> The next question is why do we need to manipulate lyx files with awk and > friends? Is not there something that can should be done by lyx?
search and replace is one of the weak lyx parts and even if we get Tommaso one day to put his stuff in there are so many place where its of no help. just look on the things like notes-mutate or graphics settings synchronization other nonimplemented things come to my mind. > I have generated lyx files with scripts that have been used in my PhD thesis > (almost 40 pages were generated like this) so I can recognize advantages in > manipulating lyx files with scripts, but in that case there are better tools > than awk and sed. this depends on what you master. i'm used on the bunch of small unix utilities so i gave that sed example. if you know python you will do in python. my point was not propose the best tools but to groan and moan about xml :) pavel
