Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-10 Thread rgheck
Pavel Sanda wrote: see why you might want to do what you describe. Perhaps in that case we should only allow these buffers to be opened read-only? very good idea. should i bugzilla it? Sure. rh

Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-09 Thread Pavel Sanda
and 3 both have different local pictures and different >> insetinfo buffer-path, however lyx treat 2 and 3 as identical to 1 either >> when trying to edit them separately from master include contex menu or >> when typeseting via latex - i get three times a/1.lyx . >> >> wo

Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-09 Thread Helge Hafting
between symlinks? pavel The whole purpose of symlinks (and hard links for that matter) is to link multiple names to the same file. of course, but from that doesn't follow that inset info show path of another file. also we should use the images b/image.eps for file b/1.lyx. and we do it --

Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-08 Thread rgheck
-path, however lyx treat 2 and 3 as identical to 1 either when trying to edit them separately from master include contex menu or when typeseting via latex - i get three times a/1.lyx . would it cause some problems to distinguish between symlinks? We used to do so, and it did cause bugs. (This is

Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-08 Thread Pavel Sanda
master include contex menu or > > when typeseting via latex - i get three times a/1.lyx . > > > > would it cause some problems to distinguish between symlinks? > > > > pavel > > The whole purpose of symlinks (and hard links for that matter) is to link > multiple names

Re: Symlinks problem

2009-07-08 Thread Steve Litt
would it cause some problems to distinguish between symlinks? > > pavel The whole purpose of symlinks (and hard links for that matter) is to link multiple names to the same file. Your complaint is the intended behavior. Don't symlink them, and you'll get what you want. SteveT

Symlinks problem

2009-07-08 Thread Pavel Sanda
and 3 as identical to 1 either when trying to edit them separately from master include contex menu or when typeseting via latex - i get three times a/1.lyx . would it cause some problems to distinguish between symlinks? pavel

Re: symlinks

2007-05-24 Thread Richard Heck
; Are there platforms on which we want LyX to run that don't handle >>>> symlinks? >>>> >>> You mean Windows? >>> >> Except Vista, as I've learned. I had thought Windows did do symlinks but >> not hard links, but apparently only by che

Re: symlinks

2007-05-24 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Thu, 24 May 2007, Richard Heck wrote: Andre Poenitz wrote: On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:09:50PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from boost::filesystems? Are there platforms on which we want LyX to run that don't handle symlinks? You mean Wi

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Heck
Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:09:50PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > >> Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from boost::filesystems? >> Are there platforms on which we want LyX to run that don't handle symlinks? >> > You mean Win

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 04:09:50PM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from boost::filesystems? > Are there platforms on which we want LyX to run that don't handle symlinks? You mean Windows? Andre'

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Heck
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Richard> So does this seems sensible? > > Why do you want symlinks actually? It's not a big deal, but the solution I've worked out to various problems with the converter code (e.g., in the case of htlatex) involves copying the file we're

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> So does this seems sensible? Why do you want symlinks actually? JMarc

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Heck
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Richard> Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from > Richard> boost::filesystems? Are there platforms on which we want LyX > Richard> to run that don't handle symlinks? > > Windows? > So does this seems sensible? namesp

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Heck
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Richard> Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from > Richard> boost::filesystems? Are there platforms on which we want LyX > Richard> to run that don't handle symlinks? > > Windows? > I thought Windows did do symlinks but n

Re: symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Heck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from Richard> boost::filesystems? Are there platforms on which we want LyX Richard> to run that don't handle symlinks? Windows? JMarc

symlinks

2007-05-23 Thread Richard Heck
Is it safe to use the create_symlink function from boost::filesystems? Are there platforms on which we want LyX to run that don't handle symlinks? -- == Richard G Heck, Jr Professor of Philosophy Brown University

Re: symlinks, how about windows shortcuts?

2005-01-28 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Peter" == Peter J Braam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> Hi, Just another thought: Peter> I have no idea if Windows shortcuts can be accomodated easily, Peter> it would be great if at least the Qt file browser could handle Peter> them. Any ideas? Hello, A somewhat late answer: if the

Re: symlinks, how about windows shortcuts?

2005-01-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Kuba" == Kuba Ober <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I have no idea if Windows shortcuts can be accomodated easily, it >> would be great if at least the Qt file browser could handle them. >> Any ideas? Kuba> IIRC if you don't get too fancy the Qt file browser simply Kuba> launches a standard

Re: symlinks, how about windows shortcuts?

2005-01-07 Thread Kuba Ober
> I have no idea if Windows shortcuts can be accomodated easily, it would > be great if at least the Qt file browser could handle them. Any ideas? IIRC if you don't get too fancy the Qt file browser simply launches a standard windows dialog box which IIRC handles shortcuts fine? As long as it re

symlinks, how about windows shortcuts?

2005-01-06 Thread Peter J. Braam
Hi, Just another thought: I have no idea if Windows shortcuts can be accomodated easily, it would be great if at least the Qt file browser could handle them. Any ideas? - Peter -

Re: feat. req.: CVS versions of LyX should come with doc symlinks

2003-03-18 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> OK, so just add a cp -s to the makefile? It should for the Darren> most part be safe to assume the docs are checked out next to Darren> the sources, or if really adventurous add a check for the docs Darren> in the configure scrip

Re: feat. req.: CVS versions of LyX should come with doc symlinks

2003-03-17 Thread Darren Freeman
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 01:55, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Darren> What I suggest is that the lyx-devel repository come with > Darren> either a) an extension to the makefile which adds re

Re: feat. req.: CVS versions of LyX should come with doc symlinks

2003-03-17 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
sitory come with Darren> either a) an extension to the makefile which adds relative Darren> symlinks as appropriate, or b) some symlinks to the current Darren> lyxdoc contents. What about something simpler: have a variable LYX_DOCDIR_14x that can point to the documentation files. However, do

feat. req.: CVS versions of LyX should come with doc symlinks

2003-03-16 Thread Darren Freeman
Dear List, The CVS versions of LyX obviously don't come with docs, they're in another module checked out separately. What I suggest is that the lyx-devel repository come with either a) an extension to the makefile which adds relative symlinks as appropriate, or b) some symlinks to t