Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Angus> Ta-da! Simple solution to a simple problem. In fact, > analogous Angus> to the LYX_USERDIR_14x environment variable, could > we not get Angus> LyX itself to set a LYX_14X environment variable? > Thereafter, Angus> we could simply ask lyx to supply us with the > paths. Eg > > In the case of lyxpreview2bitmap, which only pretends to use the > converter machinery, there is no much harm in setting directly the > LATEX variable, is it? (or should I say ``is there?''?)
You should say ``is there''. and I agree, there is no harm in setting LATEX directly. My reading of 'test' suggests that this is portable and pretty elegant: test $LATEX || LATEX=latex > Angus> $ lyx --paths LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin LyX files dir: > Angus> /usr/local/share/lyx-1.3.3cvs > > Relaunchng lyx is very expensive. Indeed, but I do like your suggestion about environment variables. Why do we have only LYX_USERDIR_14X? Why not also LYX_SYSTEMDIR_14X, LYX_BUILD_LYXDIR_14X that can be set by a running LyX? The point is that these scripts are usually used by LyX itself, so providing them with this information is hardly controversial... -- Angus
