Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> Jean-Marc, the attached patch enables LyX 1.3.x to at least > Angus> fire up under Win98. Whether the resulting executable is any > Angus> use is a separate issue, as mentioned here: > Angus> http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/LyX136experimental#win98 > > Angus> The patch does three things: 1. Ensures that various char > Angus> arrays have max size of PATH_MAX. Early versions of Windows > Angus> require it for some system functions. > > I am not sure I understand: you make the array shorter, but you do not > decrease the PATH_MAX parameter given to the functions. How is this > supposed to matter?
[snip other comments] One of the things I really value about this list is the way it keeps my feet on the ground. There I am, thinking how smart I am for fixing some bug and Jean-Marc courteously shows me that I'm actually not so smart at all. 3 out of 3 bug fixes that should be improved. Ahhhh well. -- Angus (on a no smiley Friday too)
