On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:52:44 +0100
Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote:

> In any case the proper place where this should be discussed is
> developer list, not users list, let's see what will happen there :)
> 
> Pavel


I disagree. At least some of us are now discussing the possibility
of formatting native LyX as standard XML, which, as I said in another
post, is human hostile. Many, many of us interact with LyX files
outside of the LyX executables or utilities.

These users have an incredible interest in the native format of LyX.
Don't think for a minute this is a developers only issue.

What I find the biggest insult is the motivation for this possible
disenfranchisement of LyX users dedicated enough to interact with LyX
files in nonstandard ways. That motivation? To accommodate Word
weenies. You've got to be kidding. Is this what free software has come
to?

Perhaps the most ironic thing is that if full XMLitization comes to
pass, you know what I'll use Nico's XML converter for? To export my 7
LyX-authored books to XML, from which I can convert them to plain-TeX.

SteveT

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