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Project: LyX File format 3.0 (subset of LaTeX)
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Initial coordinator: Alejandro Aguilar Sierra
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On the developers list has been discussed several times the advantages of a
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LyX format compatible with LaTeX. Some of the advantages we would have are:
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- A better grammar than that of the current format would led us to simpler
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and powerful syntax for insets (I'm thinking on math, figures, tables and
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accents).
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- Almost anything can be expressed better with a powerful grammar.
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- There are many anything->LaTeX and LaTeX->anything converters around.
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The exchange of documents would be better.
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- We could have better control on the preamble of a document (options,
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packages included, macros). Only include those that are needed
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for the document.
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- We could save disk space using only one format.
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The following are not goals of this project:
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- The parser doesn't have to be able to read every latex file (for instance
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LaTeX2.09). Still would be necessary filters to import latex files
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generated elsewhere.
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- With a more readable format some LaTeX experts couldn't resist the
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temptation to edit manually the files. This wouldn't be recommended, for
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the same reason as above. Any special thing can (should) be written using
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TeX mode under LyX.
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Q. Why LaTeX and not linux-sgml?
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A. Well, say some good reasons in favor of linux-sgml. Does it can
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express complex mathematics expressions, nested layouts, etc. in
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a better way?
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Alejandro
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