On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 09:59:04AM +0100, Lorenzo Bertini wrote:
> Dear devs,
> I don't know if this has been discussed before. Lyx uses it's own
> format .layout (or .module), with it's own parser. However, the same
> information can be easily saved stored in another format. I asked a
> chatbot to convert "amsbook.layout" to an hypothetical "amsbook.yaml"
> file:
>
> format: 104
> columns: 1
> sides: 2
> page_style: Headers
> docbook_root: book
> provides:
> - amsmath: 1
> - makeidx: 1
> class_options:
> font_size: [8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
> default_modules:
> - theorems-ams
> - eqs-within-sections
> - figs-within-sections
> styles:
> Standard:
> category: MainText
> margin: Static
> latex_type: Paragraph
> latex_name: dummy
> par_indent: MM
> par_skip: 0.4
> align: Block
> align_possible: [Block, Left, Right, Center]
> label_type: No_Label
> docbook_tag: para
> preamble: "\numberwithin{section}{chapter}"
> inputs:
> - stdsections.inc
> - stdinsets.inc
> - numreport.inc
> - lyxmacros.inc
> - stdlayouts.inc
> - stdlists.inc
> - stdfloats.inc
> - stdcounters.inc
> - amsdefs.inc
> unwanted_styles:
> - Verse
> - Bibliography:
> toc_level: 0
> styles_append:
> Section:
> align: Center
> font:
> series: Bold
> size: Large
> toc_level: 1
> Subsection:
> font:
> series: Bold
> size: Normal
> toc_level: 2
> Subsubsection:
> font:
> shape: Italic
> size: Normal
> toc_level: 3
> Section*:
> align: Center
> font:
> series: Bold
> size: Large
> Subsection*:
> font:
> series: Bold
> size: Normal
> Subsubsection*:
> font:
> shape: Italic
> size: Normal
> Paragraph:
> font:
> series: Medium
> toc_level: 4
> Chapter_Exercises:
> margin: First_Dynamic
> latex_type: Item_Environment
> latex_name: lyxxcb
> next_no_indent: 1
> left_margin: MMN
> label_sep: xx
> par_skip: 0.0
> item_sep: 0.2
> top_sep: 0.7
> bottom_sep: 0.7
> par_sep: 0.3
> align: Block
> align_possible: [Block, Left]
> label_type: Itemize
> label_font:
> shape: Up
> series: Bold
> preamble: "\newenvironment{lyxxcb}..."
> argument_listpreamble:
> - label_string: "List preamble"
> menu_string: "List Preamble"
> tooltip: "LaTeX code to be inserted before the first item"
> pass_thru: 1
> font:
> family: typewriter
> color: latex
> docbook_tag: para
> docbook_attr: role='chapter-exercises'
>
> I think it looks pretty good. The advantages of using an industry standard
> are:
> 1. People already know the format. This could encourage publishers to
> provide layouts.
> 2. Existing and solid tools for parsing can be used. Even if not
> directly by LyX, someone manipulating layouts externally doesn't need
> to reinvent the wheel.
>
> Let me know what you think.
Cool idea, Lorenzo! There have been some discussions in the past on
using standard formats, even for the .lyx file itself. I can see the
advantages of that but I don't know what the cost of converting to them
is.
Scott
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