On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Frode Severin Hatlevik <frodeseve...@gmail.com> wrote: > First, I'd like to say a big thank you to all you developers. Great work. > > I have a request for a feature. I know it is late in the comming for inclusion > in LyX 2.0, and I don't know whether this is implemented or not. I wonder if > LyX > is able to read LaTeX files produced by Scientific Workplace (SWP), > http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?products/swp.html~mainFrame > > I am in the process of evaluating LyX for use in my organisation. I have never > used SWP myself, and my knowlede of LaTeX is meerely based on my experience > using it for writing my Masters thesis. One of the obvious uses of LyX would > be > to use it together with Octave, Maxima and Sweave to replace SWP. > > The MacKichan website tells me that SWP is capable of producing portable LaTeX > files for transfer to other LaTeX systems, whatever that means. Obviously SWP > uses some special formats and macros to implement its features. > > My problem is that my organisation is in the process of switching to Windows > 7. > Version 5 of SWP we have a license for, does not work on Windows 7 64 bit. > Upgrading to version 5.5 of SWP requires us to purchase new licenses, and we > are > therefore looking for alternatives. This situation rules out the option of > using > SWP to export all the existing documents when needed. So the best thing would > be > for LyX to be able to import SWP files natively. > That *could* just work, as it could be a pain. The best thing to do is to test a couple of SWP LaTeX exports and try to import them in LyX. I once played with an SWP file and importing into LyX required manual intervention, so expect this. Otherwise, LyX has some known issues even with the LyX -> LaTeX -> LyX routine, which means that trouble should be expected.
Cheers Liviu > Kind regards > ;)Frode > Frode Severin Hatlevik > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
