On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 05:33:17PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Andre> Ah... ok. So that you mean by 'new file format'. But we have
> Andre> that already, it's called '.tex exported by LyX'. We put there
> Andre> a \def\LyX{...} in the preamble etc.
>
> No, all things that we add to the tex files are useful to LaTeX
> itself, and it parses them (just a few macros of our own). What you
> propose would add some meta-information ("this `` was really a quote
> inset") which extends LaTeX _format_.
Hm. Maybe you are right here. But does it hurt to add a \def\lyxquote#1{}
in the preamble and \lyxquote{...} in the text?
> >> An idea I had in mind some time ago was, when a layout cannot be
> >> translated, to do as if it was 'standard', but remember the layout
> >> name so that it does not get lost. In your case, it would look like
> >> Standard, but be written as 'proof' in the lyx file.
>
> Andre> But this breaks as soon as different style define 'proof'
> Andre> differently.
>
> Basically, what I propose is to rely on the fact that layouts with
> same name have same meaning. I think it is much less error prone than
> expecting that the latex names are the same.
[Why? - But the poitn is mood, both approaches will break in certain
circumstances]
> Andre> I doubt that. All we need is a parser that can read the kind of
> Andre> .tex we produce. [And of course the panacea is "inset
> Andre> unification" followed by "re-use the math parser", but I think
> Andre> you got already tired of that song]
>
> I would actually like to see 'reuse math parser' instead of using reLyX.
What else did I say?
[In case you meant it the other way round: reLyX is working but
un-maintained and I see no change soon. The math parser is working,
maintained, and about a third the size of reLyX]
> And when does the locking take place?
As soon as the user invokes LFUN_INSET_TOGGLE (curetnly in front of the
inset to be locked, but I'll change theat to 'after' as the it would be
more natural to type C-e W <space> C-I to insert a calligraphic 'W'.
And of course things like that could be bound to command-sequences.
Andre'
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