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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: [Request for Review] Embedding files to .lyx file.
From:       Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes () lyx ! org>
Date:       2007-07-30 23:35:41
Message-ID: liy3az5qxbm.fsf () pegase ! inria ! fr
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Enrico Forestieri <forenr@tlc.unipr.it> writes:

> On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 04:11:26PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote:
>
>> > I don't like this idea of a zip-lyx. There are other ways. For example
>> > any external file could be base64 encoded and inlined in the lyx file.
>> 
>> A zip file allows much more complicated structure and easier
>> manipulation than the 'inline' embedding. Actually, earlier versions
>> of word documents used it, but all later versions of word and
>> ooffice/odf, use a zip/directory/file-filesystem approach.
>
> I am worried that simple manipulations of a lyx file (in order to
> overcome deficiencies in the GUI) become more complicated/impossible
> to perform. Then, I wonder how a zip file fits a version control
> system. Please, don't mention Word, as this has a strange effect on me,
> in that I automatically hate whatever is associated with it...

A OSX-like bundle (aka a directory) would be easier to deal with in
some respects.

JMarc
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