Rob Oakes wrote: > I'm currently working on the book chapter that covers writing with LyX and > LaTeX. 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?
the most important set should be here: http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware the exhaustive set can be decoded from file lib/configure.py. then there would be speller apps, see RELEASE_NOTES. then there would be revision tracking tools : gnu rcs and subversion. maybe something more will come to my mind later... > Specifically, I'm interested in tools that allow for document conversion, the > inclusion of file types within LyX documents, 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. > > 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. for long time i was thinking that it would be great to deliver LyX manuals as a printed book. from what i remember Uwe was not satisfied with the current state of some manuals (not up-to-date, non native english, etc). i'm saying it just in case you would be intersted to give it a push later on ;) pavel
