stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > >> stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: >> > >> >> Ray Rashif <schivmeis...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> >> >> > On 12 June 2013 03:57, stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Ray Rashif <schivmeis...@gmail.com >> >> >wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 11 June 2013 14:15, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> I wanted to survey the LyX and LaTeX community for some opinions on >> >> this, >> >> >>> perhaps to get an idea as to the demand for some research into this >> >> area. >> >> >>> The project would do some empirical comparisons of the workarounds >> and >> >> >>> propose at most two or three solutions that work (integration with >> >> Pandoc, >> >> >>> or converintg directly to a simpler and well-supported language). >> >> >>> >> >> >>> The emphasis would be on retaining as much semantic meaning as >> >> possible, >> >> >>> across different levels of complexity, starting from the very >> basic. I >> >> am >> >> >>> not aware of any similar academic or non-academic effort, but this >> >> could >> >> >>> also be a long blog post. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> HI Ray, >> >> >> >> >> >> I am not sure about what you're asking, exactly? Perhaps a survey of >> the >> >> >> different lyx-doc(x) use cases that current lyx users care most >> about? >> >> Or >> >> >> rather a definition of the simplest yet still useful use case we can >> >> >> imagine? If the former, I would suggest starting a page on our wiki, >> >> >> perhaps as a possible GSoC 2014 project, as a repository of useful >> cases >> >> >> >> I think to start a wiki page to outline a possible GSoC 2014 project >> >> would be a good idea. >> >> >> >> >> > I created a page here: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/GSoCProjectIdeasFor2014 >> > The first item on the page is "Round trip conversion between LyX and >> .docx >> > formats <http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/GSoCProjectIdeasFor2014#toc1>" >> > I entered a minimal description of what I take is both Rainer's and Ray's >> > wishes. >> > Could you guys expand it? >> >> Thanks Stefano. >> >> just added my ideas and my understanding[1]. Please add your ideas and >> suggestions. >> >> > > Thanks Rainer. I added a couple of desired items to your list.
To collate the discussion, I added a ticket: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/8745 to record discussions there. Please feel free to close the ticket if this is an wrong usage of a ticket. Cheers, Rainer > > > Cheers, > > Stefano <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> -- 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