> Comment(by lasgouttes): >> Concerning Linux, I think we have a bug open about providing a lyx.desktop >> file and installing it at the "right place". It would be great if we could >> settle this too. > I could provide a patch for that. It would be easy to just copy the > one from the Debian package. I'd have to look into the build system to > know how to only install it for the Linux version.
I just attached a patch to the ticket: http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/2820 As it is now, it will install it in $(datadir)/applications. I'm not sure what happens on windows or MacOS. Do we even use autotools on those platforms?