Richard Heck wrote: > On 02/27/2014 11:27 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: >> >> I´m a LyX enthusiast and I can see how great this software is because >> I have used it for 5 years by now. I´ve always asked in this list for >> a static target lyx format that should be an intrinsic xml format, >> which can evolve without change its structure and has some great >> advantages over the current plain text format. Conversely the elyxer, >> lyx2lyx and other scripts should need an upgrade. >> My point is, Unless you have defined a static lyx format in which >> every one can work without worry of format changes you cannot have a >> robust plugin system. Developers can have more time to develop new >> features than parsing every new format. >> If xml is selected as static format, then a docx roundtrip will became >> easier to achieve because it is a matter of converting xml structures >> and the xml handling is very vast! > > I think it's broadly agreed that LyX should have such a format. The > problem is finding the time to do it. It's on my radar, hopefully for > this summer.
Do you mean a native LyX file format which would be the primary format, or an auxiliary format for interfacing with external tools? The native file format would need to be non-static and would need format changes as LyX develops (so would face similar problems to external tools as current .lyx), and an intermediate static format would face similar problems regarding new features as current lyx2lyx when converting into an older format. In both cases I don't see how the "format change" problem could be solved. Georg
