>>>>> "Bennett" == Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bennett> One thing I've noticed *prior* to applying this patch, which Bennett> it would be nice to fix, is that within the Bennett> development/MacOSX/LyX.app bundle, there is Bennett> Contents/Resources/LyX/preferences. When --with-version- Bennett> suffix is used, it creates a *new* directory, Bennett> Contents/Resources/ LyX-1.4.0cvs/ and uses that for the Bennett> default user's directory, thereby bypassing the preferences Bennett> file (which provides, most importantly, correct PATH_prefix Bennett> settings for OS X). It would be nice to have preferences Bennett> moved automatically to the correct directory within the Bennett> application bundle. What I'll try to do instead is to get rid of this extra LyX directory nesting. This will be after 1.4.0, though. Bennett> So, for OS X it would be best IMO to do the following when Bennett> dealing with --with-version-suffix: Bennett> 1. leave executable names alone (to avoid the need for soft Bennett> links), 2. use the --with-version-suffix setting to determine Bennett> the user's directory, and 3. (eventually) make sure that the Bennett> default preferences file gets copied into the appropriate Bennett> lyx-xxx directory inside the application bundle on make Bennett> install. I'll think about it... JMarc
