Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-11 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-05-10, Alex Fernandez wrote: > Welcome back, Christian, > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Christian Ridderström wrote: >> I'm not sure if the above is what eventually got decided, but if so >> one way to "officially" recognise eLyXer is to let Alex create a web >> page about inside www.ly

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-10 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sun, 10 May 2009, Alex Fernandez wrote: Welcome back, Christian, It's nice to be back! (Actually, it's nice to be able to use pine, and to be able to access the lists as news groups :-) Apologies in advance for what became a rather long post. There are no technical insights regarding th

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-10 Thread Alex Fernandez
Welcome back, Christian, On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Christian Ridderström wrote: > I'm not sure if the above is what eventually got decided, but if so one way > to "officially" recognise eLyXer is to let Alex create a web page about > inside www.lyx.org. Actually, I think we could probably

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-10 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Sat, 2 May 2009, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: What we should do: * recognize eLyXer as a HTML converter (already done, AFAICS) * communicate whether both in eLyXer or LyX, something could be improved to make their cooperation easier What we could do (given that Alex supports this idea): * pro

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-04 Thread José Matos
On Saturday 02 May 2009 16:19:46 rgheck wrote: > Yes, true. > > For the linguistically inclined, this is actually a nice example of how > possessives, like "his", can mean a lot of different things. At least in > English, and I'd assume in other languages, too. The same happens to me about "my" cl

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Alex Fernandez: > Hi again, > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > > I meant something like: I (elyxer) understand lyx-formats up to 329. > > Our actual format in trunk is 354, while lyx 1.6.3 writes format 345. > > > > So it _is_ important to know

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi again, On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > I meant something like: I (elyxer) understand lyx-formats up to 329. > Our actual format in trunk is 354, while lyx 1.6.3 writes format 345. > > So it _is_ important to know, what elyxer supports. Seen this way it is. What I meant w

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Richard Heck wrote: > I'm not proposing we list each one separately, but find some way to detect > them all and then configure things appropriately. i dont understand this proposal. we detect them all. then what? pavel

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread rgheck
Alex Fernandez wrote: As to the relicensing, that is fine with me. Just let me know when you need it. Just do it at your leisure, though maybe by the end of the month would be good. It won't become an issue for a little while still. rh

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread rgheck
Pavel Sanda wrote: Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: Pavel Sanda wrote: As said, I do not understand why eLyXer should be separated from that paradigma. i tried to explain - difference in technology and target too (mainly based what can (not) be read from latex output). Yes, bu

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Alex Fernandez: > Hi Kornel, > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Yes, we should. It is yet not possible for autoconfigure to determine > > which format elyxer supports. > > > > Maybe some elyxer-parameter, like --print-format. Alex? > > No nee

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Kornel, On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Kornel Benko wrote: > Yes, we should. It is yet not possible for autoconfigure to determine which > format elyxer supports. > > Maybe some elyxer-parameter, like --print-format. Alex? No need to. eLyXer, being in the more-or-less-unique position of cons

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Richard, On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 5:27 PM, rgheck wrote: > And then, of course, there's the fact that you've already done so much of > the hard work. My intention, if it's OK with you, is pretty much to borrow > from what you've already done, at least as far as the format of the HTML > output is

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > >As said, I do not understand why eLyXer should be separated from that > > > paradigma. > > > > i tried to explain - difference in technology and target too (mainly based > > what can (not) be read from latex output). > > Yes, but I'm not convince

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > >As said, I do not understand why eLyXer should be separated from that > > paradigma. > > i tried to explain - difference in technology and target too (mainly based > what can (not) be read from latex output). Yes, but I'm not convinced by this at all. tex4ht is at least as fa

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > Thanks for changing this. But shouldn't we now give the html format the > > name "HTML (tex4ht)" to tell the users what program they are using, like we > > do for PDF? > > It's not necessarily tex4ht. It can also be latex2html or hevea. yes, i use

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Thanks for changing this. But shouldn't we now give the html format the > name "HTML (tex4ht)" to tell the users what program they are using, like we > do for PDF? It's not necessarily tex4ht. It can also be latex2html or hevea. As said, I do not understand why eLyXer should be

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread rgheck
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > i understand the problem. my problem is - are you really sure running > src/elyxer.py is the same as running ./elyxer? No, both are different but Alex will re-add the file extension to the latter and rename the one in src/ now. > elyxhtml is not to be seen anywhere in the m

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Uwe Stöhr
> i understand the problem. my problem is - are you really sure running > src/elyxer.py is the same as running ./elyxer? No, both are different but Alex will re-add the file extension to the latter and rename the one in src/ now. > elyxhtml is not to be seen anywhere in the menu, but as i said

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > > Still, LyX's autoconfigure should work with any version of a program, > > > if possible. > > > > Yes, we should. It is yet not possible for autoconfigure to determine > > which format elyxer supports. > > Only eLyXer kno

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread rgheck
Alex Fernandez wrote: Said in this way it may look a bit harsh. The reality is that, even though it would be great, I don't think the project of producing native HTML output is viable. Not in a "haha you will never catch me" way, but rather in a "it will get _very_ boring before it is useful" fas

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Kornel Benko wrote: > > Still, LyX's autoconfigure should work with any version of a program, if > > possible. > > Yes, we should. It is yet not possible for autoconfigure to determine which > format elyxer supports. Only eLyXer knows. And it should issue lyx2lyx in order to get that specific for

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread rgheck
Pavel Sanda wrote: Alex Fernandez wrote: and only after his exams were finished. Not a very solid promise, if I have to judge by my own University years :P i warn you, Richard is some day beyond _his_ exams :) Yes, true. For the linguistically inclined, this is actually a nice ex

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > > > Well, this is certainly the case for many other alternative programs > > > > as well. > > > > > > my feeling was that this is somewhat on the level of pdf/1/2/3 though. > > I'd rather see it on the level of latex2html/

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > I learned today, tha elyxer supports lyx1.6. It was not soo difficult to > > change my preferences to reflect this upgrade. > > > > And we do not change the format too often for the public. > > Still, LyX's autoconfigure s

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Kornel Benko wrote: > > > Well, this is certainly the case for many other alternative programs as > > > well. > > > > my feeling was that this is somewhat on the level of pdf/1/2/3 though. I'd rather see it on the level of latex2html/tex4ht. pdf1/2/3 involves specific file conversion handling and

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Kornel Benko wrote: > I learned today, tha elyxer supports lyx1.6. It was not soo difficult to > change my preferences to reflect this upgrade. > > And we do not change the format too often for the public. Still, LyX's autoconfigure should work with any version of a program, if possible. It's no

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > There were no need for elyxer to be aware of lyx2lyx. I for one am using > > it this way since some weeks. > > However, this would mean that the eLyXer format needed to be frozen. I learned today, tha elyxer supports lyx1

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Pavel Sanda: > Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > it makes sense to have both export possibilities - the > > > standard via-latex-tools preserves much better the math, structure with > > > contents etc, on the other way lyxer has more attractive vi

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > it makes sense to have both export possibilities - the > > standard via-latex-tools preserves much better the math, structure with > > contents etc, on the other way lyxer has more attractive visual appearance. > > so for different documents you wo

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > it makes sense to have both export possibilities - the > standard via-latex-tools preserves much better the math, structure with > contents etc, on the other way lyxer has more attractive visual appearance. > so for different documents you would use different output. Well, thi

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > * checkViewer should go to checkFormatsEntries method, not > checkConvertersEntries(). but i wanted this to be function to be called only if checkProg('eLyXer converter'... proceed. (it shouldn't be displayed when user have no interest in lyxer). so the position is co

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > > * recognize eLyXer as a HTML converter (already done, AFAICS) > > do you agree to backport this into branch? principally yes, but the change has some flaws: * checkViewer should go to checkFormatsEntries method, not checkConvertersEntries(). * the program call syntax ques

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Kornel Benko wrote: > There were no need for elyxer to be aware of lyx2lyx. I for one am using it > this way since some weeks. However, this would mean that the eLyXer format needed to be frozen. Jürgen

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Samstag 02 Mai 2009 schrieb Pavel Sanda: > Kornel Benko wrote: > > > The problem is that I have to give it a file extension to make Python > > > recognize it. When I do this also the problem I had with missing > > > includes disappears. > > > > You mean, calling python is not sufficient? > > it

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alex Fernandez wrote: > and only after > his exams were finished. Not a very solid promise, if I have to judge > by my own University years :P i warn you, Richard is some day beyond _his_ exams :) pavel

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-02 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Richard, On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 1:19 AM, rgheck wrote: >> Have you considered that Alex might help you with your HTML project since >> he knows HTML as well as you and might have more LyX-HTML experience due to >> his eLyXer. >> > Yes. I suggested we should work together. He refused. Said in

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Kornel Benko wrote: > > The problem is that I have to give it a file extension to make Python > > recognize it. When I do this also the problem I had with missing includes > > disappears. > > You mean, calling python is not sufficient? it is, but the question was different - is it possible to ru

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > What we should do: > > * recognize eLyXer as a HTML converter (already done, AFAICS) do you agree to backport this into branch? pavel

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
Alex Fernandez wrote: > Good to know. I thought it was cute to remove the extension but > apparently this is causing problems. I will change this so that the > main executable file is "elyxer.py", and the main source code file is > e.g. "main.py". as i see it: 1. for smooth working we need elyxer.

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-02 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Pavel Sanda wrote: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150476.html > > "In any case, it might be a good idea to integrate it a bit more in one way > or the other" > > "in any case ..." i read as "if it is included or not" Yes, this is what I meant. Let me a bit more clear:

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread rgheck
Uwe Stöhr wrote: rgheck schrieb: I think that's up to JMarc, or Lars, or someone. What I don't see is why it's useful or important to integrate development of elyxer into LyX. I don't have a problem including the "binary" (i.e., elyxer executable) in the distribution. Have you considered th

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-01 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Uwe, On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > The problem is that I have to give it a file extension to make Python > recognize it. When I do this also the problem I had with missing includes > disappears. Good to know. I thought it was cute to remove the extension but apparently th

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
rgheck schrieb: I think that's up to JMarc, or Lars, or someone. What I don't see is why it's useful or important to integrate development of elyxer into LyX. I don't have a problem including the "binary" (i.e., elyxer executable) in the distribution. Have you considered that Alex might help

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-01 Thread Kornel Benko
Am Freitag 01 Mai 2009 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: > the nitpicking part for Uwe: > >> There is no binary for Windows and Mac, while the Python file works on > >> all platforms. > > > > there is no binary for linux either. just look into the directory - > > "elyxer" is normal python script and the docu

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread rgheck
Uwe Stöhr wrote: rgheck schrieb: My problem with the discussion in this thread is that it focuses on the current state of eLyXer. But why is that important? eLyXer is not yet ready for branch of course, but lets integrate it in trunk and make it better. Before we release LyX 2.0 we can decide

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-01 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > The problem is that I have to give it a file extension to make Python > recognize it. When I do this also the problem I had with missing includes > disappears. i understand the problem. my problem is - are you really sure running src/elyxer.py is the same as running ./elyxer?

Re: Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
the nitpicking part for Uwe: >> There is no binary for Windows and Mac, while the Python file works on all >> platforms. > > there is no binary for linux either. just look into the directory - "elyxer" > is normal python script and the documentation says to use this script. The problem is that I

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
rgheck schrieb: My problem with the discussion in this thread is that it focuses on the current state of eLyXer. But why is that important? eLyXer is not yet ready for branch of course, but lets integrate it in trunk and make it better. Before we release LyX 2.0 we can decide if eLyXer is rea

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread rgheck
Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> No it was not. What you did was detecting eLyXer but this is not necessary >> when it is integrated. > > which we haven't agreed upon Am I blind?: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150471.html http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150473

Some poll about elyxer (was: Integration of eLyXer to LyX)

2009-05-01 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >> No it was not. What you did was detecting eLyXer but this is not > necessary > >> when it is integrated. > > > > which we haven't agreed upon anyway lets turn this into something more constructive - could the people involved write clearly their standpoint now, when i guess

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
>> No it was not. What you did was detecting eLyXer but this is not necessary >> when it is integrated. > > which we haven't agreed upon Am I blind?: http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150471.html http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150473.html http://www.ma

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Bo Peng
> so we have two haters today :) > but please note that you started it by reverting my code without a single > question. it drives me crazy to ... It is a pretty Friday morning and I suddenly feel like checking what is going on with LyX, and I see this email. I am glad that the LyX traditions and

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > >> 4. we need two HTML output formats to distinguich between tex4ht and > eLyXer > >> -> I have implemented this now as "html2" > > > > this was already done with my previous code and the ui was not poluted > > by html2 entry when somebody didn't have elyxer installed. > > No it

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Alex Fernandez schrieb: Essentially what you are proposing is a fork of eLyXer, not an integration. Why would that be a fork? A fork is in my opinion when I create a new program while the other one will be developed independently. But what I proposed is to have only only program, only to chan

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Uwe Stöhr
>> 4. we need two HTML output formats to distinguich between tex4ht and eLyXer >> -> I have implemented this now as "html2" > > this was already done with my previous code and the ui was not poluted > by html2 entry when somebody didn't have elyxer installed. No it was not. What you did was detec

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Alex Fernandez
Hi Uwe, On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > As most of us agreed that eLyXer should be integrated, the following needs > to be done: > > 1. the license of eLyXer need to be uniform with LyX's license (GPL v2 not > v3) > 2. eLyXer should get a more explicit name like lyx2html > 3. w

Re: Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-05-01 Thread Pavel Sanda
Uwe Stöhr wrote: > As most of us agreed that eLyXer should be integrated i can't believe my eyes :) we must read some different lyx-devel list. there was _no_ such agreement, on contrary some people settled, that unless html output is done in a more complete way we shouldn't ship it together with

Integration of eLyXer to LyX

2009-04-30 Thread Uwe Stöhr
As most of us agreed that eLyXer should be integrated, the following needs to be done: 1. the license of eLyXer need to be uniform with LyX's license (GPL v2 not v3) 2. eLyXer should get a more explicit name like lyx2html 3. we need to find a suitable location, under lib/scripts/lyx2html o