Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> ODF is also xml based afaik. > Yes but the logic of formatting of an ODF file and of a LyX file (modelled on LaTeX) is very different. There is no preamble for example in ODF. This blog is interesting and it seems to me that LaTeX is rather similar to Wordperfect. http://fridrich.blogspot.com/2007/03/focus-on-logic-behind-file-format-not.html > I belive it is a lot easier for us to more in that direction if we go > for a simpler xml format with no strings attached first. > I fail to see what are the big advantages (except reusing an on-the-shelf parser). Moving away from LaTeX logic will complexify the LyX -> LaTeX process. Cheers, Charles -- http://www.kde-france.org
