On Monday 28 July 2008 01:10, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Manveru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To the discussion about data format preference: > > > > I am reading all your comments about XML, YAML and other suggested data > > formats. And this discussion reminds me something about XML what almost > > nobody is remeber about. How many LyX user are working in large team > > projects? How often they have to merge text files from different > > branches? Have you ever merge XML? I tried - it is horrible work. > > I don't see why it would be harder if we "just replace \begin...\end > with <>...</>".
Trouble is, replacing \begin..\end with <>...</> is a hack. LyX developers have defined LyX native format as \begin always is the first character on a line. There's no such requirement in XML, and if we require it, that's a hack. If we don't require it, LyX-XML parsing becomes a whole new level of difficulty. Like I said, nothing that XML->YAML and YAML->XML can't solve, but those would be required. Incidentally, I just heard there are already standalone programs that do those conversions, so before writing code myself, I'll investigate. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US
