embedded graphics

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Samstag, dem 02.10.2021 um 20:42 -0400 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
> On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 06:09:03PM -0500, javier ignacio carrero
> mantilla wrote:
> >  A suggestion for lyx development: to change the file format in
> > such a way
> > that it includes the graphics, as word processors do. For example:
> > pasting
> > myGraphic.png into myDocument.lyx makes it part of myDocument.lyx
> > structure.
> > The current need to move, copy, paste, or e-mail all graphics
> > alongside the
> > lyx file is annoying and makes the use of lyx prone to lost links.
> > However,
> > it can be solved as proposed here, embedding the graphics in the
> > lyx file
> > itself, as word processors do. In fact, the last version of
> > Scientific Word
> > (SW) worked this way. As far as I remember, from some SW sales
> > pitch, it
> > used some kind of xml format, but unfortunately SW is now defunct
> > and the
> > details are probably lost (I'm not a programmer).
> > P. D.
> > The current lyx scheme, that is, linked graphics, should be
> > maintained for
> > compatibility as an option, in fact word processors allow it.
> 
> Hi Javier,
> 
> I've seen this requested a few times but currently no one is working
> on this feature. I don't think it would be *that* hard to implement
> it. Embedding graphics, or any file I believe, is common in other
> applications and file formats. But it would still take time to get
> everything working smoothly.

Note, though, that there is the "LyX Archive" (export) format which
creates an archive (zip or tar.gz) with all graphics, bib files etc.
included.

This could be extended to the way that those archives can be read
without extra unpacking step (or can it already?), and then the format
could be moved from export to save as an option.

As to the request here, this would have the (severe) drawback that the
LyX file is no longer a plain text file.

Jürgen


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