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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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