>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why cannot programs we defined with absolute paths when the prog is >> not in the default path? Why should lyx have its own path lookup >> logic? Angus> path_prefix is essentially a Windows thing. Windows has a PATH Angus> environment variable but most native Windows apps don't use it; Angus> they use the registry instead. LyX, however, knows nothing Angus> about the registry, so we give our users a localized way of Angus> teaching LyX about installed tools without hacking the global Angus> environment. Actually, I think it was a MacOS thing... The stuff that people put in their PATH (access to fink apps, to TeX...) are not available to normal OSX apps. So we have to augment LyX' path. JMarc
