Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-29 Thread John Weiss
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:58:57PM +0100, José Abílio Oliveira Matos wrote: On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:25:08PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: Does DocBook not use MathML? The XML version, yes, the SGML no. Then the problem is that even if you use it, for some tools and chains is a

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-29 Thread John Weiss
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:58:57PM +0100, José Abílio Oliveira Matos wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:25:08PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > > > > Does DocBook not use MathML? > > The XML version, yes, the SGML no. > > Then the problem is that even if you use it, for some tools and

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Angus Leeming
Andreas Vox wrote: It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you :-) InsetExternal is actually one of the most powerful concepts in the whole of LyX. Amazing how such a

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff :-( Trivial as it may seem, it just isn't that easy to define and use a $$orig_i placeholder. Lots of messy and fragile changes all over the place. However, it seems to me that the problems can be isolated to

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: All conversions for a given buffer (document) take place in a single temp directory. All files that need to be converted to a different format are first copied to this temp directory and there names are mangled to ensure that files that are originally in different

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andreas Vox wrote: It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you InsetExternal is actually one of the most powerful

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does DocBook not use MathML? No, not officially. There are extensions for DocBook XML. The content for equations is: informalequation ::= (blockinfo?, (alt?, (graphic+|mediaobject+))) Right now we put LaTeX in alt and a reference to a non existing

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Angus Leeming
Andreas Vox wrote: informalequation ::= (blockinfo?, (alt?, (graphic+|mediaobject+))) Right now we put LaTeX in alt and a reference to a non existing bitmap file in graphic. Next thing to do is generate these bitmaps (previews becoming included files, isn't that a mess?) Ok. Points

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread José Abílio Oliveira Matos
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:25:08PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: Does DocBook not use MathML? The XML version, yes, the SGML no. Then the problem is that even if you use it, for some tools and chains is a lot easier to go the tex way, as it is more mature and gives better results. Free

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: existing bitmap file in graphic. Next thing to do is generate these bitmaps (previews becoming included files, isn't that a mess?) Ok. Points to note: * Instant Preview works only if the user has preview.sty installed. Maybe we could bundle it

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Angus Leeming
Andreas Vox wrote: >> It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff >> > I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, > insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you :-) InsetExternal is actually one of the most powerful concepts in the whole of LyX. Amazing how

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: > It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff :-( > > Trivial as it may seem, it just isn't that easy to define and use a > $$orig_i placeholder. Lots of messy and fragile changes all over the > place. > > However, it seems to me that the problems can be

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Georg Baum
Angus Leeming wrote: > All conversions for a given buffer (document) take place in a single temp > directory. All files that need to be converted to a different format are > first copied to this temp directory and there names are mangled to ensure > that files that are originally in different

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andreas Vox wrote: > >> It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff > >> > > I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, > > insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you > > InsetExternal is actually one of the

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does DocBook not use MathML? No, not officially. There are extensions for DocBook XML. The content for equations is: informalequation ::= (blockinfo?, (alt?, (graphic+|mediaobject+))) Right now we put LaTeX in and a reference to a non existing

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Angus Leeming
Andreas Vox wrote: > informalequation ::= > (blockinfo?, > (alt?, > (graphic+|mediaobject+))) > > Right now we put LaTeX in and a reference to a non > existing bitmap file in . Next thing to do is > generate these bitmaps (previews becoming included files, > isn't that a mess?) Ok. Points

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread José Abílio Oliveira Matos
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 01:25:08PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Does DocBook not use MathML? The XML version, yes, the SGML no. Then the problem is that even if you use it, for some tools and chains is a lot easier to go the tex way, as it is more mature and gives better results. Free

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-22 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > existing bitmap file in . Next thing to do is > > generate these bitmaps (previews becoming included files, > > isn't that a mess?) > > Ok. > > Points to note: > * Instant Preview works only if the user has preview.sty installed. Maybe we could

Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-21 Thread Angus Leeming
It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff :-( Trivial as it may seem, it just isn't that easy to define and use a $$orig_i placeholder. Lots of messy and fragile changes all over the place. However, it seems to me that the problems can be isolated to the concept of 'moving a

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-21 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you :-) ... Usually, Mover will just invoke '::rename', or 'mv' when a shell script

Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-21 Thread Angus Leeming
It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff :-( Trivial as it may seem, it just isn't that easy to define and use a $$orig_i placeholder. Lots of messy and fragile changes all over the place. However, it seems to me that the problems can be isolated to the concept of 'moving a

Re: Moving files from one dir to another

2004-10-21 Thread Andreas Vox
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It looks like I opened a can of worms with this XFig stuff > I caught up with my reading (previous DVI file thread on lyx-devel, insetexternal, etc.) and I don't envy you :-) ... > Usually, Mover will just invoke '::rename', or 'mv' when a shell