Re: Lyx with Codex/Claude-Code?

Neal Becker via lyx-users <[email protected]> Sun, 24 May 2026 17:06:09 -0400
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*Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it*

On Sun, May 24, 2026, 4:51=E2=80=AFPM Bernt Lie via lyx-users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> In Google AI Studio, it is trivial to ask for a response to be latex code
> in a single code block. Then just copy the code block, paste it into an
> ASCII editor, save it as a tex file, and import into LyX as plain latex
>
> It would surprise me if this is not possible in Claude.
>
> The integration could be simpler, and it would be great if LyX could use
> such tools to rewrite the LyX document from within LyX
>
>
>
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> *From:* lyx-users <[email protected]> on behalf of Eberhard
> W Lisse via lyx-users <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 24, 2026 10:06:33 PM
> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: Lyx with Codex/Claude-Code?
>
> Alex,
>
> I am doing a bit of vibe coding with CLaude at the moment.
>
> It's rather trivial to pandoc from Markdown to Typst.
>
> Pandoc obviusly also works for LaTeX but the importing into LyX is not
> easy. You could however rewrite Pandoc's LaTeX Template to be as plain
> or rather LyX-aware as possible, so you can import into LyX.
>
> I most however confess that VS Codium (set up to use the Code
> Marketplace) and Typst (using the Tinymist LSP) are making me use LyX
> less and less.
>
> el
>
> On 2026-05-24 19:00, Alex Boche via lyx-users wrote:
> > I'm wondering if anyone has found a good workflow for using one of the
> > agentic coding tools with LyX for mathematical writing?
> >
> > I found Codex and Claude Code very useful for coding in VS Code
> > together with Git. I suspect they will be very useful for mathematical
> > writing as well, but I'm not sureif they will work well with LyX. I
> > have found ChatGPT can generate and modify Lyx files usefully, but I
> > haven't tried it with Codex or Git yet.
> >
> > If I want to make heavy use of these tools, is it recommended to
> > switch to LaTeX or is there a good LyX solution? At some point, I
> > might look into Typst as well.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Alex
>

I've used codex usually to produce beamer slides.  I haven't tried to
produce lyx directly.  Codex produces latex which I can import to lyx.
Unfortunately that doesn't work perfectly, probably due to issues in
latex2lyx.  The last time I tried it I decided it wasn't worth the effort
to fix after import and just worked with the latex.  I suppose I should sit
down and try to debug it.

>
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<div>Alex,<br>
<br>
I am doing a bit of vibe coding with CLaude at the moment.<br>
<br>
It&#39;s rather trivial to pandoc from Markdown to Typst.<br>
<br>
Pandoc obviusly also works for LaTeX but the importing into LyX is not<br>
easy. You could however rewrite Pandoc&#39;s LaTeX Template to be as plain<=
br>
or rather LyX-aware as possible, so you can import into LyX.<br>
<br>
I most however confess that VS Codium (set up to use the Code<br>
Marketplace) and Typst (using the Tinymist LSP) are making me use LyX<br>
less and less.<br>
<br>
el<br>
<br>
On 2026-05-24 19:00, Alex Boche via lyx-users wrote:<br>
&gt; I&#39;m wondering if anyone has found a good workflow for using one of=
 the<br>
&gt; agentic coding tools with LyX for mathematical writing?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I found Codex and Claude Code very useful for coding in VS Code<br>
&gt; together with Git. I suspect they will be very useful for mathematical=
<br>
&gt; writing as well, but I&#39;m not sureif they will work well with LyX. =
I<br>
&gt; have found ChatGPT can generate and modify Lyx files usefully, but I<b=
r>
&gt; haven&#39;t tried it with Codex or Git yet.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; If I want to make heavy use of these tools, is it recommended to<br>
&gt; switch to LaTeX or is there a good LyX solution? At some point, I<br>
&gt; might look into Typst as well.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thank you,<br>
&gt; Alex<br></div></span></font></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir=3D=
"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I&#39;ve used codex usually to produce b=
eamer slides.=C2=A0 I haven&#39;t tried to produce lyx directly.=C2=A0 Code=
x produces latex which I can import to lyx.=C2=A0 Unfortunately that doesn&=
#39;t work perfectly, probably due to issues in latex2lyx.=C2=A0 The last t=
ime I tried it I decided it wasn&#39;t worth the effort to fix after import=
 and just worked with the latex.=C2=A0 I suppose I should sit down and try =
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