export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Kierstead
I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex file is unmodified, I get the \begin{prop}, etc

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:04 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Julien Rioux jri...@physics.utoronto.ca wrote: Nothing wrong on your part. The LyX-TeX-LyX cycle is not completely up-to-par and I would personally avoid any working environment which relies on it on a regular basis. See [1] for a recent discussion. Liviu [1]

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:28 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: Thanks. I see this as a important obstacle to wider acceptance of LyX. Since it seems to be mainly these standard environments, maybe it should not be so hard to fix. For instance could the exporter generate some comments that the importer uses

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Julien Rioux jri...@physics.utoronto.ca wrote: complete LyX-TeX-LyX cycle is on the roadmap. I would venture that this is a candidate for GSoC 2012. Liviu

export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Kierstead
I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex file is unmodified, I get the \begin{prop}, etc

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:04 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Julien Rioux jri...@physics.utoronto.ca wrote: Nothing wrong on your part. The LyX-TeX-LyX cycle is not completely up-to-par and I would personally avoid any working environment which relies on it on a regular basis. See [1] for a recent discussion. Liviu [1]

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:28 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: Thanks. I see this as a important obstacle to wider acceptance of LyX. Since it seems to be mainly these standard environments, maybe it should not be so hard to fix. For instance could the exporter generate some comments that the importer uses

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Julien Rioux jri...@physics.utoronto.ca wrote: complete LyX-TeX-LyX cycle is on the roadmap. I would venture that this is a candidate for GSoC 2012. Liviu

export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Hal Kierstead
I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex file is unmodified, I get the \begin{prop}, etc

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:04 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: I use LyX to write math papers, so there are proposition, theorem, proof, etc. environments. I would like to be able to export a tex file, let my colleague make minor modifications on it, and then import it. Whenever I do this, even if the tex

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Julien Rioux wrote: > Nothing wrong on your part. The LyX->TeX->LyX cycle is not completely > up-to-par and I would personally avoid any working environment which relies > on it on a regular basis. > See [1] for a recent discussion.

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Julien Rioux
On 20/04/2011 12:28 PM, Hal Kierstead wrote: Thanks. I see this as a important obstacle to wider acceptance of LyX. Since it seems to be mainly these standard environments, maybe it should not be so hard to fix. For instance could the exporter generate some comments that the importer uses

Re: export-import

2011-04-20 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Julien Rioux wrote: > complete LyX->TeX->LyX cycle is on the roadmap. > I would venture that this is a candidate for GSoC 2012. Liviu