On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
I would write the template as an ordinary document (and of course would write it in LyX, then export to .tex), using some distinctive placeholders where the good stuff would be inserted (e.g., %%variable 1%% or some such). Then have a script create a copy of the .tex file (so as not to corrupt the master template) and use sed to substitute the good stuff for the placeholders. Depending on what the good stuff looks like, you might have to escape a character here or there.
Paul, I think this is fundamentally the same approach Todd used.
Or am I missing something fundamental here?
Honestly don't know at this time. I was expecting to find a Python library, because Python has libraries for almost everything, but the PyTeX project apparently died 2-4 years ago. Ideally, there would be the equivalent of, for example, pysqlite which is the connection between Python code and the SQLite database (there are equivalents for postgres and other dbms). How it would work or what it would need I've no idea now. But, you've contributed to the ideas, and that's a Good Thing(R). Many thanks, Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Accelerators(TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
