On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:58:16PM -0500, Bo Peng wrote: > I also notice that > > 1. lyx -dbg generates no output since there is no stdout to write to. > This may be OK though, since other native windows applications do not > write to stdout either. > > 2. a black cmd window will appear for almost all actions that involve > external commands (compile, view). I think this is because lyx spawns > processes with consoles. the solution may be > http://www.codeproject.com/win32/runsilent.asp?msg=1578551 .
Please, have a look at the comment in os_win32.C/init(). I think that the best solution is getting rid of that console-hiding code, compiling LyX as a console-based app and then using a GUI-based wrapper program for launching LyX from the GUI. ATM LyX is launched though a .bat file, so it means simply replacing the wrapper .bat file with a .exe wrapper. This is what I do with LyX/cygwin, using as a starting point development/Win32/lyxwin32.c, which is specifically designed for cygwin but can be adapted to native windows. I have no cmd.exe window at all when using this technique, while retaining the possibility to get output when launching LyX without using the wrapper. -- Enrico
