Re: Thoughts on InsetExternal

2003-12-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:22:10PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > You'd be amazed at how many complaints I used to get (mainly from John > ;-) Probably not. Andre'

Re: Thoughts on InsetExternal

2003-12-09 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: >> * If the user specifies that he'd like to see a preview of the >> external file and if the generation of the preview fails, then he's >> left with an incorrect diagnostic message. The preview code needs >> re-working if this is to be corrected. > > Well, minor annoyance...

Re: Thoughts on InsetExternal

2003-12-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:15:46PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Here is my list of things to do with InsetExternal, together with a > rationale for my preference. > > * What should we do if generation of the output file fails? My choice > is to do nothing. If the external_templates file defines

Thoughts on InsetExternal

2003-12-09 Thread Angus Leeming
Here is my list of things to do with InsetExternal, together with a rationale for my preference. * What should we do if generation of the output file fails? My choice is to do nothing. If the external_templates file defines the generated latex as '\includegraphics[options]{your_file}' or as '\