Burak Arslan wrote:
hi,
i used to use makefiles for compiling tex files into pdf. before
invoking pdflatex et al, those makefiles incorporated various
information from its context like current svn revision number, user
who invokes the operation etc. i did this by writing the output of the
command (e.g. whoami > user) to a file, then \input'ting it where
necessary.
is there any way to duplicate this behaviour using lyx?
Yes, there is a way: Define a custom output format, and have LyX call a
script when it converts to that format. I'm not sure exactly what the
best way to do this would be. You might have a "PDFLaTeX (makefile)"
format, and then define a "LaTeX (pdflatex) -> PDFLaTeX (makefile)"
converter that would call your script. Or if you want to be able to
export hat kind of LaTeX file, do an intermediate "LaTeX (makefile)"
format, which just calls the script; then define a "LaTeX (makefile) ->
PDF (pdflatex) converter that would call pdflatex. Some such thing will
work.
rh
