On 11 Mar 2003, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> We should remove the config options of being able to set the pipe
> names. Then the pipes can always be found in the same spot.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Andre Poenitz wrote:
> The pipes can be created in toplevel .lyx and have a fixed position.
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote:
> Uhmm.. maybe I'm I stupid here.. but what's wrong with using an environment
> variable, LYXPIPES, specifying where the pipes can be found?
>
> On a sidenote, I'm also using AFS so I guess my pipes couldn't go in my
> home directory. However, I've used another program, Everybuddy, that also
> uses pipes, and to fix this proplem I simply created a link from the
> .everybuddy-directory to a directory on a local disk.
These two alternatives seem to be a good compromises.
1. Lyx and lyxclient initially read LYXPIPES environment variable. If not
present, it defaults to ~/.lyx/lyxpipe.
2. If ~/.lyx/lyxpipe.{in,out} already exist and are links, lyx readlinks
them and determine the true location.
João.
