LyX, Non-TeX-Fonts and export with pandoc

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

Probably this should go into 2.4, but we'll see if anyone has worries.

On 11/18/23 13:24, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
> 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


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