Lyx-->Word and Lyx<-->Word: final agreement on projects' goals sought

[stefano franchi]

Dear LyX devels,

in light of all the recent discussions, my latest report, and the fact
that GSOC 2014's application window is about to open (March 10), it'd
be great if we could reach some consensus on the projects' goal and
approaches.

My current view of the matter is this:

1. We have two projects: export to Word and round trip conversion to
be pursued independently

2. Export to Word requires LaTeX processing and is therefore best
pursued with tex4ht and by adding/contributing to its own current
functionalities.

3. Round trip conversion is best pursued by exporting directing to
Word XML-based format from within LyX code (i.e. from the C++/Qt
side) for the LyX-to-Word trip and with either C++/Qt or Python for
the reverse Word-to-Lyx trip.

N.B. "Word" stands for docx|odt throughout


Comments welcome.

Stefano
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[Wilfried]

Post by stefano franchi
in light of all the recent discussions, my latest report, and the fact
that GSOC 2014's application window is about to open (March 10), it'd
be great if we could reach some consensus on the projects' goal and
approaches.
1. We have two projects: export to Word and round trip conversion to
be pursued independently
2. Export to Word requires LaTeX processing and is therefore best
pursued with tex4ht and by adding/contributing to its own current
functionalities.
3. Round trip conversion is best pursued by exporting directing to
Word XML-based format from within LyX code (i.e. from the C++/Qt
side) for the LyX-to-Word trip and with either C++/Qt or Python for
the reverse Word-to-Lyx trip.
N.B. "Word" stands for docx|odt throughout

Hello,
I already posted this to the lyx-users list (gmane.editors.lyx.general).
I just came across a converter which i wasn't aware of before.
- - - citation begin - - -
tex2word converts LaTeX source documents into Office Open XML format
introduced in Microsoft Word 2007 without any intermediary steps.
Emphasis is put on equations, which are traditionally typeset in LaTeX
but occasionally have to be transferred to Word to meet requirements set
by publishers.
[...]
tex2word is in an early stage of development. Development has focused on
converting tex files generated by the LyX document processing system
into Word Open XML files.
- - - citation end - - -

Source:
http://hunyadi.info.hu/levente/en/21-tex2word

Regards

[stefano franchi]

Post by Wilfried

Post by stefano franchi
in light of all the recent discussions, my latest report, and the fact
that GSOC 2014's application window is about to open (March 10), it'd
be great if we could reach some consensus on the projects' goal and
approaches.
1. We have two projects: export to Word and round trip conversion to
be pursued independently
2. Export to Word requires LaTeX processing and is therefore best
pursued with tex4ht and by adding/contributing to its own current
functionalities.
3. Round trip conversion is best pursued by exporting directing to
Word XML-based format from within LyX code (i.e. from the C++/Qt
side) for the LyX-to-Word trip and with either C++/Qt or Python for
the reverse Word-to-Lyx trip.
N.B. "Word" stands for docx|odt throughout

Hello,
I already posted this to the lyx-users list (gmane.editors.lyx.general).
I just came across a converter which i wasn't aware of before.

Hi Wilfried,

thanks for the pointer. I was unaware of this project, which looks very
interesting. I was also quite surprised to see a LaTeX parser written in
Prolog---it brought back 30 years old memories....
Definitely something to keep an eye on.


Cheers,
Stefano
--
__________________________________________________
Stefano Franchi
Associate Research Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: [phone]
Texas A&M University Fax: [phone]
College Station, Texas, USA

***@tamu.edu
http://stefano.cleinias.org

[Tommaso Cucinotta]

I was also quite surprised to see a LaTeX parser written in Prolog---it brought back 30 years old memories....

oh my gosh :-)! That's still used nowadays? One of the most fascinating languages I've been self-learning when I was a teenager, that (mis-)led me think it was actually possible to give computers an intelligence of some sort ;-)!

T.