Julien Rioux wrote: > No, not ditching it completely. But some external templates are really > graphic formats and it's confusing to have them appear elsewhere. Also,
can you name which particular templates you have in mind? > I must say that as a user I did not understand this distinction. if you install lyx you get imagemagick automatically - either as part of installer (windows) or as compulsory dependency (linux); (not sure how is this done in mac). if you push some .dia/.xfig diagram you need something additional to be installed for you .lyx file to work. it might not even work on other archs (is xfig for win, is installed dia properly detected in win?). so having it under external material has the advantage that you signalize user that 1) we know such format at all 2) he is entering more dangerous area as far as exchanging .lyx document with other people is concerned. pavel
