Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Angus Leeming wrote:
>> What you could do is "watch" packages.lst and read it again when it
>> changes. See RenderMonitoredPreview (src/insets/render_preview.[Ch]).
>>
>> Basically, you'd store a
>> // Check the file every 2 secs
>> lyx::support::FileMonitor monitor_(std::string(), 2000);
>>
>> Once you've invoked getAvailable() the first time, you'll want to
>> monitor any changes in packages.lst. You'll want a change in the file
>> to trigger a call to getAvailable, so:
>> monitor_.connect(&LatexFeatures::getAvailable));
>> monitor_.reset("packages.lst");
>
> Actually, I don't think it's worth it (people are used to restart LyX
> after reconfigure anyway).
Oh, if the file is meant to change only at predetermined times, then a
single line added to lyx_cb.C's Reconfigure would do the trick:
LatexFeatures::getAvailable();
no?
But you're probably right. Not worth it. At the moment.
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Angus
