Am Sonntag, 25. Juni 2006 06:31 schrieb Bo Peng: > Hi, > > Attached is our long-waited patch that replaces sh by python so that > lyx/win does not have to be bundled with sh, sed etc. I plan to test > and apply this patch (without changes to configure.py) and then > translate shell scripts in lib/scripts one by one (and change > configure.py accordingly).
Great. Please create the python versions by svn rename xxx.sh xxx.py That will retain history, and automatically take care of the svn flags (hint: you forgot one). > Question: are these all the necessary changes? I think so. > Problem: I do not exactly know what these scripts are doing, and when > they will be called. Angus, I notice that you wrote most of them. Will > you be able to help me test the python version, or better, translate > them into Python? Angus is retired, but fortunately he documented the scripts well, so it should not be too hard to figure out what they are doing. Want to know when they are called? grep is your friend. Georg
