Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-14 Thread Helge Hafting
release of LyXWinInstaller The best fix is to have tex fixed. Second best is lyx providing a workaround. Either approach needs a volunteer - I wonder why nobody seems to want to fix tex though. Helge Hafting http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/msg/6d9312da816b96f7?hl=en; Dan

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-14 Thread Helge Hafting
release of LyXWinInstaller The best fix is to have tex fixed. Second best is lyx providing a workaround. Either approach needs a volunteer - I wonder why nobody seems to want to fix tex though. Helge Hafting http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/msg/6d9312da816b96f7?hl=en; Dan

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-14 Thread Helge Hafting
x-devel@lists.lyx.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:48 PM > Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller > > > >The best fix is to have tex fixed. Second best is lyx providing > >a workaround. Either approach needs a volunteer - I wonder > >why n

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:48:09 +0100 Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well,

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; LyX Devel lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller The best fix is to have tex fixed. Second

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:48:09 +0100 Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well,

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; LyX Devel lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller The best fix is to have tex fixed. Second

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:48:09 +0100 Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bo Peng wrote: > > >>Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going > >>to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to > >>play on your own again. > >> > >> > >

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-13 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Helge Hafting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>; "LyX Devel" <lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:48 PM Subject: Re: sixth rel

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Georg Baum
Stephen Harris wrote: SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I perceive a snide remark which exaggerated its factual basis, and skirted a true attribution of bugzilla responsibility in order to masquerade as an incredulous adult. I am not sure if I understand that sentence

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:41 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I perceive a snide remark I am

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Bo Peng wrote: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Georg Baum
Stephen Harris wrote: SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I perceive a snide remark which exaggerated its factual basis, and skirted a true attribution of bugzilla responsibility in order to masquerade as an incredulous adult. I am not sure if I understand that sentence

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:41 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I perceive a snide remark I am

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Bo Peng wrote: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Georg Baum
Stephen Harris wrote: > SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I perceive a snide > remark which exaggerated its factual basis, and skirted a true attribution > of bugzilla responsibility in order to masquerade as an incredulous adult. I am not sure if I understand that sentence

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:41 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: SH: Apparently, we grasp reality differently because I p

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-12 Thread Helge Hafting
Bo Peng wrote: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Martin Geisler
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen Harris wrote: Supported Characters http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324054 When you use UNIX, you can use any character in a file name. You can use special characters that are typically not valid by escaping the character (for example, by

[Fwd: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller]

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry but this isn't really a bug but a feature of the underlying TeX system. Although LaTeX uses a brace delimited syntax, this has to expand to the primitive TeX

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie -- you consider the C:\localtexmf directoy the only proper place for custom files, and indeed it would be good if everybody would just place their things there. But being able to have an entire document in one folder

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Angus Leeming
Micha feigin wrote: Either tex understands escape sequences (which includes escaping spaces) or it has a method of defining what a string is, including the spaces which is different on windows and linux, or it has different spaces for string delimiting and path spaces under linux. Guys, I'm

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:12 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie -- you consider the C:\localtexmf

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been created

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2006 15:36 schrieb Angus Leeming: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed, too. The time you guys spent with discussing would

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; LyX Devel lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:26 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller I would also like to leave this thread with some final remarks. The root

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Angus wrote: In order to remind Georg about this problem in the future, I'd suggest that you file a bug

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Martin Geisler
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen Harris wrote: Supported Characters http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324054 When you use UNIX, you can use any character in a file name. You can use special characters that are typically not valid by escaping the character (for example, by

[Fwd: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller]

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry but this isn't really a bug but a feature of the underlying TeX system. Although LaTeX uses a brace delimited syntax, this has to expand to the primitive TeX

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie -- you consider the C:\localtexmf directoy the only proper place for custom files, and indeed it would be good if everybody would just place their things there. But being able to have an entire document in one folder

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Angus Leeming
Micha feigin wrote: Either tex understands escape sequences (which includes escaping spaces) or it has a method of defining what a string is, including the spaces which is different on windows and linux, or it has different spaces for string delimiting and path spaces under linux. Guys, I'm

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:12 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie -- you consider the C:\localtexmf

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been created

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2006 15:36 schrieb Angus Leeming: Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to play on your own again. I am amazed, too. The time you guys spent with discussing would

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; LyX Devel lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:26 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller I would also like to leave this thread with some final remarks. The root

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Angus wrote: In order to remind Georg about this problem in the future, I'd suggest that you file a bug

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: "Micha feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Micha feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: "Mich

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Martin Geisler
"Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Stephen Harris wrote: > > Supported Characters http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324054 > > "When you use UNIX, you can use any character in a file name. You > can use special characters that are typically not valid by > "escaping" the character

[Fwd: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller]

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - "I'm sorry but this isn't really a bug but a feature of the underlying TeX system. Although LaTeX uses a brace

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie -- you consider the C:\localtexmf directoy the only proper place for custom files, and indeed it would be good if everybody would just place their things there. But being able to have an entire document in one folder

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Micha feigin
Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message - From: "Micha feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris wrote: - Original Message ---

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Angus Leeming
Micha feigin wrote: > Either tex understands escape sequences (which includes escaping spaces) > or it has a method of defining what a string is, including the spaces > which is different on windows and linux, or it has different spaces for > string delimiting and path spaces under linux. Guys,

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Micha feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:12 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: [...] I guess that is where our differences lie

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Bo Peng
> Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going > to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to > play on your own again. I am amazed as well, in that many people even do not consider this as a bug. A bug report has been created

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Georg Baum
Am Mittwoch, 11. Januar 2006 15:36 schrieb Angus Leeming: > Guys, I'm amazed that this thread has gone on as long as it has. I'm going > to pop my head in at the door one final time and will then leave you to > play on your own again. I am amazed, too. The time you guys spent with discussing

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>; "LyX Devel" <lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:26 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller I would also like to lea

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-11 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:18 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Angus wrote: In order to remind Georg about this problem in the future, I'd suggest

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Georg Baum writes: Martin Geisler wrote: So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots of people wont have a Linux-savy boyfriend to help them out with these things :-) Again: The problem is with bibtex, not with LyX. I'm sorry, I didn't make that clear -- I know that this

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin Geisler wrote: Do you really mean that Microsoft decided on a default install path with spaces just to annoy all the future Unix-centric programs being ported to Windows? That is hard to know - I guess they simply see this as a 'bonus', they

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Cc: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:50 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:07 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller It is so much easier if these bugs are fixed in the proper place

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:37:50 -0800 Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Bo Peng
If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about it. Actually, a label above the browse button like File with spaces in its path may not work

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller My opinion is that if a file is allowed to 'browse in', it should work. Otherwise, it is a bug. A normal user would not care if it is latex' or lyx' or window', it is simply a bug. A lazy fix would give

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is in a file with spaces or explicitly where it is also in a subdirectory with spaces). I believe the problem is the .bst

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:44:01 -0600 Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about it. Actually, a

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:57:31 +0100 Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is in a file with spaces or explicitly

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:59 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:16:13 +0200 Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:37:50 -0800

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry but this isn't really a bug

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Georg Baum writes: Martin Geisler wrote: So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots of people wont have a Linux-savy boyfriend to help them out with these things :-) Again: The problem is with bibtex, not with LyX. I'm sorry, I didn't make that clear -- I know that this

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin Geisler wrote: Do you really mean that Microsoft decided on a default install path with spaces just to annoy all the future Unix-centric programs being ported to Windows? That is hard to know - I guess they simply see this as a 'bonus', they

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Georg Baum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Cc: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:50 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Helge Hafting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:07 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller It is so much easier if these bugs are fixed in the proper place

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:37:50 -0800 Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Bo Peng
If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about it. Actually, a label above the browse button like File with spaces in its path may not work

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller My opinion is that if a file is allowed to 'browse in', it should work. Otherwise, it is a bug. A normal user would not care if it is latex' or lyx' or window', it is simply a bug. A lazy fix would give

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is in a file with spaces or explicitly where it is also in a subdirectory with spaces). I believe the problem is the .bst

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:44:01 -0600 Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about it. Actually, a

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:57:31 +0100 Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is in a file with spaces or explicitly

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:59 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:16:13 +0200 Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:37:50 -0800

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Micha feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 - I'm sorry but this isn't really a bug

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Georg Baum writes: > Martin Geisler wrote: > >> So please don't dismiss this as a WONTFIX bug... lots of people >> wont have a Linux-savy boyfriend to help them out with these things >> :-) > > Again: The problem is with bibtex, not with LyX. I'm sorry, I didn't make that clear -- I know that

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Geisler wrote: > >>Do you really mean that Microsoft decided on a default install path >>with spaces just to annoy all the future Unix-centric programs being >>ported to Windows? > > That is hard to know - I guess they simply see this as a

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Cc: <lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:50 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Martin Geisler wrote: So please don't dismiss t

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Helge Hafting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Geisler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:07 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller It is so much easier

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:37:50 -0800 "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Bo Peng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Bo Peng
> If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by > the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about it. Actually, a label above the browse button like "File with spaces in its path may not

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
ED]> > > To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> > > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:49 PM > > Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller > > > > > > My opinion is that if a file is allow

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Geisler
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib > file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is > in a file with spaces or explicitly where it is also in a > subdirectory with spaces). I believe the problem is the

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:44:01 -0600 Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If the bib file is in a local user directory (with spaces) and included by > > the user browsing to it then it is very much a lyx bug. > > This is the case I reported, and I think lyx should do something about > it.

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:57:31 +0100 Martin Geisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I checked this on windows and I don't get any problem with a bib > > file that is in a path with spaces (implicitly where the lyx file is > > in a file with spaces or

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Micha Feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:59 AM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:16:13 +0200 Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-10 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Micha feigin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 11:02 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller [...] David Carlisle Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:03:33 -

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Martin Geisler
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As it stands now, that decision [to make the default install path C:\Program Files] was a marketing decision, because the choice causes problem with porting programs to Windows which Microsoft doesn't gather revenue from. I'm sick of that ludicrous

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Cc: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you download a .bst file from

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller - Original Message - From: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Bo Peng
SH: I'm going to summarize my understanding of his posts. ignore 3 words You are not summarizing, rather extending my posts. It has been clear that 1. Miktex is installed under a path without space, following the Miktex recommendations. 2. Lyx is installed under c:\program files and it is

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Martin Geisler
Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As it stands now, that decision [to make the default install path C:\Program Files] was a marketing decision, because the choice causes problem with porting programs to Windows which Microsoft doesn't gather revenue from. I'm sick of that ludicrous

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Cc: lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you download a .bst file from

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: Stephen Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org; Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:07 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller - Original Message - From: Martin Geisler [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Bo Peng
SH: I'm going to summarize my understanding of his posts. ignore 3 words You are not summarizing, rather extending my posts. It has been clear that 1. Miktex is installed under a path without space, following the Miktex recommendations. 2. Lyx is installed under c:\program files and it is

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Martin Geisler
"Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As it stands now, that decision [to make the default install path > "C:\Program Files"] was a marketing decision, because the choice > causes problem with porting programs to Windows which Microsoft > doesn't gather revenue from. I'm sick of that

Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller

2006-01-09 Thread Stephen Harris
- Original Message - From: "Martin Geisler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> Cc: <lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: sixth release of LyXWinInstaller "Stephen Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

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