On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:31 AM, <steve_...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
I am wondering if it is conceivable to generate (with a script) Lyx files,
> that can be later opened in Lyx to perform final editing/touch-ups before
> generating my final book?
>
Conceivable yes, practical maybe. It will depend as much on what you are
using to create the documents you will process into LyX file format. Is that
original format documented? Is its markup procedural ('bold this', 'font
size 12 that', 'font size 25 the other') rather than structural ('emphasis
here', 'body text here', 'heading here')? LyX because it is derived from
LaTeX is toward the structured end of the origination continuum so
converting from pure procedural to LyX/LaTeX will be difficult to do.
On the general task of converting one format to another take a XSLT and how
it can be used to restructure (structured) documents. Maybe even look at the
DocBook tool chain and especially the stylesheets made available by OASIS.
(There is some support in LyX for DocBook by the way.)
> Is their some documentation on the Lyx file format somewhere?
> Will the Lyx format be easier or harder to manage than dealing directly
> with Latex format?
>
Being something of a renegade I'd say work with LaTeX and then import that
into LyX. Not least because others can process LaTeX even if they don't have
LyX.
Regards, Trevor.
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