>>>>> "Enrico" == Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Enrico> You are right. I found
Enrico> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027 and I would say
Enrico> that this patch fixes precisely that bug ;-)

Probably, yes. 

Enrico> Jean-Marc, what about the patch attached at bug 2344?

Enrico> http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2344

Enrico> It is really simple and fixes a real bug in cygwin builds.

Yes, it should work with cygwin. We could apply it now, but see below.

Enrico> I think that the PATH prefix handling needs to be polished
Enrico> with cygwin. As it is now the "Use Cygwin-style paths" button
Enrico> has no effect and one should always enter the PATH prefix in
Enrico> posix style format.


Enrico> Then, the "Use Cygwin-style paths" is a bit misleading,
Enrico> because when it is checked LyX presents you Windows mixed
Enrico> style paths (\ replaced by /) and when not, posix paths (seems
Enrico> to be a reversed logic).

It would be nice to understand better this "Use Cygwin-style paths"
thing. I did not understand it very well when Kayvan introduced it,
and I'd appreciate other views on it.

If we can get rid of this, it may be that the bug above needs a
different solution.

JMarc

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