convert Word/Writer docs into Lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Peter Malaise
As a Linux Mint user I got the request to translate and publish an A5 book of some 180 pages I wrote in 2020, from my native Dutch into English and French. I could do it manually as I'm fluent in both, but there's quite some research on correct terminology to be done for each language and a

Re: LyX???and Git for version control

2023-06-02 Thread Pavel Sanda
On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:17:15AM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: > On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 10:50:00PM -0700, Madame Michu wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > I???m facing an issue with git and LyX for version control. > > > > > > I followed the guidelines in section 7.2.6 in the "Additional Features"

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Jack Lyon
LyXConverter does a great job: https://www.editorium.com/lyxconverter.htm Full disclosure: I wrote it. :) Best wishes, Jack Lyon On 6/2/2023 6:54 AM, Benedict Holland wrote: I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases,

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Benedict Holland wrote: I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases, which is why I forgot about it. Ben, It's rare for me to need to transfer a Word doc to LaTeX. I'll keep the plug-in in mind should

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Benedict Holland
I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases, which is why I forgot about it. Thanks, Ben On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 8:51 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > > > Have you tried Libre Office

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in? el, Thank you. I didn't know about that plug-in, which will be useful for me, too. Best regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in? And, LyX (or rather LateX) doesn't use (multiple) blank lines. el On 01/06/2023 20:58, Matthias Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > >   > > I want to convert a Word docx-document into a Lyx document.  > > I have tried several online converters