Fully Tagged PDF (even for math) is in the works for LaTeX

Posted Oct 28, 2025 11:17 UTC (Tue) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Fully Tagged PDF (even for math) is in the works for LaTeX by quietbritishjim
Parent article: Typst: a possible LaTeX replacement

Oh, another great feature of Lyx, which makes it such a _huge_ time-saver for writing LaTeX no matter how advanced you are:

You can include all kinds of graphics into your document, and Lyx knows to auto-convert many many formats into something LaTeX can use, if it isn't already such a format. If there's a format it doesn't know, you can just add your own auto-conversion command into the settings. So I was able to just insert Dia diagrammes into my Lyx document, and *Lyx would just convert it to SVG and be able to display my diagramme in the screen*.

If writing raw latex you have to remember to do this all yourself, whether that's manual and remembering to update your SVGs whenever you update a source diagramme file; or writing a makefile.

Also, Lyx makes the "tweak image size-specification relative to page/column/box, and tweak placement, compile, check, adjust" cycle so much faster.