On 26.11.07, Richard Heck wrote: > G. Milde wrote: >> Actually, I'd prefer to do the source file editing in my favourite text >> editor (where I know the advanced keybindings and can easily programm >> plug-ins).
>> What I'd like to see (and what IMO should be relatively easy) is >> a) a LyX command that (saves the current document and) opens the source >> file with a command that can be defined in the settings dialogue >> (defaulting to the content of the EDITOR environment variable in >> unix). > This is do-able now. Just add your favorite editor as the "Viewer" for LyX > files in Tools>Preferences>File Formats, and check the "Document Format" > box. I actually did so already (and wrote about it later down in my last post). There are some problems still, however: * M-x buffer-view lyx will open the document source in my editor, fine. However, it opens a temprorary copy in the lyx-tmpdir, so all my changes (in the editor) are lost! * what is the difference between adding my editor as "Viewer" or as "Editor", i.e. what commands are available to use this settings? * what is the effect of the "Document Format" box? Is there an lfun to open the original source for editing (once the Editor is added to the "File Formats"? > Easier than the other thing you mentioned. >> b) a reloading command that is aware of the possibility that the version >> on disk is more recent than the opon one, e.g. >> "&File>&Revert to Saved ==>"&File>&Reload, with the warning >> All changes since the last save will be lost. >> Are you sure you want to reload the document from >> ...<path to file> >> [Reload] [Cancel] > This seems like a pretty minor change. If you're brave enough to edit the > LyX file natively, then you're brave enough for the existing warning. I agree that this is not urgent. Still it reflects an important shift in the view on buffer-reload: In any multi-tasking OS, there is a more than zero chance that re-loading the file on disk will not revert to a previous state but to update the doc to a new state. (another example for this would be updating a document under a version control sytem like SVN while it is open in LyX, no bravery here ;-). Thanks Günter
