Am Mittwoch, 14. Februar 2018 17:26:47 CET schrieb Guenter Milde
<mi...@users.sf.net>:
> On 2018-01-22, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > I expanded the lyx2lyx test so, the an error is emitted at 10th
> > repeated run to export lyx16x.
> >
> > If two consecutive created lyx-files are identical, the test stops
> > without error. if a created lyx-file is not loadable, test stops with
> > error.
>
> We found and fixed some problems with the new test.
> However, there are still problems that go undetected:
>
> * We currently do not test, whether a backported file can be opened by the
> target LyX version. This means that instances of new constructs not
> handled by lyx2lyx go undetected. (An example are "baseskip%" lengths in
> box insets.)
>
> Is there a chance, to test the lyx2lyx output with LyX 2.2, 2.1 and maybe
> even 1.6?
I don't think so. Remember, we only test with executables just created.
> * LyX does accept some variability in the input files and normalizes them on
> output. Examples are newlines or the order of settings in the document
> header.
>
> - Do we want lyx2lyx to produce output that is unchanged when opened and
> saved by the target LyX version?
> What is the price we are willing to pay for this in terms of
> - added complexity of the lyx2lyx functions
> - ly2lyx run time
Good question.
> Examples:
>
> * Reverting Quote insets to literal quotes adds newlines (or rather does
> not remove them).
>
> * The Developers guide says we should add new settings in lyx2lyx but
> this can also be taken care of by LyX itself: a missing setting is
> just set to the default value already.
>
> * Sorting the settings to the place where LyX will save them can be done
> in lyx2lyx but makes the conversion take longer and the lyx2lyx script have
> 2 more lines. It is not necessary, though (or am I missing something here)?
>
>
> * Sometimes, the back-converted file will load in LyX but fail to compile
> due to errors in the generated LaTeX. Could we also test this?
>
> Günter
Should be doable. Something like export to pdflatex as a last step in the
process.
Kornel
