On Wednesday 29 April 2009 11:03:47 am rgheck wrote: > is maintainability. The LyX file format sometimes undergoes big changes, > and if we weren't moving (slowly, and maybe) to an XML-based format, I'd > be about to make some more such changes, just to simplify parsing. Not > to mention that the format changes to support new features. And if we do > go to XML, which we surely will eventually, then the program needs, from > what I can tell, a more or less complete rewrite, since it'll want to be > based upon some XML parser. So maintenance, just to keep eLyXer up to > date, is not trivial.
Please remember, if and when you go XML, please make it simple to parse without a full blown XML parser, so we DIYers can continue to tweak our docs with Vim scripts and the like. STeveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
