On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:42:16PM +0100, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Georg Baum wrote: > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > >> The problems arrive when some options require one argument, others > >> require two arguments, etc. Then it is very difficult to know which is a > >> wrong option argument and which is a filename. At least LyX cannot make > >> the difference, I noticed that with this command line on windows: > > > > No, that is very easy: Each option knows how many arguments it needs. > > > >> ./lyx -x 'command-sequence buffer-load UserGuide.lyx ; buffer-begin ; > >> repeat 100 screen-down ; lyx-quit' > >> > >> This command opens multiple new Buffers with the names 'buffer-load', > >> ';' etc. > > > > That is a different problem. AFAIK on windows, you should use " for quoting, > > not '. > > No, replacing with double quotes does not work either. But at least LyX > is started and no Buffer is opened. > > I've tried that instead but LyX crashes :-/ > > lyx-qt4.exe UserGuide.lyx -x "command-sequence buffer-begin ; repeat 100 > screen-down ; lyx-quit"
Using this exact command I get the same assert as Georg. However, this is not supposed to work, or at least I cannot get it working neither in 1.3.7 nor in 1.4.3. Instead, the following one seems to work (even in a cmd terminal): lyx -x "command-sequence file-open UserGuide.lyx ; repeat 10 screen-down ; lyx-quit" Or, more precisely, it almost works. Indeed, the commands are executed but the splash screen is always shown; then the main window closes but lyx never returns and must be killed. -- Enrico
