On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:54:25PM -0200, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati wrote: > Lyx should work with a number of latex distributions, in many versions > etc. It is hard to predict what will be the behavior of each one, and > _maybe_ implementing a dialog like I sugested could be simpler and more > reliable that trying to detect versions and usability (I am NOT trying to > have my bit in the gui!:)). Anyway, as you noted, work still have to be
GUI shouldn't be added because it might be needed; it is added when it is needed, and there is no other way. IOW, try the auto-configuration; if people hit problems with it that can't be fixed in the code, then we consider some GUI regards, john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by the same person, the thread is over.
