On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 04:38:36PM +0200, Peter Kümmel wrote:
> Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:08:21PM +0200, Peter Kümmel wrote:
> >> void SystemcallPrivate::flush()
> >> {
> >> if (process_) {
> >> // If the output has been redirected, we write it all at once.
> >> // Even if we are not running in a terminal, the output could go
> >> // to some log file, for example ~/.xsession-errors on *nix.
> >>
> >> QString data =
> >> QString::fromLocal8Bit(process_->readAllStandardOutput().data());
> >> ProgressInterface::instance()->appendMessage(data);
> >> if (!use_stdout_ && out_file_.empty())
> >> cout << fromqstr(data);
> >>
> >
> > OK, I see that all of this is now a real big mess. Here data is now always
> > empty, so no output goes to .xsession-errors. This is because the output
> > is now always consumed for the progress interface. This means that we
> > cannot differentiate between output for GUI and output for terminal.
> > I am only sorry for having spent a certain amount of time for designing
> > the old behavior, an error that I'll try to not repeat in future.
> >
>
> Why do we need the old behaviour? Is it needed for the conversion tools?
LyX can also be used without a GUI.
--
Enrico
