Hi,
Are there any cons for adding an input filter to the opening/saving of lyx files? Because most common users do not want to have a look at the contents of the lyx file itself, it could save a considerable amount of bytes by using (un)zipping during opening and saving the lyx document. Ideally a user configurable input/output filter could be used in the preferences (maybe somewhat similar to the graphics conversions in preferences). For example the gain with "gzip --best": filename (from CVS) :original:gzipped:percentage ---------------------------------------------------- splash.lyx : 2772 : 1216 : 44 % Foils.lyx : 9226 : 3177 : 34 % noweb2lyx.lyx : 22061 : 5730 : 26 % fr_ExemplesTableaux.lyx : 102153 : 3579 : 4 % ---------------------------------------------------- The last file is an odd example (the contents is very repetitive), but this list shows that gzipping can be useful and the larger the lyx file, the more efficient the zipping. Regards, Rob.
