On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, A B wrote:
I seem to remember that a LyX / wiki connection was discussed some time
ago and it just struck me that that is also an nice way of
collaborating.
Hi,
Yes, I'm the guy usually bringing this up :-)
The ability to save LyX documents as a wiki page and load a wiki page
into Lyx. In non-lyx environment there might be a wiki page for
information sharing/documentation, and if you can edit the wiki page
through LyX, well, that would be very nice, when one consideres the
(lack of?) edit-friendlyness in wiki.
I agree that wiki pages aren't that easy to edit. Some tools exist to edit
the pages in a separate text editor, and I'm pretty sure WYSIWYGI tools
are on their way as well.
However, note that AFAICT, it's "only" the following functionality that
you gain:
1. The document is stored in a common area (the wiki) and can be edited
using LyX..
2. The document (i.e. wiki page) is stored so that's it's easily visible
and searchable through a regular browser
3. The document is editable also through the web browser.
The first functionality could just as well be implemented by several other
means, e.g. by using a VCS to upload files to a public repository. This
would also give you additional functionality.
The second functionality could also be implemented by uploading
(comitting/pushing) not only the .LyX-file, but also a .html-version of
the file. And a PDF while you're at it. Alternatively, the system could
automatically generate a PDF/HTML-file on the server once a .lyx-file has
been uploaded (comitted/pushed).
The third functionality is more difficult though.
Why am I saying this? Well, I think it's important to ask ourselves what
the collaboration functions are... to me the number one functionality
would be to let several people edit the same document at once.
Technically, saving is nothing more than posting a long text to a web
page?
Yes.
loading = reading a frame on a wiki page?
Yes.
Add a html/wiki <--> LyX converter and we are all done! Heck, with the
current LyX format it feels like replacing \section with ==
Well, in principle, yes. :-)
/Christian
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