Very cool! I'm looking forward to trying this out? Does LyX-Code support syntax highlighting?
--Chris On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 1:06 AM, David Mertens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Today I was about to sit down to do some research and I thought, "Gee, it > sure would be nice if there was a better way to integrate my code and my > typeset thoughts." I use LyX for all of my writing, so that was where I > turned. (As you might have guessed, I didn't get any research done after > this idea wormed its way into my head.) After a few ideas fizzled, I came up > with the rather novel idea of creating a source filter for LyX files. The > source filter extracts the text from any LyX-Code sections of the document. > > The code is remarkably simple and short. It almost feels like a hack, but > I've written a handful of tests that show it works for fairly normal forms > of code. It's very easy to add new tests (just add a lyx file to the t/ > directory) so adding tests for edge cases and LyX weirdness will be very > easy. Hacking a solution will probably be equally simple. > > To use this, you simply create a new LyX document. Type in it just as you > would any other LyX document. Then add a "paragraph" using the style > "LyX-Code" (instead of Standard) and type in some real Perl code. A simple > Hello World printout is sufficient. (Note that LyX has support for tab > indentation in LyX-Code sections, but no more than one new level per line. > Spaces are not limited.) After saving the file, you can execute that code by > saying > > perl -MyX the-file.lyx > > The module is currently available on Github. Simply clone and then run the > normal incantation of Build, Build test, and Build install. A simple example > provides the Fibonacci series, along with commentary on its behavior for > non-integer inputs. > > If you use LyX, please check this out and let me know what you think. In > particular, let me know if you hit bugs or strange behavior. > > Happy science! > David > > P. S. LyX lets you put math-mode equations in LyX-Code. Within 10 minutes of > figuring that out, I made it possible to have Perl variable names that > include subscripts! Of course, there are many ways for math-mode within Perl > code to go wrong, and I'll have to code defensively for that, but variable > names with subscripts is pretty sweet! :-D > > -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." -- Brian Kernighan > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
