Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-04-03 Thread Helge Hafting
Bo Peng wrote: The .lyx format is not really working. One can, e.g. not use 'real' text within math, which makes implementing e.g. \mbox impossible. There must be some good reasons to change .lyx format, and switch to unicode. But those reasons are invisible to normal users like me. All

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-04-02 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 09:13:17AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > The .lyx format is not really working. One can, e.g. not use > > 'real' text within math, which makes implementing e.g. \mbox > > impossible. > > There must be some good reasons to change .lyx format, and switch to > unicode. But those r

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-04-01 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > The .lyx format is not really working. One can, e.g. not use | > 'real' text within math, which makes implementing e.g. \mbox | > impossible. | | There must be some good reasons to change .lyx format, and switch to | unicode. But those reasons are invisib

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-04-01 Thread Bo Peng
> The .lyx format is not really working. One can, e.g. not use > 'real' text within math, which makes implementing e.g. \mbox > impossible. There must be some good reasons to change .lyx format, and switch to unicode. But those reasons are invisible to normal users like me. All I can see is that I

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-04-01 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 06:49:41AM -0600, Bo Peng wrote: > > Think *unicode* and forget about this one for now. > > If you ask me what are the most important features I have in mind. I > would say: NO more new features. If .lyx format is working, why XML? > If current foreign language support is f

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-31 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Bo" == Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bo> If current foreign language support is fine, why unicode? The problem is that it is not fine, it is a hack. JMarc

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-31 Thread Bo Peng
> Think *unicode* and forget about this one for now. If you ask me what are the most important features I have in mind. I would say: NO more new features. If .lyx format is working, why XML? If current foreign language support is fine, why unicode? Let us clear up all existing bugs and make lyx *

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-31 Thread Georg Baum
Charles de Miramon wrote: > I'm not a developper but I'm wondering if you are not underestimating the > complexity of going Unicode. I don't think so. > Changing the internal format to Unicode is > maybe not that hard but having a fully Unicode editor is *very* complex. And the latter is not t

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-31 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 12:34 +0200, Charles de Miramon wrote: > Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > > > > Think *unicode* and forget about this one for now. > > > > I'm not a developper but I'm wondering if you are not underestimating the > complexity of going Unicode. Changing the internal format to

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-31 Thread Charles de Miramon
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > Think *unicode* and forget about this one for now. > I'm not a developper but I'm wondering if you are not underestimating the complexity of going Unicode. Changing the internal format to Unicode is maybe not that hard but having a fully Unicode editor is *very* co

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > If we are going for this it will be a major new feature (IMHO) and | > should then wait for 1.7. | | And it needs cleanup of classes like buffer. Anyway, the real | implementation is *easy* so this feature is not that far away from us. This feature has a

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-30 Thread Bo Peng
> If you want to wrap c++ to interface with python, I suggest boost::python. > It's easy once you get over the learning curve, and we're already using > boost. That is true, but I only know SWIG. :-) While SWIG can wrap all the classes automatically, boost::python need to write things manually (an

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-30 Thread Neal Becker
Bo Peng wrote: >> If we are going for this it will be a major new feature (IMHO) and >> should then wait for 1.7. > > And it needs cleanup of classes like buffer. Anyway, the real > implementation is *easy* so this feature is not that far away from us. > > Bo If you want to wrap c++ to interfac

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-30 Thread Bo Peng
> If we are going for this it will be a major new feature (IMHO) and > should then wait for 1.7. And it needs cleanup of classes like buffer. Anyway, the real implementation is *easy* so this feature is not that far away from us. Bo

Re: Scripting language of lyx

2006-03-30 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Dear list, | | I just read a bit about 'LyX Wanted Features list' and saw | | Scripting language: Support a scripting language to control various | parts of LyX, this requires deciding on an official scripting | language. The idea is for non-core parts of