Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| André Pönitz wrote:
| > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:24:18AM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
| >> There's lots that is a mess about the LFUN language (ad hoc,
| >> no formal grammar, etc) but it is powerful and will become
| >> more so if someone adds the ability to return queried-for
| >> information like these LyXView IDs that you mention.
|
| > Shouldn't we simply embed Python now that it has become de facto the
| > Chosen Scripting Language?
|
| Can someone explain how this "embedding" works? LyX itself understands
| LFUNs not Python so we'll still need to translate the python to a
| series of LFUNs, no?
Yes. So imho it is simpler to write a lib python/ruby/java/whatever
that connects to the lyxsocket and runs lfun commands over that.
(or perhaps something else than lfun. we haven't really put any effort
into the lyxsocket to make it usable and powerful.)
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Lgb
