Hi all, I just found out today that Herbert Voss has recently (starting about a year ago) created software, called hvextern, that takes a separate source code file, and turns it into an image file for inclusion in your document. Here's a quote from https://ctan.org/pkg/hvextern?lang=en :
"This package allows to write METAPOST, TEX, ConTEXt, LATEX, LuaTEX, LuaLATEX, XETEX, XELATEX, Lua, Perl, or Python source code into an external file, run that file via shell-escape to create PDF, PNG, or text output, and include that output automatically into the main LATEX document." This means that as the source code changes, you just rerun hvextern and recompile your LaTeX document. I see no reason why this can't be used in LyX too. If you're a technical author like I am, this just might be a pretty big deal. If you want a several-page detailed description of hvexern and its use and capabilities, you can see Herbert's article at https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb43-3/tb135voss-extern.pdf . It was included in in TUGboat volume 43, #3. Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users
