Steve if there was a correctly working and useful Linux or Windows tablet, I would buy it for LyX because it is very relevant to me. Unfortunately, iPad is only usable tablet today from my point of view (I have tried a Lenovo tablet under Windows 10, it was unusable as a tablet, unfortunately Linux does not drivers for it). I have had to buy a small Macbook just because of this.
A naive question on Latex -> semantic XML: is it possible if one starts from Latex? My question is the compatibility of the Latex structure (which has been created with a specific objective) with such an output, I suppose. I am completely ignorant on this topic and I know that you have been struggling with this issue over the years, hence my question. Murat Yildizoglu Le 2 nov. 2018 à 17:58 +0100, Steve Litt , a écrit : > On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 19:41:00 +0000 (UTC) > Anders Host-Madsen <ahostmad...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Perhaps beating a dead horse, but I really wish there would be a LyX > > for iPad. > > Perhaps this is why LyX becomes less relevant every year. Here, in > 2018, LyX *still* cannot produce an semantically reasonable ePub, and > even the semantically unreasonable ePubs require tons of human > intervention. LyX can't produce docs easily readable on iPads and other > portable devices because no ePub (and thus no Kindle). A decade ago it > was decided to make the (then) easily parsable LyX native format into > XML, but the transition stopped halfway, so it's unparseable by XML > parsers, and yet it's miserable to parse with a Python program. > > And all this while, where's the priority? LyX for Retina displays. LyX > for iPad (like anyone is capable of pounding out 2K words per day with > an iPad). All sorts of lilly-gilding, but LyX still can't do a > reasonable job of exporting the format used by portable devices, and > LyX' native format is still a jumble unparsable by an XML parser. > > I have nothing against Apple afficianados getting their every dream, > but if there's not the programmer-power to do everything, then for gosh > sakes, first make LyX native format truly XML and produce a 1 click ePub > converter that creates **semantic** ePubs. > > SteveT
