> Why not add such things to the configure script instead of changing the preferences file in your > installer? Then it will be available on all platforms and in all distributions. It also makes it > possible to simply reconfigure LyX after installing Inkscape instead of running the installer > again.
Because these preferences entry can only be made when Inkscape is installed. I don't know how to do this in configure.py because checking for a inkscape.exe is not enough. I therefore check while installing LyX if the SVG file extensionis registered to Inkscape.
> By the way, the person who asked this question seems to be a Mac user :) I replied on the users-list what I added to the preferences file to make it work. regards Uwe
