Re: Scripting
At 15:04 18.02.02 +0100, you wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:18:41AM +0100, Florian Klaempfl wrote: Is this still up-to-date? Fairly. Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd glad to implement parts of the the scripting capabilities into Lyx. Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language. I think the discussion on what will become LyX's favourite scripting language is still postponed. But you could certainly start collecting a list pro's and con's of python. Some help might be (from the Python home page, so read it with care): http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/#jccpprtTR http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/005/005.html#Others and (less serious) http://www.python.org/doc/Humor.html#vowels ;) I like (and prefer) Python because it's a very clean OOP language and the code is much more readable than Perl code :). Further, it has a lot of integrated data types This would be even more valuable if you had some direct comparison with the other candidates (Tcl Perl were 'nominated' among others IIRC)
Re: Scripting
At 15:04 18.02.02 +0100, you wrote: >On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:18:41AM +0100, Florian Klaempfl wrote: > > Is this still up-to-date? > >Fairly. > > > Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd > glad to > > implement parts of the > > the scripting capabilities into Lyx. > > > > Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language. > >I think the discussion on what will become LyX's favourite scripting >language is still postponed. But you could certainly start collecting >a list pro's and con's of python. Some help might be (from the Python home page, so read it with care): http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/#jccpprtTR http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/005/005.html#Others and (less serious) http://www.python.org/doc/Humor.html#vowels ;) I like (and prefer) Python because it's a very clean OOP language and the code is much more readable than Perl code :). Further, it has a lot of integrated data types >This would be even more valuable if you >had some direct comparison with the other candidates (Tcl & Perl were >'nominated' among others IIRC)
Re: Scripting
At 02:28 16.02.02 +, you wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:18:41AM +0100, Florian Klaempfl wrote: Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd glad to implement parts of the the scripting capabilities into Lyx. the idea is to sort out the lyxfunc interface (what lyx server uses) so you can script most things. It's really a long-haul project. Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language. then it is a matter of wrapping lyx server inside a python (or whatever) lib Hmmm, I must admit, I don't see the use of the lyx server. First, you've to pass all information through a socket or pipe and you need a client for every language which dispatches this information and provides an appropriate interface for the desired language = the lyx server solution doubles the work. If someone needs something like the lyx server, he still can use the integrated script language to provide something like the lyx server... Further, the lyx server solution looks very home brewed to me, there are standard solutions like CORBA. If I make patches to integrate Python directly into Lyx, is there a chance that they make it into the official sources? As I can see with my current knowledge about the lyx sources and the Python lib, the changes to the existing sources will be very little for basic scripting functions, it's mainly extra code in extra source files.
Re: Scripting
At 02:28 16.02.02 +, you wrote: >On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:18:41AM +0100, Florian Klaempfl wrote: > > > Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd > glad to > > implement parts of the > > the scripting capabilities into Lyx. > >the idea is to sort out the lyxfunc interface (what lyx server uses) so >you can >script most things. It's really a long-haul project. > > > Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language. > >then it is a matter of wrapping lyx server inside a python (or whatever) lib Hmmm, I must admit, I don't see the use of the lyx server. First, you've to pass all information through a socket or pipe and you need a client for every language which dispatches this information and provides an appropriate interface for the desired language => the lyx server solution doubles the work. If someone needs something like the lyx server, he still can use the integrated script language to provide something like the lyx server... Further, the lyx server solution looks very home brewed to me, there are standard solutions like CORBA. If I make patches to integrate Python directly into Lyx, is there a chance that they make it into the official sources? As I can see with my current knowledge about the lyx sources and the Python lib, the changes to the existing sources will be very little for basic scripting functions, it's mainly extra code in extra source files.
Scripting
Is this still up-to-date? Scripting language Support a scripting language to control various parts of LyX, this requires deciding on an official scripting language. The idea is for non-core parts of LyX to be moved to the scripting language and thus simplifying extension and customization. Things to place in scripts: · Export functions - DocBook, LaTeX, Lout · Word operations - capitalize word Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd glad to implement parts of the the scripting capabilities into Lyx. Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language.
Scripting
Is this still up-to-date? Scripting language Support a scripting language to control various parts of LyX, this requires deciding on an official scripting language. The idea is for non-core parts of LyX to be moved to the scripting language and thus simplifying extension and customization. Things to place in scripts: · Export functions - DocBook, LaTeX, Lout · Word operations - capitalize word Or are there plans to do anything using the Lyx-Server? If not, I'd glad to implement parts of the the scripting capabilities into Lyx. Furhter, I would propose to use Python as scripting language.
