Am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2016 um 22:50:58, schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> > On 2016-01-13, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Am 13. Januar 2016 um 08:57:39, schrieb Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net> > >> On 2016-01-12, Kornel Benko wrote: > > Dear Kornel, > > ... > > >> > Yes, if output is set to dvi, then all dvi formats are tested. > >> > The same is valid for pdf, ==> test all pdf formats > > >> > Ergo, not oversight but intent. > > >> So, what is the intention? > > >> If I set a per-document default output format, this is usually because I > >> know the document does not work well with others.¹ > > > Or you prefer this format, > > For documents shipped with LyX, personal preference is no reason to set a > document-specific default output format.
Yes. But we are testing. We are not searching for errors of latex,luatex or
xetex.
But we want to see, if lyx produces valid tex output.
> For my preference, I have set the "Default Output Formats" in
> Tools>Preferences>File Handling>File Formats
>
>
> >> Main reasons for such failure are incompatibilities of packages with the
> >> engine ("plain" latex, pdflatex, xetex, luatex).
>
> >> A document requiring pdflatex will not work with PDF (ps2pdf) and PDF
> >> (dvipdfm).
...
> >> -> If we want to keep as many as possible test cases, it would be simpler
> >> just to ignore the default output setting and handle failures
> >> consistently via filter patterns.
>
> > NO
>
> OK. So, in order to minimize the ressources and time, one would have to choose
> "ps" over "dvi" - the additional "dvips" call will make less impact than an
> additional two runs with lualatex.
>
Could you elaborate a little more? It is too late for lyx2.2, but we could
change the algorithm
for selecting test configurations for lyx2.3
> >> ¹ The right way would be to exclude output formats that do not work, but
> >> this is currently not possible.
>
> > Sure it is, via ignoredTests.
>
> Sorry, this was misleading. The sentence should have been continued
>
> >> this is currently not possible
>
> ... in the document source.
>
Yes, that is a major problem for the test machinery.
> Günter
Kornel
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