On 12 June 2013 20:45, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> writes: > > > 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. > > To collate the discussion, I added a ticket: > > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8745 > > to record discussions there. > > Please feel free to close the ticket if this is an wrong usage of a > ticket.
Thanks guys, that's a good start. At first I wasn't sure how relevant this would be for LyX or a summer program like GSoC, but with what you guys have written the idea can be adapted and defined well. I'll add on if I see anything else missing. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1