David Romano wrote:
I'm teaching a math class where the students use lyx to write down their ideas and proofs, and it would be nice to have a way to use lyx to post to a discussion or write in a wiki. Has anybody had any success in doing something along these lines? Do people have suggestions about discussion-oriented software that integrates well with lyx?
LyX has a plain text export. It exports formulas at latex code, so you get stuff like: "This is my formula: \frac{1+x}{1-x}"
If the readers are ok with latex formulas, just use that. Note that such a latex formula can be pasted into LyX again. Highlight it and hit ctrl+m, and it is "Lyx math" again!
If not, there are some other options: * html export can be set up to create formula images. Many wikis lets you post images. * Screendump software can capture rendered formulas, from the LyX window or from a pdf preview. This can then be uploaded to the wiki. * Create a new export format adapted to the particular wiki. Some work, but then it can be used with very little effort. * Upload lyx documents or pdf files to the wiki. LyX documents only if every participant has LyX, obviously. Helge Hafting
