On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 06:10:23PM +0200, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > The attached patch implements the LyX server for Windows in 1.6.x. > > I have been testing this for quite some time now and it works very > > well for me (for some aspects, even better than the server as > > implemented for *nix). So, I think that it is ready for prime time > > even in branch. Note that if the LyXserver path is not set in the > > preferences, this code will never be executed and thus it is quite > > safe including it. > > This is an important addition to Win32 indeed. So if it is well tested, I'm > not opposed to put this in branch.
So, Jürgen? The only concern seems to be the platform dependent code, but I fear that this is unavoidable. Andre' was suggesting using QLocalSocket, but we need a named pipe here, not a socket. -- Enrico