On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 12:31:37PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jules Bean wrote:
> > I would quite like, personally, a LyX-like program which is a more generic
> > 'structured' document editor. Probably an XML editor, with the ability to
> > backend onto LaTeX, but also other formats. If I have time, I may have a
> > look at that problem.
As Allan said there are already several steps in that direction in the docbook
support. There are several abstractions that would allow to make another backend
really easy. One example, if anyone has the time or the energy to do it is a
native html backend...
> Don't run off and reinvent the wheel. LyX is evolving in approximately
> that direction although we will almost certainly have two modes of
> editting. The well supported LaTeX mode we have now and a generalised
> version of the SGML Docbook support. The Docbook side of things isn't so
> well supported at present since Jose' is the only one working on that.
> I'm sure he'd welcome your assistance.
You are more than right here :)
> It will probably be some time before we get a generalised XML/SGML
> editting mode as there are a number of issues related to document
> hierarchy and syntax that we are working through as our support for
> Docbook improves -- changes/extensions of .layout information. The
> changes required for better Docbook support also benefit the LaTeX
> support.
Something that I'm waiting for are better insets, more generalized, because that's
something that docbook support needs, because eventually everything there is
an inset.
I think that we also need a way to change a document from latex to docbook and
convert the document structure from one to the other, and vice versa. That
mechanism doesn't exist now.
> Once Docbook is well supported we can then generalise ie. walk before we
> can run.
>
> Allan. (ARRae)
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