On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote:
> stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > > > >> Ray Rashif <schivmeis...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif <schivmeis...@gmail.com > >> >wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on > >> this, > >> >>> perhaps to get an idea as to the demand for some research into this > >> area. > >> >>> The project would do some empirical comparisons of the workarounds > and > >> >>> propose at most two or three solutions that work (integration with > >> Pandoc, > >> >>> or converintg directly to a simpler and well-supported language). > >> >>> > >> >>> The emphasis would be on retaining as much semantic meaning as > >> possible, > >> >>> across different levels of complexity, starting from the very > basic. I > >> am > >> >>> not aware of any similar academic or non-academic effort, but this > >> could > >> >>> also be a long blog post. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> HI Ray, > >> >> > >> >> I am not sure about what you're asking, exactly? Perhaps a survey of > the > >> >> different lyx-doc(x) use cases that current lyx users care most > about? > >> Or > >> >> rather a definition of the simplest yet still useful use case we can > >> >> imagine? If the former, I would suggest starting a page on our wiki, > >> >> perhaps as a possible GSoC 2014 project, as a repository of useful > cases > >> > >> I think to start a wiki page to outline a possible GSoC 2014 project > >> would be a good idea. > >> > >> > > I created a page here: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/GSoCProjectIdeasFor2014 > > The first item on the page is "Round trip conversion between LyX and > .docx > > formats <http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/GSoCProjectIdeasFor2014#toc1>" > > I entered a minimal description of what I take is both Rainer's and Ray's > > wishes. > > Could you guys expand it? > > Thanks Stefano. > > just added my ideas and my understanding[1]. Please add your ideas and > suggestions. > > Thanks Rainer. I added a couple of desired items to your list. Cheers, 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 http://stefano.cleinias.org