Re: Newbie to DocUtils

David Goodger wrote:

> [Colin J. Williams]
> > 1. Regarding the math usage, I have part of a document, with the
> > math stuff, built with LyX and the rest with ReSt.  I'm almost
> > through merging these now, but this is not an approach I would
> > recommend.  Since doing this, I've come across TeXaide. this
> > involves working through the clipboard, but it is something I would
> > explore for any other project.
>
> (Is there a "not" missing in that last sentence?  It doesn't quite
> parse as-is.)

Does replacing a period by a comma clarify things:

    I've come across TeXaide, this
     > involves working through the clipboard, but it is something I would
     > explore for any other project.

What I'm trying to say is that the idea of working through the clipboard 
and
deleting the extraneous stuff is cumbersome, but it may the the best 
there is
currently.

>
> TeXaide looks like a fine tool, but useless to non-Windows users.
>
I hadn't looked into this.

> > It seems to me, at least for Windows users, there is a benefit in
> > using a distinct extension in that with the Explorer one can click
> > on the file to execute docfactory.  Clicking on a .txt file
> > typically initiates Notepad or, in my case SciTE.
>
> Of course, you're free to set that up on your system.  I just don't
> think it's the best default for Docutils users.  And we don't
> distribute OS-specific installers anyhow.
>
> If you (or anybody else) can write up a description of how to set up
> extension bindings, I'd be happy to put it in a Windows tips doc.
> (Same goes for other OSes.)  If you can write a program that does the
> magic necessary to set it up automatically, that can go in the distro
> too.
>
Thanks, I'll take a look at this in October.

Colin W.

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