On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:03:42PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:24:18AM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > | > That use the LyXServer? There are a number of bibliography database > | > programs. Pybliographer is the one I'm familiar with but there are > | > others. > | > > | > There's also the LyXSocket stuff which is conceptually similar (uses > | > sockets rather than FIFO pipes) and which can be used today, right now > | > by xdvi, kdvi, emacs, gedit... > | > > | > 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? > > Why oh' why? > > Propbably easier to wirte a python lib that uses the lyxsocket for > communicationg with lyx.
This would be easier with a python extension module. 50 lines of code if there weren't the lisp-styule-lfun-names that need to be translated somehow. Andre'
