On Apr 19, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Tommaso Cucinotta wrote: > Il 20/09/2009 15:10, Tommaso Cucinotta ha scritto: >> Just a simple button that creates an empty drawing copying a template >> from a folder (and opening an external editor on it) seems really the >> right way to go, it would solve your particular problem, it would leave >> you with the complete freedom to pick any already existing editor that >> you like, or just write a new one from scratch, if you prefer. > > AFAIK, after the thread > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg154697.html > > there was no actual implementation of this feature, for creating > quickly empty external files over which to invoke an external editor. > > In the current trunk, you can specify a non-existent external file in > the Insert -> External Material... dialog, but when trying to externally > edit you get a "non-existent file" error dialog. > > Is there anyone with a patch for this ? (i.e., a "create" button the > Insert -> External Material... dialog). > > Guess #3205 is the corresponding Trac entry (#5726 seems related as well). > > Thanks, > > T.
Regarding the topic "Simple Drawing Ability" - just in case this was overlooked, let me mention that simple drawings can be made by copy and paste. It's so simple that you don't even need "external material" functionality. Here is the procedure: (1) In an external drawing program of your choice, make a drawing. (2) Put the drawing on the pasteboard (when speed is the main concern, I usually do a screenshot of a selected area, which generates a PNG representation on Mac OS X). (3) In LyX, go to the insertion point and paste the graphic (the LFUN is: paste png). If you organize your LyX file with all added material in a separate directory, then you can just let LyX choose the image name by pressing return. Of course, if you later edit the image in any drawing program, the updated image will appear in LyX too. Jens
