Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >>> Rather than hard-code these weird and wonderful additions to PATH, why >>> don't we define a new LyXRC variable "path_prefix" which will be >>> prepended to the existing PATH variable when LyX is initialised. >> > | Why not require that people set PATH correctly? I fail to see why > | setting a lyxrc variable is better than setting an environment > | variable. In both cases something needs to be adjusted, and in both > | cases it must be documented. > > There is also the option of not altering the PATH at all and just call > teh binary with a full path.
Sure, but that won't help me find sh.exe if LyX is installed at C:\Program Files\LyX\bin and sh.exe is in J:\MinSys\bin I do think that a LyXRC variable is the best solution here. -- Angus
