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[Murali Agastya <address@hidden>]

Sorry for not being able to reply earlier. 

Perhaps what I had in mind is a small plugin that which opens a pipe  that
TeXmacs listens to by default (say .TeXmacs.in) . So if I wish to have small
things, like inserting a reference using an external program or have default
assosications with a .tm file in  a file manger, I could simply do 

cat latex:\cite{foo} > .TeXmacs.in 
cat command:(load-in-new-window "foo.tm")

What do you think? 

Murali 


Joris van der Hoeven wrote:

> Is it possible to have  TeXmacs to open two pipes  (like LyX does
> with .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out) to communicate with TeXmacs?
>   
I think that we had this mechanism before Lyx.

> While the plugin system is great for elaborate tasks, if such pipes were
> present, then it is easy for relative novices like me to use them
> compared to writing plugins.
>   
I don't know what you mean by "easy". For what task?
Plugins are very well documented and minimal examples are provided.
Just plug them in and modify them as you wish.

> Besides, with a plugin, one has to be in the "session" mode (or is this
> incorrect).
>   
You can also use plugins in the background.
Did you read the documentation in Help -> Interfacing?


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