Hi,
I'm trying to automate the generation of Postscript from my LyX documents
(using LyX 1.0.2). I actually got it working using the target
.lyx.dvi:
lyx $< &
while test ! -p lyxpipe.in ; do sleep 2 ; done
echo "LYXCMD:oops:buffer-export:dvi" > lyxpipe.in
echo "LYXCMD:oops:lyx-quit" > lyxpipe.in
while test -p lyxpipe.in ; do sleep 2 ; done
in my Makefiles. I really do want to use Makefiles, because the creation
of a Postscript file involves more steps than just invoking LyX -- for
example, xfig graphics have to be transfig'd to eps.
The above target has a number of disadvantages:
- It requires the entry `\serverpipe "./lyxpipe"' in my lyxrc file.
- I don't really need a LyX Server when working interactively.
- I need a working $DISPLAY.
- I can't directly export to Postscript; "buffer-export:postscript"
pops open a menu.
- Having to synchronize with LyX is a pain.
- No error checking is done. What if document processing fails? The
dvi might be incomplete, but I don't notice.
- Someone else (including myself) might run lyx from the same
directory already, so the Makefile would talk to the existing
lyx.
Well, I'm actually surprised that the above does work ;) but it would
certainly be easier to have some support on the command line, for example
lyx -o file.dvi file.lyx
If turning X off is not possible, I'd at least love to have a command-
line option to pass lyxrc options, like `\serverpipe'.
Frank
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