On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 11:26:59AM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Andre> I'd rather make .lyx gzipped by default. Doesn't Staroffice do > Andre> something similar? > We could have both the plain .lyx format and a compressed .lyz format. > Or use the plain old .lyx.gz. > We could also do what emacs does: if the file is already compressed, > uncompress it and compress it back on saving. If it is not compressed, > leve it alone. This seems to make the most sense. Plain text storage that can survive user error and disk failure is a strentgth of lyx. Also, bz2 compression can handle losing bits out of the middle, unlike gzip. > Andre> This is an extra burden for people like me who regularly do > Andre> search&replace in the .lyx file itself, but I'd guess that's > Andre> the minority. > I would not be so sure about that. I assumed we were the overwhelming majority :) There's too many things you just can't do with lyx that need vi on the lyx file. hawk -- Richard E. Hawkins, Asst. Prof. of Economics /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings. Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \
