Re: LyX 1.4.0 does not truncate long file names

[Michael Gerz]

Hi Georg,




Could you please commit? I have no svn access.

Michael



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Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: LyX 1.4.0 does not truncate long file names

pdflatex works now. I had to truncate the filenames to 140 characters. Please see attachment. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georg Baum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Michael Gerz wrote:

I found the piece of code below in support/filename.C. I think there is
something wrong with the logic. If dir.size() already exceeds 160
character then LyX will not truncate the filename at all! I guess this is
the case in my case.

dir name had to be included in the maximum length. We did not know at that
time that pdflatex has a limitation, too. Does the attached patch fix the
problem?

You are right. Angus introduced the truncation because of YAP, therefore the Georg

miktexpdflatex.patch
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