Uwe Stöhr wrote: > But you are right, that using ERT is error-prone. But creating the whole > table will be more error-prone for many users. (Those who are able to > create tables with LaTeX-commands often prefers to use editors instead > of Lyx.)
My point is that if you insert ERT formatting code inside LyX, you can easily fool LyX to generate some malformed LaTeX code. For example, unbalanced brackets. When the newbie tries to generate its DVI, he will get a very cryptic error box without any hint how to solve the problem. The parth, I'm generally following is : 1) create the table in LyX 2) Export to LaTeX 3) Modify it in Kile with my LaTeX manual at hand 4) Reimport, include it in LyX The colortable package is an example where they would be a need for a plugin interface in LyX. One should be able to write a plugin in Python (or your favorite programmation language) adding some additional dialogs to LyX for coloring rows, cells and lines. The plugin would be responsible to add the package in the preamble and generate correct LaTeX code. >From my experience in KDE, the DCOP scripting interface has made possible for not-very-experienced people to add the very feature they fancy. A plugin interface would certainly give a big boost to LyX and attract a new crowd of programmers that would be ready to spend a week or two writing a plugin but don't want to be drown in piles of C++ code. Now, we need to convince some core developpers to create one. Cheers, Charles -------- http://www.kde-france.org
