With the book, I am trying to target people who may be new to writing/publishing/typesetting (basically the state I was in as a junior in college), and are trying to understood the tools available to them. I'm not trying to write a comprehensive manual to LyX (which is thoroughly unneeded, since the documentation is excellent), but rather provide tangible examples and information that can get people started. For that purpose, I'd really like to include a table that lists the various tools that add significant value to LyX and are worth downloading alongside a new install. Examples I've already included are R/Sweave (for statistical work), Lilypond for the typesetting of musical notation, Inkscape for incorporating SVG images, TeX4ht for exporting OpenDocuments, and Writer2LateX for importing OpenDocuments. These, however, are only the options with which I'm personally familiar. I'm interested in picking the collective mind to see if there is anything obvious that I've missed. Of course, incorporating examples is even better. It's one thing to discuss what's possible, it's much better to show it. Cheers, Rob
