On 17/12/12 21:02, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org > <mailto:rgh...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > On 12/17/2012 01:49 PM, Nico Williams wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org > <mailto:rgh...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > On 12/17/2012 11:45 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: > > Meanwhile, the script I'm working on will effectively get us there, though in > a hackish way: > externally, rather than by changing the C++ code. But I think that's OK. We > can make a lot of > progress by first making sure there's a faithful XML representation of .lyx, > as that will allow > all sorts of progress in terms of import/export conversions, and having such > an XML format to > play with may help the team to think more about how to structure the C++ code. > > > > Sounds like a great idea. One question: would having an external but faithful > XML Lyx file > allow XLS-translations to XML-based word-processing formats? That would solve > once and for all > (hopefully) the problem of the Lyx-->Word conversion that still plagues those > of us working in > the Humanities (At least, it still affects me).
Not only Humanities - I am working in the field of Ecology, and nearly all co-authors use MS Word, and most Journals hide their option of submitting LaTeX somewhere. So this would be brilliant. Rainer > > > Stefano > > > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi > Associate Research > Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 > Texas A&M > University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, > Texas, USA > > stef...@tamu.edu <mailto:stef...@tamu.edu> http://stefano.cleinias.org
