On 2013-10-19, Laurent Dubief wrote: > Hello ! > Trying to use macros for making more easily math formulas, I wish I can send > to Lyx some commands.
> Throiugh the "Tools>Preferences" menu, we can already build "hot keys" to > issue some Lyx commands. For instance, "command-alternatives cell- > backward;tab-delete;depth-decrement;outline-out" is attached to the Backtab > key, or "math-insert \gamma" is attached to "Alt-M G G" to write a gamma > letter. > But for more flexibility, I would like to emit those commands directly to > Lyx. > For instance, I would like to be able to send "math-insert \gamma" to have a > gamma. (I know that I can type Latex commands in the formula, but I would > prefer to have the full power of the Lyx language) > Is there any mecanism that could allow me to send these commands to Lyx ? If you want to send LyX commands from another program or from the command line, the "LyXserver" is your friend. http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXServer I use it via the PyClient module: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tools/PyClient Günter
