Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... Angus> It would be a useful exercise to create a list Angus> of all the #defines that are actually used by LyX Angus> (and Boost which #includes our config.h ...) and Angus> see how to test for these things and generate a config.h Angus> using the Scons add-ons that Bo mentioned.
Abdel> Here is it (it was tedious...): Well done! Abdel> Not used anywhere: > #define HAVE_ASPELL_H 1 I think that this is a side effect of the configure code that decides which spell checking engine to use. > #define HAVE_ICONV 1 I think that this is a side effect of the configure code that decides whether to use the gettext bundled with LyX. Abdel> #define HAVE_CLOSE 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_GETPID 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_MKDIR 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_MKTEMP 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_OPEN 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_PCLOSE 1 Abdel> #define HAVE_POPEN 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__POPEN 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__CLOSE 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__GETPID 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__MKDIR 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__OPEN 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__PCLOSE 1 Abdel> #define HAVE__POPEN 1 Really? They were at some point. Microsoft's equivalent of these POSIX function (used by MSVS) have an underscore in front of their names. Abdel> #define HAVE_PUTENV 1 Really? Not in src/support/Environment.C ? Abdel> #define PACKAGE_NAME "LyX" Abdel> #define PACKAGE_STRING "LyX 1.5.0svn" Abdel> #define USE_WINDOWS_PACKAGING 1 You didn't include src/support/package.C.in in your investigation. Abdel> #define gid_t int Abdel> #define uid_t int Abdel> int mkstemp(char*); These were needed by MSVS, if memory serves. I can't comment on the others but some are undoubtedly redundant. Angus
