[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
| I, for one, do not understand the point of update "intelligence". If I
| want to export .dvi or .ps files, ok -- *then* maybe you can come up with a
| good reason to skip running LaTeX. For example, you may have generated
| temporary .dvi's or .ps's for previewing, and want to genuinely export
| them without rerunning LaTeX.
|
| But why in the world would you want to intercept, and override, the
| update postscript or dvi commands? At best, you're just rewriting the
| same temporary file you wrote out in a previous update. I suppose maybe
| you exported before, and now you want to preview? But that can't happen
| very often.
- makeindex
- bibtex
or any other external program that needs to be run to make the output correct
- references
- toc and other lists
| Again, without working algorithms for detecting changes to included or
| input files, you require the user to change *actual* text in the document
| -- meaning the introduction of errors -- just to get an updated preview.
| Which is absurd.
|
| I'd prefer that I could turn intelligence OFF, and have LyX *always* rerun
| LaTeX. But I suppose if someone want to go through the hoops of actually
| fixing the intelligent algorithm ...
I would be so much nicer if you could provide some real help...
Lgb
