Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Bennett Helm wrote: On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Bennett == Bennett Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bennett Am I right in thinking that settings from lyxrc.defaults and Bennett preferences will overwrite the settings from lyxrc.dist? Yes. As I think about

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not sure what the appropriate solution is. Georg But I am: The currently discussed auto-view patch by Bo. His Georg solution is windows only currently, but once it is in it should Georg not be difficult to extend that to OS X, too. The only thing

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Georg == Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nevertheless, the fact that viewer and edito are noz part of the format declaration itself is bad conceptually, since it means there is no way to change the format without changing the helper programs. What was the

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Bennett Helm wrote: > On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>> "Bennett" == Bennett Helm >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Bennett> Am I right in thinking that settings from lyxrc.defaults and >> Bennett> preferences will overwrite the settings from lyxrc.dist?

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

> "Georg" == Georg Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Not sure what the appropriate solution is. Georg> But I am: The currently discussed auto-view patch by Bo. His Georg> solution is windows only currently, but once it is in it should Georg> not be difficult to extend that to OS X, too.

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> "Georg" == Georg Baum >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> writes: > > Nevertheless, the fact that viewer and edito are noz part of the > format declaration itself is bad conceptually, since it means there is > no way to change the format without changing the

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Joost == Joost Verburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Joost It works fine on Windows. I'm currently working on a new Joost Windows installer that I want to make available for other Joost people to test, so please apply this to 1.4 soon. This patch is in 1.4 and 1.5 now. JMarc

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

On Apr 28, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Bennett == Bennett Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bennett Explain this a bit more. For Mac, I should provide lyxrc.dist Bennett in the LyX.app bundle in place of the preferences file, Bennett right? Yes. Does this seems reasonable to you? Bennett Am I right in thinking that settings from

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Bennett == Bennett Helm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bennett Explain this a bit more. For Mac, I should provide lyxrc.dist Bennett in the LyX.app bundle in place of the preferences file, Bennett right? Yes. Does this seems reasonable to

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

> "Joost" == Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joost> It works fine on Windows. I'm currently working on a new Joost> Windows installer that I want to make available for other Joost> people to test, so please apply this to 1.4 soon. This patch is in 1.4 and 1.5 now. JMarc

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

On Apr 28, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

> "Bennett" == Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bennett> Explain this a bit more. For Mac, I should provide lyxrc.dist Bennett> in the LyX.app bundle in place of the preferences file, Bennett> right? Yes. Does this seems reasonable to you? Bennett> Am I right in thinking that

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: "Bennett" == Bennett Helm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bennett> Explain this a bit more. For Mac, I should provide lyxrc.dist Bennett> in the LyX.app bundle in place of the preferences file, Bennett> right? Yes. Does this seems

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can replace the preference file

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can replace the preference file

[PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can replace the preference file bundled with the Mac version, and

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. Comments? Is it enough to simplify packagers' job? I think it is.

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Angus == Angus Leeming [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Angus My understanding is that the Windows installer will continue to Angus check for msys, python, ghostview et al., but only to generate Angus a \path_prefix entry in lyxrc.dist. Not for viewer, I think. We have other plans for them. As far as

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am less sure about that. Is it really a gain to check for python in configure.py? Touché! A.

[PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will be read (if it exists) before all the others. No such file is distributed by LyX currently, but it can replace the preference file bundled with the Mac version, and

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This patch closes the improvements I had in mind concerning > installers. It allows packagers to provide a file lyxrc.dist that will > be read (if it exists) before all the others. > Comments? Is it enough to simplify packagers' job? I think it

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> My understanding is that the Windows installer will continue to Angus> check for msys, python, ghostview et al., but only to generate Angus> a \path_prefix entry in lyxrc.dist. Not for viewer, I think. We have other plans for

Re: [PATCH] Add support for reading lyxrc.dist

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am less sure about that. Is it really a gain to check for python in > configure.py? Touché! A.