LyX, Non-TeX-Fonts and export with pandoc

[Tobias Hilbricht]

Am Samstag, dem 18.11.2023 um 12:46 -0500 schrieb Richard Kimberly
Heck:
> On 11/18/23 07:18, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
> > 
> > But when I check that box and want to use Non-TeX-Fonts, the export
> > option to docx or odt via pandoc disappears.
> 
> The reason for this is that, if you use non-TeX fonts, then the 
> immediate export is to a file that would be compiled with XeLaTeX or 
> LuaTeX, and there is no converter defined to convert that format to
> ODT 
> or whatever.

Now that you write it it is quite clear, but it did not occur to me
when looking at Settings - Converter ...

> 
> The solution is to define one. This is easiest done I think in the 
> configuration files themselves rather than in LyX. Find your user 
> directory and open the file lyxrc.defaults. In there, you will find a
> line like:
> 
> \converter latex      odt3        "pandoc -s -f latex -o $$o -t odt 
> $$i"    ""
> 
> Copy it and open the file preferences. Paste twice but change it to:
> 
> \converter xetex      odt3        "pandoc -s -f latex -o $$o -t odt 
> $$i"    ""
> \converter luatex      odt3        "pandoc -s -f latex -o $$o -t odt 
> $$i"    ""
> 
> Save that file and open LyX. Should work, but not tested. The same
> kind 
> of thing will work for Word formats.

A quick test with a simple LyX-document produced docx- and odt-output
without errors and with the expected formatting.
> 
> There may be some reason we do not include this by default: Perhaps 
> pandoc is liable to choke on something we output in those modes. 
> Hopefully, someone else will know. But I'm guessing it's an
> oversight.
> 
I can understand that and will see how far I can get. Thank you for
your advice!
Tobias