On Tuesday 04 March 2003 3:07 pm, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Angus> Ummmmm. The script currently requires 'latex', 'dvips' and > Angus> 'gs'. I don't think that LyX should know too much about the > Angus> details of how the conversion is performed. F.ex., some people > Angus> might decide to try out the dvipng that is being developed by > Angus> the preview-latex people. > > Sure, but people should not have to configure latex in a lot of > different places... Could your script start from the dvi+log instead > of .tex?
I think that this just makes life more complicated. There must be a better way. > Angus> We could get lib/configure to generate a file lyxpreviewrc that > Angus> contains: LATEX=latex DVIPS=dvips GS=gs and run this script > Angus> from within lyxpreview2bitmap.sh to tell it about these > Angus> definitions. I see that the RedHat init scripts do something > Angus> similar and it works well for those. > > I think it is too complicated for its own good. However, having the > programs set in variables at the top of the script would be a good > start. Next thought. reLyX is generated from reLyX.in for exactly the reasons you describe. Should we do the same for this script too?
