Re: About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-28 Thread Georg Baum
Alex Vergara Gil wrote: >> Do you mean a native LyX file format which would be the primary format, >> or an auxiliary format for interfacing with external tools? > > I mean xml as primary format. Well, I wanted to know what Richard meant, but your opinion is welcome as well;-) > If you have xm

Re: About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-28 Thread Richard Heck
On 02/27/2014 03:58 PM, Georg Baum wrote: Richard Heck wrote: On 02/27/2014 11:27 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: I´m a LyX enthusiast and I can see how great this software is because I have used it for 5 years by now. I´ve always asked in this list for a static target lyx format that should be an

Re: About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-27 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
Do you mean a native LyX file format which would be the primary format, or an auxiliary format for interfacing with external tools? I mean xml as primary format. The native file format would need to be non-static and would need format changes as LyX develops (so would face similar problems to

Re: About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-27 Thread Georg Baum
Richard Heck wrote: > On 02/27/2014 11:27 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: >> >> I´m a LyX enthusiast and I can see how great this software is because >> I have used it for 5 years by now. I´ve always asked in this list for >> a static target lyx format that should be an intrinsic xml format, >> which

Re: About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Heck
On 02/27/2014 11:27 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: The downside to any python-based approach, though, is that the LyX format is a moving target. The script would need to be updated with every syntax change. I assume this problem would persist with a pandoc approach, isn't it? The Lyx reader mod

About XML LyX file format [was: [GSoC 2014]Interested in Round trip conversion between LyX and .docx formats]

2014-02-27 Thread Alex Vergara Gil
The downside to any python-based approach, though, is that the LyX format is a moving target. The script would need to be updated with every syntax change. I assume this problem would persist with a pandoc approach, isn't it? The Lyx reader module would still be format-dependent, unless we go