Richard Heck wrote:
> Adam C.M. Solove wrote:
>> Hello all, I'm a long-time LaTeX user but new to LyX. I am currently
>> working on a package to convert Word-using literature scholars to open
>> formats and the benefits of TeX. Specifically, I am trying to
>> find/write a sensible GUI to the ledmac package for typesetting
>> critical editions. I have some C experience and would be willing to
>> work with the code but I'm hoping there's an easier way. I would
>> appreciate if anyone could help with two problems:
>>
>> First is facing-page translations. I would like to just display them
>> in LyX as a special table environment, and specify a way to export
>> them to LaTeX. The LaTeX command looks like
>> \translatedPoem{ ... original ... }{ ... translation ... }
>> Any chance of this working, or should I just write a script to convert
>> the exported file? How much would it take to add a button to LyX and
>> have it run: export LaTeX > conversion script > XeTeX resulting file >
>> open result?
>>
> LyX has a built-in exporting system that allows you (i) to define
> different formats and (ii) to specify what programs should be run to
> convert between them. So let's say your custom format is MyFormat. The
> LyX-->LaTeX bit is automatic, so you could just do this with a shell
> script that called your conversion script, ran XeTeX on that, and opened
> a dvi viewer. Adding the button is also easy, since the toolbars are
> completely configurable. See ui/stdtoolbars.inc.
>> Second and last is multiple sets of footnote. I think this is doable
>> in the 1.6 specs' [http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16#toc2]
>> "User-formattable Collapsable Insets" feature, but it isn't further
>> explained. Does anyone have more info?
>>
> This will be completely do-able in 1.6, since the user can define custom
> collapsable insets, similar in appearance and functionality to the
> footnote inset. E.g.:
> InsetLayout Custom:Endnote
> LyXType custom
> LatexName endnote
> LatexType command
> Font
> Size Smal
> EndFont
> LabelString endnote
> Preamble
> \usepackage{endnotes}
> EndPreamble
> End
For Ledmac, you don't insert a footnote at the end of a sentence but apply
it to a range of the text. I doubt it is possible to do it in LyX with
insets. Or only in a clumsy way.
A possible workflow would be to have the editor type the text in LyX, export
it in kile and have several macros to add the different footnotes layers.
Cheers,
Charles
