Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 04:24:37PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: >> Angus Leeming wrote: >> > Sure. This means that the s/slashify_path/internal_path/ switch was >> > less carefully done that it needed to be. Mea culpa. >> > >> > I'll try and come up with something in the next couple of hours. >> >> Ok, Kayvan. The problem (I believe) lies in the call to 'MakeLatexName', >> below, which invokes 'AddName' which invokes 'os::internal_path'. > > Okay, Angus. That almost fixes it. See the attached "first_try.patch" > file for a working adaptation of your idea.
I'll shove this in the repository. > Here, I added a hack which I would love to get rid of. The Cygwin tetex > does not like Win32 paths (and does not need them), so I changed > os_win32.C (external_path) adding a LYX_NO_CYGPATH_FIX environment > variable to skip changing the external path. See the attached > "second_try.patch". Ok, dokey. > I recommend that you apply first_try.patch and we come up with > a better way to do what I need for Cygwin's tetex. Any suggestions? > > One idea would be a configure test which then sets a variable in > lyxrc.defaults which would be consulted by LyX to know whether or not > Win32 paths are needed for external paths. This sounds like a good idea. Output a minimal latex file that \includes another file with a Win32 path and then see if latex succeeds in compiling it. Putting the result in lyxrc.defaults means that the user can override the setting in his .lyx/preferences file. It's trivial to add check buttons to the Preferences dialog too. (XForms, Outputs->Misc tab; Qt Outputs->LaTeX pane.) [x] Use native Windows file paths although the ability to change the check button should be guarded with #if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__CYGWIN32__) The GUI stuff is icing that will take 10 minutes; I'm happy to do that. However, I'd prefer to leave the configure stuff to you. Happy? > Best regards, > ---Kayvan Happy New Year, Angus
