From lyx-devel  Thu Apr 30 13:24:21 2009
From: Richard Heck <rgheck () bobjweil ! com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:24:21 +0000
To: lyx-devel
Subject: Re: Official submission of eLyXer for inclusion in LyX
Message-Id: <49F9A685.5010408 () bobjweil ! com>
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Charles de Miramon wrote:
> rgheck wrote:
>
>
>   
>> Just to be clear, here are what I regard as the showstoppers:
>> Theorem-type environments aren't rendered; math support is marginal, esp
>> with regard to custom macros; BibTeX isn't supported, so far as I can
>> tell; cross-references omit the related text. Other things I'd want to
>> investigate would include support for AMS environments, and arrays and
>> the like generally; treatment of mini pages and the like. I also worry
>> about the lack of extensibility, i.e., the inability to deal with custom
>> styles.
>>
>>     
>
> To translate macros, custom latex styles, bibtex, cross-reference numbers, 
> etc.. ELyXer would haeve to work like tex4ht in two steps :
>
> 1) parse the LyX file and translate what it can and mark (Y) what he does 
> does not understand
>
> 2) Look in the pdf how latex has rendered Y  and translate it to html
>
> ELyXer looks like it is doing step 1 correctly. Step 2 could be added later. 
>
> People that have complex documents should use tex4ht.
>
>   
I don't really regard BibTeX and cross-references as "complex", but as 
intrinsic to what LyX offers.

Richard

> Cheers,
> Charles
>