>> This is the content of the batch file:
>>
>> @echo off
>> SET LC_ALL=en_EN
>> SET AIK_DATA_DIR=D:\program\LyX14\aiksaurus
>> start "LyX" "D:\program\LyX14\bin\lyx.exe" %*
No, the current version is e.g.:
@echo off
SET OUTPUT_CHARSET=cp-1252
SET LANG=de_DE
SET AIK_DATA_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 1.5svn-15-01-2007\aiksaurus
start "LyX" "C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 1.5svn-15-01-2007\bin\lyx.exe" %*
The
SET OUTPUT_CHARSET=xxx
setting is needed that LyX can be installed in folder/paths with accented characters, umlauts, etc.
I've build in a lookup table for the different languages. Unfortunately utf-8 cannot be used, only a
cp charset - I found out that this is a windows restriction.
>> On Windows, the Aiksaurus data dir location can be set in the registry:
>> HKLM\Software\Aiksaurus\Data_Dir
>> The environment variable simply overrides the registry setting.
>
> Very good then. Uwe, could you modify the package to do that?
I'll check this and change this if it works for me too. I see the problem of multiple installations
of LyX. For example when LyX 1.3.7 AND LyX 1.4.x is installed sise by side. Without this setting I
have to install aiksaurus in a different folder, independent from LyX, like Aspell. This requires
some changes but it's in my opinion worth to be implemented.
>> The language setting could be asked to the system when LC_ALL or LANG
>> are not set in the environment. See for example:
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/02/01/364707.aspx
>> http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/DrIntl/faqs/Locales.mspx
I don't understand what you mean. I know users who use a German Windows but install LyX with Spanish
menus. LyX menu language should be independent from Windows' language settings.
> Unless you want a different language than the one defined in LANG. So it is
really needed in the
> lyxrc.dist. As I see it, the package should ask by default if the system
language is OK. If yes,
> put nothing in lyxrc.dist, if not ask the user which language he chooses and
put that in
> lyxrc.dist.
What do you mean with "if the system language is OK"? The current behaviour is:
The installer checks the actual Windows language and proposes this one in a droplist. So the user
can easily choose the language while installing LyX.
There's currently set nothing language specific in the lyxrc.dist, only the \path_prefix is set to
this file. This can easily be changed if you specify the format how this should be specified (please
send me an example lixrc.dist with the language entry).
Btw. I want to upload my installer stuff to SVN, is that OK?
regards Uwe
