On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 06/12/2015 03:23 PM, Liviu Andronic wrote: >> >> Thanks Richard for the thorough explanation. A couple of comments below. >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> This tag was introduced with LyX 1.4.0. Layout files from older LyX >>>> versions do not have an explicit file format and are considered to >>>> have Format 1. The format for the present version of LyX is format 35. >>>> But then I'm confused. Why does litinsets.inc have Format 54 (in GIT; >>>> it's 49 in 2.1.3)? >> >> Then our docs seem to be outdated. Customization Manual lists format >> 35 as current: >> # Incremented to format 35, 28 March 2011 by rgh >> # Try to add "Flex:" to any flex insets that don't have it. >> >> >> when it's actually 49: >> # Incremented to format 49, 10 Feb 2014 by gb >> # Change default of "ResetsFont" tag to false >> >> Looks like format 35 was "current" for the 2.0.x series... > > > Indeed. I've updated this. > >> >>> If the script is intended for 2.1.x, then it should use format 49---and, >>> more importantly, it >>> should *adhere* to format 49: Use exactly the resources provided by >>> format >>> 49, with exactly >>> that syntax. E.g., it should not use the ToggleIndent tag introduced at >>> format 51 (the changes >>> are documented in layout2layout.py). It should also use the new syntax >>> for >>> arguments that >>> was introduced at format 41. >>> >> The layout2layout.py is very helpful. Maybe it too should be mentioned >> in the docs. > > > Did this, too. > >> Since very subtle syntax conventions must be followed, do we have >> something like a "layout validator" script, to check if a given >> layout/module conforms to the format it advertises? > > > Not as far as I know. Of course, one can always try loading it into LyX, and > see what happens,
> and in principle one could copy the script into the "local layout" box under > Document Settings > and use the validation button there. > Nice trick! Maybe this too is a candidate for the docs... Thanks, Liviu > Richard > -- Do you think you know what math is? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 Or what it means to be intelligent? http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 Think again: http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library
