> Sounds truly wild. If these programms have a scripting or macro
> language,
Most of the interesting programs are scriptable. Maple e.g:
echo "lprint(expand((x+1)^3));" | maple -q
--> x^3+3*x^2+3*x+1
The problem is parsing. First you have to convert from
LyX formula (sort of LaTeX) to Maple syntax which is *not* trivial
since LaTeX does not preserve the logical structure of the formula
- just think about indices etc. Calling Maple is the easy part.
Converting back to LaTeX is not difficult either:
echo "latex(expand((x+1)^3));" | maple -q
--> {x}^{3}+3\,{x}^{2}+3\,x+1
So if you come up with a decent LaTeX parser in C++ I am willing to
implement the easy parts ;-)
Andre'
PS: The LyX server is not of much help in this scenario.
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