On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Dekel Tsur wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:42:09AM +0100, Juergen Vigna wrote:
> >
> > On 26-Feb-2001 Dekel Tsur wrote:
> >
> > > If you use the filter frequently then it is better to define an appropriate
> > > converter in the preferences dialog.
> >
> > Yes but I find it sometimes usefull to just try to run some filters and
> > sometimes the params of the call change so I would have to reedit it
> > in preferences before each call.
>
> Then keep the preferences dialog open while you play with the parameters.
Oh, come on! Get real!
All we need is a simple dialog like Export->Custom used to have but such
that it uses the exporter to select formats you can feed into your
external app/script. How hard can that be? It'd be a lot simpler for a
newbie or for old hands who want to just do a one off run or are
experimenting with a new utility.
It doesn't have to save the command line you give it (into \custom_export
vars in lyxrc for example). It could however be setup to save your
configuration into the formats and convertors structures. So you'd have a
general purpose exporter which would provide a simpler interface for
setting up and testing new convertors.
Allan. (ARRae)
