On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:01:04AM +1100, Ben Stanley wrote: > >First, if use_tempdir==true, I don't understand why lyx creates the .dep file. > >All the needed information is stored in memory. > >If use_tempdir==false, then we need to create a .dep file when quitting lyx. > >In this file, you only need to store one crc value for each file: > >the last computed value. > > > The information in memory only lasts as long as the LaTeX object, ie > while you are converting. When you start to convert again, It re-reads > the .dep file, supposedly to see if it can save you some latex runs.
I don't understand this sentence. LyX can store the crc values in memory. There is no need to write them to a file and then read the file back.
