Problem:
tex2lyx currently cannot handle commands with optional arguments, because
the brackets are translated to normal text. LyX then produces {[} instead
of [. One example where this happens is the userguide.
Solution 1:
Call something like
string opts;
string opt = p.getOpt();
while (opt.size()) {
opts += opt;
opt = p.getOpt();
}
after every command and after every closing brace (because we can have
stupid things like \psfrag{tag}[pos][pspos][scale][rot]{text}). This works
well with one exception: If a opening bracket follows a command that does
not take optional arguments like in
\necommand{\foo}{bar}
\foo [more text
the parser goes to the end of the file while searching for the matching
closing bracket. Things are only slightly better if there is a matching
closing bracket, because then a false optional argument is created.
Solution 2:
Create a list of commands that take optional arguments and only serach for
them when they are expected. The drawback is of course the hardcoding of
commands.
I don't like either solution. Does anybody have a Solution 3 that is better?
If not, which solution do you prefer?
Georg
