On Fri, Apr 28, 2006 at 08:30:18PM +0000, Luis Rivera wrote: > Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think it "looks" native because the interface to the user doesn't go > through > the command prompt; however, it is may not a native application. To be > a "native" application it had to go straight to the Windows GUI. In this > case, > it goes through X11. You're right, of course, but if you start XWin with the -multiwindow option, then you hardly are able to tell that it is not a native app. > > > > If you do not want have trouble compiling it, then you could try > > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.1/lyx-1.4.1-cygwin.tar.gz > > > > Is there some http mirror for this path? My sysadmin is somewhat paranoid, > and set up proxies blocking access to anything but http or email (smtp/pop). > You're right, I want to see if your XP/Cygwin compiled LyX runs on top of > Win98 > (maybe Win95 too). Sorry, I don't know. > > > > wehere you can find both LyX/Win and LyX/X11. Be warned that the > > patch for native path styles is not applied to this copy, though. > > > > Now I'm not sure I'm following you. You say you can compile LyX on Cygwin > and > make it run *without* the X11 interface? So you say you only use the Cygwin > tree instead of MingW? If that's the case, it may be that your LyX *really* > is > a "native" app, but you use Cygwin's shell to run the scripts. If, on the > contrary, you need to install the X11 GUI, but don't have to set it up > manually, then I think you don't really have a *true native* Win app. If we agree on the definition that a native app is the one which is not linked against cygwin1.dll, then both versions of LyX that I build are not native apps, but one requires X11 and the other does without it. This last version is really undistinguishable from a real native LyX but *is* a cygwin application. For example, the lyxclient works. > In the end, I think it doesn't matter whether it is "true native" > or "naturalized"; as long as it actually works, I'm happy with that. I really would like to know if it does. I bet that the X11 version works, but I am not able to tell about the other version. -- Enrico
