On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 07:04:09PM -0500, Ben M. wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, rgheck <rgh...@bobjweil.com> wrote: > >> LYXSYSDIRS = ["/usr/share/lyx", "/usr/local/share/lyx", > >> "/opt/share/lyx"] > >> > > This will be hard to get right, since you can install LyX anywhere. > > > >> LYXBASEDIR = [".lyx" + version_suffix] > >> > > This again will be hard to get right. (For trunk, I use > > ~/dev/lyxdirs/lyxsvn/.) Perhaps the script should take optional arguments > > for these. (Argument processing is done with getopt.) > > Yes, there must be a better way. For instance, I noticed that an > executed command inherits its environment from LyX, e.g. "PATH > prefix." Why not create environment variables for all the relevant > paths?
This is a possibility. The script could be modified such that to put ahead the paths if the relevant evironment variables exist. Thus, you simply have to set those variables before launching lyx. -- Enrico
