On Nov 25, 2007 8:39 AM, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Atakan Kubilay wrote: > > This is just > > a call for an added feature I have sorely felt the absence of: I want > > to be able to edit Latex code-not just preview it-while typing. > > Someone else suggested/requested this recently. I'm not sure if it was > entered into bugzilla as an enhancement request. > > > I > > know it can be a big mess if a novice Latexer edits the code, but > > there can just be a big warning message like that appears on the top > > of the document. > > It's more complicated than that. If you modify the LaTeX source (as > opposed to entering LaTeX in an ERT box), LyX would have to > "reverse-engineer" your changes in order to keep the display correct. > (With ERT, LyX makes no attempt to format your entry for the display.) > So you now require LyX to "understand" a virtually unlimited amount of > LaTeX syntax (I say "unlimited" because, of course, LaTeX is designed to > be extended by macro packages). > > /Paul > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the "understanding" you are referring to is already available - it is the relyx command that is used when opening/importing a latex file. So, what this is a request for is a relyx in place option - which is listed on the wiki with several other feature requests. With that in mind, I don't think this request is quite as complicated as you make out - but i'm not a lyx developer.
