On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 10:00:25PM +0100, Ricardo Gaspar wrote: > Hi there, > > I am a new user of Lyx, but a not a beginner in LaTEX.
Hi Ricardo, and welcome! It's nice to have a fresh perspective. Please keep providing feedback and if you happen to have the time and interests, patches or (if you do not enjoy programming) improvements to the documentation would be welcome. It's especially useful to receive feedback from new users, in my opinion. > I couldn’t find in the internet why Lyx doesn’t allow to edit the source > LaTEX file. It would be an awesome feature and could make Lyx a great rival > against the other LaTEX editors. > I like the simplicity of Lyx and the features it provides, but sometimes I > would like to change or add code directly to the source file. > > Can you please answer this question? Or at least redirect me to a site where > I can find it? This is an often requested feature. See for example: http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/FeaturePoll2#toc10 http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/5260 The basic answer, from what I understand, is simply that it is *very* hard to parse LaTeX. LyX has its own format. It can export that format to LaTeX very reliably, but it is extremely difficult to make that a seamless two-way communication. Best, Scott
