LyX, Non-TeX-Fonts and export with pandoc

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 11/19/23 06:30, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
> Riki,
>
> I have added your instructions to the LyX-wiki "Export to OpenDocument
> (.odt) and Open Office XML (.docx) file formats with Pandoc".

Thanks!

Riki


> Am Samstag, dem 18.11.2023 um 23:08 -0500 schrieb 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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