Re: New file patch (was: Re: Just a Matter of Style (was: LaTeX file handling))

[Lars Gullik Bjønnes]

Stephan Witt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

| LaTeX and Xdvi are children of LyX and directed by LyX to the
| internally computed hidden tmp-directory. I'm aware of that
| effect: If I close a file and reopen it again, then I have to
| close my running Xdvi too, because it is useless now, when using
| update->dvi. If I start Xdvi again it works ok. But there is no
| mystery. LyX creates a new tmp-directory (as I can see with /bin/ls)
| and starts working there. The update-dvi operation creates the
| new dvi file in the new tmp-dir.
| 
| latex doesn't delete and recreates the dvi file,
| the contents of the dvi file will be replaced by latex/tex.

Yes, and this should be now problem. Xdvi should not care (too much)
that the file it views suddenly disappears. Ok, the xdvi is now
defunct. Do you mean that it would be better if LyX killed the xdvi
when it destroys teh buffer? 

        Lgb