Xu Wang <xuwang762 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Nicu Tofan <nicu_tofan_office <at> yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Did you figure it out? > > > > I am *very* interested in your project and hope that it doesn't get interrupted because of the wiki problems. > > > Thank you Nicu! > > > > Xu > On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Nicu Tofan <nicu_tofan_office <at> yahoo.com> wrote: > > Nicu Tofan <nicu_tofan_office <at> yahoo.com> writes: > > > > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/SourceCodeExploration?action=diff > > > > Trying to save changes in wiki does not work without any error message. > > > > Help appreciated. > > Nick > > > > > The new text that I try to paste is 80386 characters long. That may be the > problem. The preview functionality also presents the old version when the full > 80386 text is inserted, but works OK with smaller chunks.http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/UploadsAdmin > Nick > > > > > > > Hello, Xu! Thank you for your interest! > > > > Of course it doesn't get interrupted. > As the person(s) that manage the wiki did not respond, my best > assumption is that there is a maximum character count that has been > reached. The version posted on the wiki is already obsolete and I'm thinking about replacing the content with a link to current location. For now, I will make a note at the top. > > > Took > me a couple of hours to convert the text from the PmWiki syntax to LyX > syntax using a regular expression capable editor, so we have a nice .lyx file now that I host at the address below [1], for now. > During it's evolution, I expect suggestions about it's format and the > developers may choose a place on the site for it. I did not get to the > part where the output may be customized, yet, so I don't know if there > is a way to export to wiki pages (section generates a page, chapter generates a page, something like that). If it does not have that ability yet, I will be happy to contribute it, so that it's content may be present on the wiki, too. (would that be of any benefit?) > > > > > However, > I must say that I'm interested in a number of other projects (started > this because I want to interact sage with LyX, for example) and my daily job, so the writing goes fairly slow, as you probably noticed. > > > > Regards, > Nick > > [1] - http://code.google.com/p/monkeysnest/source/browse/trunk/Prog/LyX/SourceCodeExploration%202011%2012%2009.lyx > > > > > > > Nick, > > Thank you for the explanation! Your outside interests are definitely understandable. Whatever you can accomplish will be greatly appreciated. I actually prefer a .lyx file to a wiki file. > > I wonder if this could be a new manual, "Developing LyX". It could be hidden from the average user, just as the information inset is hidden and can only be activated with a keyboard shortcut. Or it could be visible. > > Xu >
My hope is also that it will become a new manual, but the decision about how it is presented to the user is up to the core developers, I guess. I'm usually against hiding the information, so a new entry in the help menu can't hurt, me thinks. :) But we're miles away from that point. There will be plenty of time to discuss these matters. Nick