On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 07:12:42AM +0200, Peter Kümmel wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 09:40:38PM +0200, Peter Kümmel wrote: > >> Here an updated patch which only calls the Ex functions > >> if they are available. > >> > >> And what was the status? It doesn't work on Vista? > >> And also needs some chmod changes on cygwin? > > > > The patch works on Vista. However, for some inexplicable reason the > > font files must have the executable flag set. I only found > > this explanation: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-11/msg00100.html > > hinting that "the executable flag means more than just execution" > > in Windows. This is not cygwin related, though. I incurred in this > > "bug" only because the cygwin svn did not set the executable flag > > on the files in lib/fonts. When the fonts are installed through the > > NSIS or cygwin installation tools, everything is fine, seemingly. > > > > Isn't this stuff for the installer? But we could also set the flags > in os_win32/os_cgwin, but I can't do it before this evening.
The installers get it right, indeed. No need to do anything as I was experiencing the problem only when running LyX in place. > Therefore, if LyX is really released today and we use my patch, > then someone should just commit it. Maybe we should move the common > code into a new file, os_win.cpp, and include this one in the > other two files. I think that the patch by Joost is more compact. I am just complementing it with the changes for cygwin and then will send it to the list. -- Enrico
