Hi, I'm attaching the promised documentation to the -userdir feature. I wasn't sure about something: This feature allows having several personal configuration directories (similar to ~/.lyx). In this case I'd probably like to have the layouts, docs and similar sub-directories in them be symbolic links to ~/.lyx so I have less maintenance to do. However, if the "Options -> Reconfigure" script writes in these directories, and not only in lyxrc, then it may not be a good idea. Could someone comment on this? Lior. On 29 May 2000, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Lior" == Lior Silberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Lior> BTW If you think it's useful, I canadd a pagaraph somewhere in > Lior> the docs about 'running lyx with multiple configurations'. > > Would you care to submit something? :) > > JMarc >
#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 2.16 \textclass article \language default \inputencoding latin1 \fontscheme default \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \papersize Default \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \paperorientation portrait \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \layout Subsection Running \latex latex LyX with multiple configurations \layout Standard The configuration freedom of the local configuration directory may not suffice if you want to have more than one configuration at your disposal. For example, you may want to be use different key bindings or printer settings at different times. You can achieve this by having several such directories. You then specify which directory to use at run-time. \layout Standard Invoking LyX with the command line switch \family typewriter -userdir \family default \emph on <some directory> \emph default instructs the program to read the configuration from that directory, and not from the default directory (you can determine the default directory by running LyX without this switch as described above). If this directory does not exist, LyX offers to create it for you, just like it does for the default directory on the first time you run the program. You can modify the configuration options in this additional \family typewriter Userdir \family default exactly as you would for the default directory. These directories are completely independent (but read on). \layout Standard Having several configurations also requires more maintenance: if you want to add a new layout to \family typewriter Userdir/layouts \family default which you want available from all your configurations, you must add it to each directory separately. You can avoid this with the following trick: after LyX creates the additional directory, most of the subdirectories (see above) are empty. If you want the new configuration to mirror an existing one, replace the empty subdirectory with a symbolic link to the matching subdirectory in the existing configuration. Similarly, running \family sans \bar under O \bar default ptions\SpecialChar \menuseparator \bar under R \bar default econfigure \family default will only update the configuration for the current \family typewriter Userdir \family default . [ \emph on Author's Note: Would reconfigure work properly with these cross-referenced directories? --- \emph default ls]. \layout Standard [ \emph on Author's Note: Should we document the environment-variable method to change the userdir? --- \emph default ls]. \the_end
