Hi all, I have written a couple of cygwin scripts to automate some time-consuming repetitive tasks and would like to be able to run these from within LyX, for example via a keyboard shortcut or a customized button on a toolbar. Is this sort of thing possible? If so, does anyone have advice on how to set it up?
As an example, I like to use the pdfpages package to include external pdfs. However, I often use relative paths (e.g. when collaborating with co-authors on Dropbox and the like), and as we know LyX cannot handle this because of all the copying to temporary directories and so on that LyX prefers. So, I've written a very simple script to export the lyx file to tex and then compile using miktex. It would be great if I didn't have to fire up CygWin and type in the command and filename - rather, I'd prefer to designate a keyboard shortcut or menu option within LyX that would tell cygwin to run the script and pass it the current filename. Many thanks in advance for any advice and please let me know if the question needs clarifying, or if there is a different, better way.
