Hello, I'd like for this patch to be included in trunk before the feature freeze for 2.1. Are there any objections to this feature?
Regards, Liviu On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM, LyX Ticket Tracker <t...@lyx.org> wrote: > #7839: equation editor: cropped PDF and EPS > -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- > Reporter: landroni | Owner: rgheck > Type: enhancement | Status: new > Priority: normal | Milestone: 2.0.2 > Component: export | Version: 2.0.1 > Severity: normal | Keywords: patch > -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- > This follows [1] and an off-list discussion with Günter. > [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg171293.html > > We can easily provide an 'equation editor' "mode" in LyX. For this we can > use 'pdfcrop' and 'dvips -E' converters and suitable templates (typically > with page layout 'empty'). With LyX configured in this way (try the > attached patch), the user would only need to: > - File > New from Template > EPS.lyx (or PDF-cropped.lyx) > - insert a math inset and type in an equation, or create whatever content > LaTeX can handle > - view/export cropped EPS/PDF > > This would allow for LyX to act as a "generator for includable graphics" > (equations, commented graphics, etc). It would (partially) address a long- > standing feature request for a standalone LyX equation editor, and easily > become a more powerful than the likes of 'Ekee' or 'KLatexFormula'. > > -- > Ticket URL: <http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/7839> > The LyX Project <http://www.lyx.org/> > LyX -- The Document Processor -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
