> On 2011-02-26, Dean Montgomery wrote:
>> I'm trying to copy and Paste LyX source view to moodle (Firefox). I
>> add and extra $ at the beginning and end of the TeX code and Moodle
>> will render it as a proper formula. However for some reason the LyX
>> Source view window adds some HTML + CSS formating and shows up as a
>> line of code right above the rendered formula: p, li { white-space:
>> pre-wrap; }
>
> Strange. I never realized this.
> Are you sure that LyX adds the HTML/CSS?
> Does this also happen, if you paste into a "normal" text editor?
Yes I can paste to a plain text editor, then re-copy it to clipboard then it
will paste without html formatting into Moodle/Drupal. Cont...
>> This also happens if I paste source code from LyX view source window
>> into Drupal. Is there a way to have LyX not copy html source to
>> clipboard?
>
> You might try to copy from the buffer. At least here on my Linux
> machine, formulas are exported as LaTeX code.
Ok I found it works copying from the main window instead of the source view
window in LyX. This resolves the problem. Thanks.
