Plugin creation info?

[Christos Liaskos]

Hi Jean-Marc,
Many thanks for the speedy response.
Something like code-completion but for text.

Press a hotkey, present a popup window with options (which will depend 
on where the cursor was on hotkeypress), then execute some action 
depending on the user choice that alters the LyX text.

The idea is to provide a much richer text-check experience overall.

I can see that the components needed are there in principle, but it 
depends how accessible they are via the server or other means.

Many thanks for the info in any case :)
Christos

On 12/19/2020 3:04 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> Le 19/12/2020 à 13:38, Christos Liaskos a écrit :
>> Dear LyX development team,
>>
>> First of all, many thanks for your hard work! I am an enthusiastic 
>> user of LyX since 2009.
>>
>> I would like to create a custom plugin. (The goal is to provide 
>> generalized text autocompletion, depending on the context).
>>
>> I have searched for information about developing plugins in general, 
>> but I can't find much.
>>
>> Can you direct me to some info on how to develop plugins?
>
> Dear Christos,
>
> We do not really have a plugin creation mechanism. It is possible to 
> control LyX from an outside program using the server mechanism, but I 
> doubt it would be enough for what you seem to have in mind.
>
> What kind of contextual completion do you want to implement?
>
> JMarc