-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/03/12 15:20, Rob Oakes wrote: > On 3/9/2012 7:04 AM, Steve Litt wrote: >> Can one import HTML, with its styles, into MSWord or Libreoffice? If so, >> then it sounds to me >> like eLyXer has already accomplished this, without any added work from you, >> Alex. You've >> already done the hard part, and Rob's done the other end of the hard part, >> and it sounds to >> me like if there's an MSWord HTML import, it's just a matter of a small >> script that anybody >> can do, completely separate from yours and Rob's work. Kind of like my >> lyx2kindle, three >> quarters of which is just a front-end to eLyXer. > > I agree, I don't think that it needs to be very difficult. Writing a Word XML > document is a > pain, but it's not very hard. There's plenty of well documented examples for > supporting a wide > variety of features. What it lacks is someone who is willing to pick it up > and run with it. > > I might have a student who would be interested, and I could help with > portions. Is there anyone > from the users list who might be interested in tackling it? I can provide > support on the > writing of doc and Alex on the parsing of LyX, it sounds like it's a matter > of gluing pieces > together. As a first pass, I'd recommend supporting paragraph and character > styles, tables, > images, and footnotes. Once you've got the basics started, it's pretty to add > additional > features as you go (or at least, that's what I've found).
That would be great. Unfortunately, I won't be able tackle it - the usual suspects: time and no experience with this kind of programming. But you can count me in on testing when needed. I hope you can find somebody, Rainer > > Cheers, > > Rob - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk9dt18ACgkQoYgNqgF2egqI+wCeO/tl3ZeO7JVHlA/UBtnJXkB1 fhYAnjJbWDiJb/tGp1GsNaEMHT8sTi9r =r6lM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
